- 2026-02-06
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MUSIC
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GLU Covers Jennifer Paige's “Crush”
American rock band Queens of the Stone Age bassist, Michael Shuman's solo project GLU released a cover of American singer-songwriter Jennifer Paige's “Crush” on February 4, 2026.
The song is his first music since the 2025 EP “BOOGIE MAN”. Also, it is his first release under his new label FLG.
GLU reshapes the track into a darker, more cinematic version, preserving its universal vulnerability while placing it firmly within his modern sonic world.
The original version of the song was released by Jennifer Paige as the first single from her self-titled debut album in 1998. The song reached No. 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart.
It was written by Andy Goldmark, Mark Mueller, Berny Cosgrove, and Kevin Clark. The cover version was produced by Michael Shuman.- GLU said of the song, “Looking for the right cover song is an interesting task. You're searching for a song which inherently is so deeply personal to the person who wrote it, yet it has to connect with you enough to try and make it your own. The music side is the fun part, where you augment it to a completely different landscape, giving a totally different perspective to the original. Crush is an amazing pop song, but was produced at a time where I don't think it got its due. That being said, it was a huge hit that most of the world knows well, so when you play live to an audience who may not know your material, there's that one song in the set they already are a fan of.”
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Background photo by Will Stockwell - source : Apple Music
