Listen to Karen Dió’s punk cover of Chappell Roan: “I wanted it to really kick ass”

Karen Dió has just dropped two new covers – including a punk rendition of Chappell Roan’s Casual. For Amazon’s Artists To Watch 2025 series, the star has also unveiled has own take on I Wanna Be by fellow Brazilian rock singer Pitty. Karen says of both: ​“It was really exciting to get this opportunity, especially when Amazon showed interest to record not just an English song, but also a Portuguese song as well. “For the English song I chose Chappell Roan. She has been a real inspiration, I simply adore her. When I was working on the version of Casual I didn’t want to simply do a cheap punk rock version of her song, I wanted it to really kick ass. The original almost has this ​‘denial phase’ feeling when you’re breaking up a r...

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