Video: Birdy - 1901

Much has been said about "Skinny Love", the stripped, piano ballad Bon Iver cover that made Jasmine Van Den Bogaerde -- aka Birdy -- a youtube sensation in the U.K. and led to a major label signing for the 15-year-old British singer/songwriter. But we think the version of Phoenix's massive hit "1901" is the real gem on her forthcoming self-titled debut (March 20), a song that she subtly turns inside out, bringing the melody and addictive "hey hey hey hey" chorus hook into the sweet, velvety plush confines of chamber pop. [...]

• Birdy - "1901"