Hear The Shins Cover The Beatles For Netflix’s Beat Bugs

Hear The Shins Cover The Beatles For Netflix’s Beat Bugs

Beat Bugs, Netflix’s Beatles-themed animated kid’s show, is premiering next week. We’ve already seen a teaser trailer, and today, the full trailer has arrived, along with a clip of the Shins covering Rubber Soul’s “The Word” while animated critters cavort around a colorful cartoon world. The show will also feature Beatles covers from Eddie Vedder, Sia, Chris Cornell, P!nk, Of Monsters And Men, Regina Spektor, and many more. Watch below via Vulture.

All episodes of Beat Bugs will be available 8/3 on Netflix. Here’s the full list of Beatles covers in the first two seasons:

Season 1:
Pink: “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds”
James Corden: “I’m A Loser”
Aloe Blacc: “Rain”
Robbie Williams: “Good Day Sunshine”
Eddie Vedder: “Magical Mystery Tour”
Frances: “In My Life”
The Shins: “The Word”
The Lumineers: “Honey Pie”
Sia: “Blackbird”

Season 2:
Rod Stewart: “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”
Chris Cornell: “Drive My Car”
Regina Spektor: “And Your Bird Can Sing”
Jennifer Hudson: “I’ll Follow The Sun”
Of Monsters and Men: “Eleanor Rigby”
James Bay: “Hey Bulldog”
Tori Kelly: “I’m Happy Just To Dance With You”

Variety reports that Netlix has also ordered a new Motown-themed series from Beat Bugs’ writer/director Josh Wakely. The as-yet untitled project will follow the adventures of an 8-year-old boy named Ben, who lives in a city called Motown and discovers he can bring street art to life. Smokey Robinson is executive producing, and he’ll round up a group of contemporary artists to cover 52 classic Motown songs for the show.

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