In response to an explosive fan demand on TikTok, platinum-selling and award-winning artist and songwriter Tebey has released a country rendition of The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights”.
Here is a refresher on The Weekends Version.
And now check out Tebey’s Country Remake of the hit!
Released worldwide, the track has already had over 2.5 million global streams and 18 million impressions on Instagram; airplay in 9 countries; charted on Apple Music in 86 Countries; and hit Top 3 on the Spotify Viral Chart in Sweden and Norway, and the Viral Top 15 in his native Canada.
Tebey’s Blinding Lights is a unique country twist on the acclaimed, record-breaking pop song that is rapidly capturing the attention of users worldwide. It was even noticed by The Weeknd himself, who posted about the song on Instagram and reposted Tebey’s video on his own page; now his 5th most viewed TikTok video ever.
“It was never my intention to release a fully produced country version of ‘Blinding Lights’. This whole thing has been driven solely by the fans, and their reaction to a performance video I made to foster more connection with them on social media,” said Tebey. “
Tebey first recorded a short snippet of the song and posted it to social media (March 3rd), which generated such an immediate response. The TikTok clip of Tebey’s take on ‘Blinding Lights’ had over 12 million views in one week, and Tebey’s clips featuring the song have now surpassed 21 million total views.
