I was 15 in 1999 and remember very well this afternoon playing Magic The Gathering (yes) at a friend's house. Someone brought 2 CDs he had just bought that day: Noir Désir's 666.667 Club, which would become one of my most listened album, before it got, you know, harder to listen to; and "...Baby One More Time".

This kind of pop wasn’t typical for my friend group’s musical taste, but we nevertheless got hooked on Max Martin’s overproduced pop magic. Over the following years, the title track became a guilty pleasure and one of those songs I just couldn’t stop humming. I still can’t. When playing with Two Clouds Away, I often used it for vocal soundchecks—good dynamic range and an excellent way to annoy my bandmates.

Earlier this summer, I was at a friend’s wedding when the band invited guests to sing with them. But …Baby One More Time wasn’t in their repertoire—a cultural loss that shook the very fabric of society.

Naturally, I did the only sensible thing: I went home and recorded my own version. I kept the arrangement as simple as possible, taking inspiration from Royal Blood’s drum + octave-fuzzed-bass setup (though I used a guitar), merged with a beat machine that wouldn’t feel out of place on a Nine Inch Nails record.

...Baby One More Time (Britney Spears Cover)

Sunday guitarist / singer / producer influenced by Tool / Nine Inch Nails / Led Zeppelin / Pink Floyd / Radiohead and more. 

You can find all of my music at https://www.cloderic.com/music

...Baby One More Time (Britney Spears Cover)

Clodéric