Last night saw the return of Julian Casablancas’ return to his hometown of New York to perform at the Hammerstein Ballroom with new band The Voidz. The opener that night was Dev Hynes (AKA Blood Orange) and while that lineup was cool enough, things only got better during the JC and The Voidz’s set as they brought out Hynes to perform The Strokes’ “You Only Live Once” together.
The result was a thing of beauty with the song having a bit of a warmer twist after peeling off the signature guitar riff and only playing it sparsely, making way for Hynes’ vocals. The other thing that made this collaboration so dope was how Julian Casablancas incorporated lyrics from the demo version of this song, “I’ll Try Anything Once,” into the chorus, trading lines with Hynes as he sang the “YOLO” lyrics.
See that above.
