Video: Anya Marina - Whatever You Like (album version)

My friend shared this song with me the other day. I know it's old news, but it was new to me and I haven't been able to stop listening to it!! If you haven't heard Anya Marina's cover of T.I. 's Whatever You Like you definitely need to hear it!! Check it out here:

In what is easily one of the sexiest scenes in the history of the show, Gossip Girl had a threesome a couple episodes a go. This is the song that soundtracks it. Here, Anya Marina does a T.I. cover that works on so many different levels. It's not kitschy like so many indie covers of rap songs are; it's subtle, sexy, and takes on a whole new meaning in her breathy voice. And really, that's what the best covers do: provide a whole new perspective on a song that had previously been considered in only one context. It [...]