This Alice In Chains-Styled Cover of Backstreet Boys Should Not Be So Fucking Good (but it is)

I made that

I need to be over-stimulated to not let my brain run a muck and destroy me. If I'm playing video games, there's likely a show, song, movie, or youtube video playing in the background, unless I'm wasting time searching for the perfect one.

Last night while gaming, I was cruising YouTube per usual when this video came up in my recommendations. While I don't love giving the algorithm the satisfaction of being right, I had to click. The title hooked me.

I've been ranting and raving about how much I love cross-genre covers since DOL was in its infancy. I love when artists transform a track into an almost unrecognizable version. Plus, as someone with eclectic taste, it's cool to see the fusion of two things that don't seem like a match, like Nine Inch Nails and Johnny Cash mix so well. I love the look behind the curtain of the different influences and styles artists like that you'd never expect. Alice and Chains and Backstreet Boys are a buffalo chicken-chocolate chip cookie kinda combo you'd find on my Ryan Radio Apple Music station.

​​While this track isn't actually Alice In Chains covering Backstreet Boys' signature song, it sounds pretty damn close to the real thing. S/o the creator Steve Welsh for knocking this out of the park and giving me a quick blog idea that maybe 20 people will see. There are millions of videos like this online, but most are nowhere close to the quality of this one. He transforms "I Want It That Way" from a boy band staple that doesn't make much sense when you actually listen to the lyrics to a haunting AIC track about the pain of addiction. He flawlessly switches back and forth between Layne (R.I.P.) and Jerry like Ray Allen. This song sounds like it could've been on Jar of Flies. Teellllll me whyyy.