Listen to Janelle Monáe Cover David Bowie's "Heroes"

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Janelle Monáe has taken to the studio to record a cover of David Bowie's "Heroes" for Pepsi's 2014 "Now Is What You Make It" ad campaign. Listen to the cover above.

When asked about Bowie's influence, Monáe was direct in her praise of the icon, claiming (via RollingStone ):

"Bowie is part of my musical DNA in so many ways," Monae says. "And 'Heroes’ is one of my favorite Bowie songs. When you love your favorite song, you want to keep some of the beautiful qualities of the original, but we brought Atlanta in the drums and wanted them to be thick and hit hard. [The cover] is like us reimagining it. I thought, ‘If this song was in my dream, how would it get from our dream to my reality?’"

Monáe also recently covered Robert Palmer's "Simply Irresistible" alongside Charli XCX. Listen to that cover here.

Read our cover story with Janelle Monáe here.

Watch Janelle Monáe's video for "Q.U.E.E.N.", featuring Erykah Badu:

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