Cover songs are a weird phenomenon for me. Most of the time, I'm just freaked out listening to an unfamiliar voice sing a familiar song and turn it off halfway through, but the magic of SoundCloud has been leading to a lot of lovely explorations for me lately. Here are my 7 current favorite cover songs in no particular order:

James Bay covering HAIM's 'Forever'

Listen to this when you need to be soothed to sleep by the most beautiful voice in the world. I don't exaggerate.

Oh Wonder covering Beyonce's 'Crazy in Love'

If you want a British duo's version of a Beyoncé hit, here it is.

BØRNS covering ZAYN's 'It's You'

ZAYN's separation from One Direction is tragic, I know. What's even worse--his music is sub-par (in my opinion). Fortunately, BØRNS gave one of his songs a little psychedelic twist.

Miley Cyrus covering Lana Del Rey's 'Summertime Sadness'

A little older, but a classic. Listen here.

HAIM covering Tame Impala's 'Cause I'm A Man'

This is pure genius and gives me weird, feminist life!

CHVRCHES covering Arctic Monkey's 'Do I Wanna Know'

Same song, totally different.

Glass Animals covering Kanye West's 'Love Lockdown'

Two completely different sounds merge to make something beautiful.