Arlo Parks has performed a piano cover of Frank Ocean‘s ‘Ivy’ for her recent piano session on BBC Radio 1’s Chillest Show.The musician appeared on the program yesterday (May 9) for her intimate, stripped-back rendition of Ocean’s 2016 track, lifted from his album ‘Blonde’.Without the spacious production elements of the original, Parks’ version is slower and sadder, carried by her breathy vocals and gentle piano.Watch it below.Speaking to host Sian Eleri prior to the performance, Parks touched on her relationship with the instrument.“I started off playing classical piano when I was like seven or so and it always became the foundation of my music,” she said.“It’s just been an instrument that has just kind of accompanied me through my musical.
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