Hoping to brush off the disappointment of show cancellations due to COVID-19, Jack Rutter, the artist behind the indie solo project Ritt Momney, set to work. He wanted to be productive, but didn’t want to do something too heavy.
And so, he thought of covering Corinne Bailey Rae’s 2006 hit “Put Your Records On,” a song that reminds him of his mother, who used to always play it while driving around in their minivan. It was supposed to be just a “fun little release” in between his main projects. Little did he know that it would introduce him to a much wider audience.
His hip-hop and electro pop-tinged take on the song went viral on the video-sharing app TikTok and became his first…
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