Hozier Covers Ariana Grande’s “Problem” For BBC ‘Live Lounge’: You Have To Watch This

Robbie Daw | January 30, 2015 2:12 pm

Who knew “Take Me To Church” crooner Hozier could be this fun? For his BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge performance, the Irish singer took Ariana Grande‘s radio staple “Problem” and whipped it into a soulful, rocked-out rendition, complete with a full band, a crew of background singers, some strings and a fog machine all in the mix.

The entire spectacle is given even more of a must-watch edge when, toward the very end, Hozier and his gang mash the song up with Warren G‘s “Regulate,” one of our hands-down favorite songs from 1994.

This guy just shot up to a whole other level of cool. Catch the performance above!

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