Watch this 9-year-old absolutely crush Nirvana's 'In Bloom' on the drums

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Andy Moser
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If you don't know 9-year-old drummer Nandi Bushell already, you probably will soon.

Despite her young age, the 9-year-old from Ipswich, England, has been posting drum covers to her YouTube channel for over two years. She's covered the likes of Beyoncé, Metallica, Joan Jett. Now, she's going viral for her recent cover of Nirvana's "In Bloom."

She kills it, of course, beating the drums exactly like Dave Grohl, and letting loose with a few screams in between. And aside from her recent viral video, Bushell has been having quite the year. She got to rock out in a new Argos holiday ad, slaying the classic '80s hit "Don't You (Forget About Me)" by Simple Minds.


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Earlier this year, she also got to meet and jam with legendary rocker Lenny Kravitz, who said he keeps up with her drumming videos on social media.

If praise from Lenny Kravitz isn't validation (not that she needs any), we don't know what is. Bushell looks like she's catching fire, and we can only assume that she's going to continue rocking the way she knows how. Rock on, kid.

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Andy Moser

Andy is a fellow on Mashable's Culture team. He graduated with a B.S. from the University of North Florida in 2018 and moved to New York to pursue journalism in culture and entertainment. He can (and will) talk for too long about Star Wars and movies in general. His fear of stinging insects and 80+ degree weather will keep him inside forever. He wishes he were shorter.

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