Simply Three turns "The Cure" into strings and desert percussion

Filmed at Arizona's Lost Dutchman State Park, the trio's Olivia Rodrigo cover makes every sound with violin, cello and bass.

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Olivia Rodrigo - The Cure (Cinematic String Cover) | Simply Three

The instruments double as the rhythm section. In Simply Three's new cover of Olivia Rodrigo's "The Cure," bows and melody share the arrangement with strums, body taps and, near the climax, enthusiastic slaps on the cello and bass.

julz plays violin, Zack Clark plays cello and Nick Villalobos handles bass and percussion, with the desert doing its part visually. Sunlight comes through the cacti as the violin takes up the melody; aerial shots pull back toward the mountains and sunset. Simply Three directed, filmed and edited the video themselves, with drone footage by DJ Chaney.

The full performance arrived alongside a short companion upload, making this a two-upload week centered on the same arrangement. The full video had collected roughly 3,200 views in its first thirteen hours and carries the strongest daily viewing momentum among the channel's listed uploads. Viewers are picking out the instrumental details: one mentions the guitar pick, while another says the bassist changed how they think about composing for the instrument.

The subscriber audience held steady at about 1.5 million. Among nearby music channels, JohnMichaelHowell and Freya Skye had growing subscriber counts, while Simply Three shared a level week with several others.

Their earlier Alex Warren cover, "Ordinary - Simply Three (Alex Warren Cover)," continues to draw a smaller daily audience. But the new arrangement offers a particularly clear demonstration of this trio's approach: three string instruments supplying not just the tune, but the beat beneath it.

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More from Simply ThreeThis week on the channel 4 videos this weekAlex Warren's 'Ordinary,' bowed and plucked, and a stop in Milwaukee for Simply ThreeThe string trio arranged, filmed and edited the cover themselves, with a borrowed camera and lenses, then took fans along on the road.Channel: Simply Three · Story of October 2, 2026 Also in Pop, R&B and singer-songwritersVideo surging 5x the video's usual paceJohn Michael Howell builds a pop backing band in MinecraftHis July Short turns note blocks and redstone into a complete arrangement, then puts his voice over the top.Channel: JohnMichaelHowell · Story of October 24, 2026 A different discovery todayVideo people are talking about 11x its usual commentsZelenskyy tells Steven Bartlett why he needed "ammunition, not a ride"In a nearly two-hour conversation, Ukraine's president moves from sleepless nights and grieving parents to Bucha, Paddington Bear and the morning the invasion …Channel: The Diary Of A CEO · Story of October 24, 2026

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The videos drawing views on Simply Three right now

Olivia Rodrigo’s “The Cure”… but make it cinematic strings. 🎻🔥 #Oli…561 views · 2026-10-23 Ordinary - Simply Three (Alex Warren Cover)18,230 views

The numbers

Here is Simply Three's week in views, uploads and subscribers.

subscribers

1,510,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

352,444,465

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Hayley Kiyoko

2,400,000

doddleoddle

1,960,000

JohnMichaelHowell

1,940,000

RAYE

1,930,000

MALINDA

1,770,000

ParryGripp

1,670,000

Simply Three

1,510,000

Talia Mar

1,000,000

Freya Skye

942,000

As of October 24, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.