During a session at a local New Zealand radio station, the artist known then as Ella Yelich-O'Connor took on the anthemic ballad, transforming it into a simple folk song.

There's barely any distinguishable difference between her voice on this cover and on the radio today; she has the same smoky, powerful range, exposing the song's dramatic peaks and valley without any of the originals sky scraping guitar work. If anything, it's just a rawer voice on the 12-year-old than what we hear from her on the radio these days.