Watch St. Vincent cover David Bowie’s ‘Young Americans’ on ﻿’The Late Show’

Watch St. Vincent cover David Bowie’s ‘Young Americans’ on ’The Late Show’

Friday, December 19, 2025 at 4:53 AM

St. Vincent covered the David Bowie classic "Young Americans" during an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Wednesday. The performance marked the launch of a new Late Show series called "Under the Covers." St. Vincent's version of the 1975 hit stays mostly close [...]

St. Vincent covered the David Bowie classic "Young Americans" during an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Wednesday.

The performance marked the launch of a new Late Show series called "Under the Covers."

St. Vincent's version of the 1975 hit stays mostly close to the original, with some added vocal affectations and a reference to another Bowie song, 1997's "I'm Afraid of Americans." You can watch the performance streaming now on YouTube.

The most recent St. Vincent album is 2024's All Born Screaming . She also just put out a cover of the holiday standard "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" for the new movie Oh. What. Fun.

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