It’s been a wild year for both Wisp and Coldplay, for entirely different reasons. But we finally have the crossover event we’ve been waiting for, and it’s one that won’t get us busted on the Jumbotron of Gillette Stadium. Wisp, the dreamy nu-gaze project of San Francisco’s Natalie R. Lu, which we have featured a few times for its rather breathtaking spin on modern shoegaze, has taken Coldplay’s “Yellow” out for a spin, balancing the heavy and the light under waves of caressing distortion and gentle might. A preview clip has generated nearly 7 million views on TikTok, and now we’re treated to the full version. Says Lu: “‘Yellow’ to me is a childhood memory that I wanted to rendition into my present life. A song that I never understood the depth of, to now relating to the lyrics and singing them with the emotion of my romantic journeys this past year.” Get into it below, and revisit Wisp’s sterling August album If Not Winter, which should only sound better as the temperature begins to drop across a welcoming autumn, after the jump.
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