Heart were pissed off when they recorded their single “Barracuda” in 1977. The record emerged from a period in which false narratives constantly swirled around the band. “The real thing don’t do the trick, no/You better make up something quick,” Heart bit back on the song. Fast forward nearly five decades and the record has found new resonance with another popular artist: Chappell Roan. Having recently found herself pushed to adamantly defend her character, the musician performed a raging cover of “Barracuda” during a concert in Iowa.
With bright red lights soaking the stage in a fiery hue, Roan belted out the record at full force. She dropped to the floor throughout the song and rocked out with her band during blistering instrumental breaks. “You lying so low in the weeds/I bet you gonna ambush me,” she sang. “You’d have me down, down, down, down on my…
