Parks made a statement when announcing the release, saying “Radiohead is a band that has brought me peace and comfort in the pit of things – I hope my version soothes you in some way. Sending joy and strength to those in need of it right now.” As a song originally written for people who don’t feel like they belong, the cover has brought comfort to many fans.

In playing the song, the artist hopes to send a message to all those protesting, educating, and working for change: “I see you,” and “I am thinking of you and singing for you.” The current situations around the world are trying, yet people are uniting to move forward, with the support of many creatives such as Parks. Continuing with her use of deeper meanings, the singer worked with Stephen Anthony Davids to create single artwork for ‘Creep‘, writing a poem of the same name.

2020 has been a year of painful growth and anxiety. I wanted to share a cover of the song Creep by Radiohead. Radiohead is a band that has brought me peace and comfort in the pit of things – I hope my version soothes you in some way.

artwork: @SADLondon https://t.co/4x9tXx5b29 pic.twitter.com/AAaHoEeJvW

— Arlo Parks (@arloparks) June 11, 2020

Not only is this a personal favourite song of Parks’, but her rendition of it will be featured in short-film ‘Shy Radicals’, premiering in September. The film centres around Hamja Ahsan, and artist, activist, and author and is based on his book, released in 2017.

The cover follows single ‘Black Dog’, released in May and gaining over 2 million streams for its incredible production and musicianship, but primarily for its meaningful themes. Focusing on mental health, Arlo Parks’ songwriting shines through with lyrics such as “It’s so cruel what your mind can do for no reason.” Furthermore, Parks is known for her sociological approach, with ‘Super Sad Generation’ and ‘Sophie’ from her first and second EPs respectively.

It may be assumed that the singer has another EP on the way, since she has already shared three new pieces of music in 2020. Though she will not be able to play the song live, fans can watch Parks perform virtually for Greenpeace’s online party, taking place 18-20th June.

For Radiohead fans, there’s some good news. Radiohead has announced they’ll be sharing various classic live concerts during the Coronavirus pandemic.

Radiohead posted on Instagram of their intentions to release weekly shows on Youtube “until either the restrictions resulting from [the] current situation are eased, or we run out of shows.”

They further teased: “Which will be first? No-one knows,” 

The live concerts begin today from April 9, at 10 pm tonight, premiering a performance some twenty years ago, ‘Live From a Tent In Dublin’, from Punchestown Racecourse. Head over at the link here tonight for the stream.

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Now that you have no choice whether or not you fancy a quiet night in, we hereby present the first of several LIVE SHOWS from the Radiohead Public Library now coming to Radiohead’s YouTube channel. Starting tomorrow (Thursday) at 10pm UK/2pm PT/5pm ET with Live From a Tent In Dublin – October 2000, we will be releasing one a week until either the restrictions resulting from current situation are eased, or we run out of shows. Which will be first? No-one knows. Link in bio.

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From their Instagram post, they said: “Now that you have no choice whether or not you fancy a quiet night in, we hereby present the first of several LIVE SHOWS from the Radiohead Public Library now coming to Radiohead’s YouTube channel.”

Above the lengthy caption is a clip of ‘The National Anthem’.

Radiohead recently uploaded their complete discography onto Youtube. It came after Billboard announced they’d be counting Youtube streams in a bid to determine chart positions.

Everything produced by the band from their debut ‘Pablo Honey’ through to their most recent album, ‘A Moon Shaped Pool’ has been added, found at the link here.

According to the Reddit forum r/radiohead, the band’s complete catalog up to ‘Hail to the Thief’ includes a published timestamp of 2016. YouTube, however, has labeled every playlist as “updated yesterday”, (Dec 18).

Photo: Raymond Flotat.