Look, we don’t usually touch covers of tracks that dropped just recently. Madison Beer’s ‘Bittersweet’ is still living rent-free in everyone’s head, still soundtracking every fresh breakup. But Kat Moran took that emotional gut-punch and turned it into something you can actually move to, and I’m obsessed. I was getting ready for drinks last Friday, doing my makeup, and this DnB version came on. Suddenly I wasn’t sad about my last situationship I was ready to fucking dance through it. That’s the energy shift we’re talking about.
Madison Beer’s original lives in that vulnerable, soft-pop space where you process feelings quietly. Kat Moran said fuck that let’s process this at 174 BPM with punchy drums and euphoric synths that make you want to rage and heal at the same time. The track opens with “Can’t believe it ends this way” and instead of sitting in the sadness Kat immediately pushes it into motion. Her airy vocals ride over this driving DnB production that refuses to let you spiral. You’re not crying in your car anymore, you’re pre-gaming with your girls and remembering you’re that bitch.
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Here’s what makes this cover genius: Kat keeps the emotional complexity of the original but changes the delivery system. The chorus still hits with “I know I should be bitter / but baby right now I’m bittersweet” but now it’s backed by these massive, club-ready drums and synth buildups that turn the confusion into power. That contradiction of knowing you should be mad but also feeling weirdly free? Kat makes that duality something you can dance to. The production gives the messiness a different soundtrack entirely. Every contradictory feeling gets wrapped in euphoric synths and driving drums.
The vocal performance here is smart as hell. Kat’s delivery stays light and airy, which creates this perfect contrast with the heavy, driving production underneath. She’s not trying to out-sing Madison Beer or compete with the original. When she gets to “One day I’ll wake up sad / but go to bed so glad / knowing you know what you could’ve had” the lyrics still cut deep but the synths around them make it feel like a celebration instead of a funeral. You’re glad he knows what he lost. You’re dancing about it.
Kat Moran is an American/Ukrainian singer-songwriter and actress who’s worked with established producers and labels across Dance-Pop and Dark Pop. Her EDM single ‘400 Degrees’ got serious attention, and she’s currently working on an album while writing for major artists. This ‘Bittersweet’ cover shows exactly what she does best: wrapping emotional content in dance floor production. She keeps all the weight of the feelings while making them something you can physically move to.
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The DnB influence throughout this track is what separates it from every other pop cover trying to go “upbeat.” The drums are punchy and precise while the bassline drives forward. Kat understands that DnB energy: relentless momentum even when you’re processing heavy shit. That’s the whole vibe of moving on, you keep going even when it hurts.
What Kat does here is give you permission to feel the complexity and still fucking party. You can be sad about how it ended AND ready to keep going. You can acknowledge it was messy AND refuse to sit in the mess. The original ‘Bittersweet’ lets you process quietly. This version says process it loud with your friends on the dance floor where healing doesn’t have to look like suffering.
I played this at pre-game two nights ago and watched everyone’s energy shift. The girls who were in their feelings about their exes? Dancing. Energy completely shifted. That’s what this cover does. It takes Madison Beer’s emotional honesty and makes it kinetic. You’re fucking thriving in the bittersweet feeling.
