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Drake's 'Hotline Bling' gets a swingin' '40s makeover

Damn, Postmodern Jukebox. Back at it again with another cover.

By

Brian Koerber

on February 25, 2016

Drake's 'Hotline Bling' gets a swingin' '40s makeover

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Alright, so they didn't exactly have cell phones in the 1940s, but if they did, Drake's "Hotline Bling" would have been the anthem of the summer.

The one-shot vintage remake comes from none other than Postmodern Jukebox, YouTube cover band extraordinaire, who specializes in transforming today's pop songs into yesterday's genres.

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Brian Koerber

Brian was the Culture Editor and has been working at Mashable on the web culture desk since 2014.

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