Karmin Gives Blues-Rock Treatment to Justin Bieber's 'What Do You Mean'

Justin Bieber has been surprisingly welcomed back into the music world with the perfectly catchy pop banger "What Do You Mean?", and a pop hit isn't solidified without a Karmin cover. The pop duo is releasing a strikingly simplistic video to accompany their uniquely blues-rock take on Bieber.

"What Do You Mean?" can be viewed here, and watch the wild-west themed video for their latest original single "Didn't Know You" here.

While holding the status of pop powerhouse, Karmin try something a little different with "What Do You Mean?" with Jeff "Gitty" Gitelman laying down some guitar licks and Amy Heideman's signature strong vocals with a side of lilting falsetto. Sans Amy's instantly recognizable voice, the cover could have easily been mistaken for a rock band out of Nashville. Using Justin Bieber, the poster child for pop in its purest form, Amy and Nick instead take the chance to show their versatility and ability to think outside the box. The video strongly focuses on Amy's face, giving the audience doubting looks as she begs the title question, while shots of various instruments (no synths here!) add to their new rock-infused flavor. Surely more new sides of Karmin are to be revealed with the 2016 release of their second LP Leo Rising.

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