Red Hot Chili Peppers – whose drummer, Chad Smith, is her father.The cover – shared via Maybee’s Instagram page late last week (July 24) – sees the singer performing the song’s post-chorus as a solo piano rendition, accompanied by a choir of pre-recorded backing vocals.Watch the cover below:A post shared by Ava Maybee (@avamaybee)‘Universally Speaking’ was released as the fifth and final single from the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ eighth studio album ‘By the Way’.
It peaked in the top 40 of the UK single charts, and was also featured on the band’s 2003 ‘Greatest Hits’ compilation.Maybee – whose full name is Ava Maybee Cardoso Smith – released her debut single ‘Lay Low’ in December 2020.
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