Vera Blue has stripped Radiohead's 'Creep' down to electric guitar, piano and vocals for her appearance on triple j's Like A Version, the long-running Australian radio segment where artists cover another act's song and perform one of their own. The episode aired on triple j in August 2026 and is available on the ABC's triple j website and YouTube channel. Billboard

Radiohead released 'Creep' in 1992. Vera Blue, born Celia Pavey, described the track as an "epic rock song" with "heartbreaking" lyrics and said she aimed for a "very haunting version" that nodded to Thom Yorke's original vocal. She told triple j the whole point was to keep the raw emotion of the song intact. ABC/triple j

One detail that sets the performance apart is her use of The Pipe, a mouth-controlled dynamic effects processor and synthesizer made by SOMA Laboratory. The device lets a performer shape sound through breath and vocal-cavity pressure, and Vera Blue folded it into the arrangement alongside the guitar and piano. Billboard

For her original song in the session, she performed 'Maze,' the lead single from her forthcoming album Modern Rituals. The album is due for release on Friday, 21 August via Island Records and Universal Music Australia. It is her third studio album under the Vera Blue name, following 2022's Mercurial. ABC/triple j

Vera Blue is supporting Modern Rituals with an Australian tour opening on 21 August at Brisbane's Princess Theatre and running through 28 August at The Rechabite in Perth. Billboard

Before the Vera Blue project, Pavey emerged as a folk artist and finalist on The Voice Australia. She reinvented herself under the stage name in 2016. Her 2017 album Perennial reached No. 6 on the ARIA Albums Chart, powered by the double-platinum single 'Regular Touch' — double platinum in Australia certifying 140,000 units sold or shipped. Her collaboration with the electronic producer Flume, 'Rushing Back,' reached No. 12 on Billboard's Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart. Billboard

The full Like A Version session was also released as a 24-minute podcast episode through triple j. A behind-the-scenes video on triple j's YouTube channel walks through how she built the 'Creep' arrangement. ABC/triple j