Slayyyter has performed her version of Turnstile’s ‘Birds’ live for the first time during a show in Atlanta – check out footage below.
The singer is currently out on her ‘Wor$t Girl In The World’ tour, and brought the cover into her set at The Eastern on Monday night (September 21).
She performed ‘Birds: Slayyyter Version’ at the end of her main set, immediately after ‘Brittany Murphy’, before returning for an encore of ‘Brand New Chanel$’ and ‘Beat Up Chanel$’.
It marked the first time she has played the reworking live, having originally recorded her take on ‘Birds’ for Turnstile’s ‘Never Enough: Versions’ reworked album, which arrived on August 28.
The 22-track project saw songs from Turnstile’s fourth album reimagined by a wide-ranging cast of artists, including Elton John, Hayley Williams, Blood Orange, A. G. Cook, Faye Webster, Four Tet, Oklou, Floating Points, Nourished By Time, Alex G, Julien Baker and Mustafa.
Panda Bear also contributed a version of ‘Magic Man’, while Dying Fetus supplied a second, death metal reworking of ‘Birds’.
Watch footage of Slayyyter’s live version, as well as her studio rendition, here:
Her version transforms the original’s hardcore attack into a more electronic, maximalist take that sits closer to the sound of her latest album, ‘Wor$t Girl In America’.
The original ‘Birds’ appeared on Turnstile’s 2025 album ‘Never Enough’, and went on to win Best Metal Performance at the 2026 Grammy Awards. The album itself also took home Best Rock Album.
In a five-star review of ‘Never Enough’, NME described ‘Birds’ and ‘Sole’ as tracks that harked back to the band’s hardcore roots, while praising the wider record for “furthering their unique, pop-facing take on hardcore”.
Slayyyter and Turnstile are also due to share a bill next month, when she supports the band alongside Die Spitz at the University of Kansas in Lawrence on October 6 as part of the latter’s ‘Never Enough Tour Pt. 2’.
The performance comes amid a breakthrough year for Slayyyter. Her third album ‘Wor$t Girl In America’ arrived in March, with NME’s review praising its blend of “brash, sleazy pop” and late-’00s indie sleaze influences.
Last month, she also covered Hole’s ‘Violet’ for triple J’s Like A Version, prompting Courtney Love to hail the rendition as “a delight” and tell her to “keep wiping the floors with us”.
Weeks later, Slayyyter brought ‘Wor$t Girl In America’ to Reading Festival, where NME’s live review said there was “undoubtedly a star before us on stage”, praising her “rasped, rocked-up delivery” and increasingly confident live presence.
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