The Temper Trap take Harry Styles' 'Sign of the Times' to Like A Version
The Melbourne band's cover left the rest of their triple j session behind, and its comment section turned into a thank-you note to the station's sound engineers.
triple jStory of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 70,435 views a day, 13 times a normal first day on this channel (5,596).
The Temper Trap cover Harry Styles’ ’Sign of the Times’ for Like A Version
Which song does the band behind 'Sweet Disposition' pick when triple j asks for a cover? The Temper Trap went for Harry Styles' 'Sign of the Times,' the sweeping ballad that launched his solo career in 2017.
It is a natural fit on paper: a slow build, a big falsetto, the kind of space the band has always liked to fill. The description credits Abby Mandagi on vocals, Joseph Greer on guitar, Jonathon Aherne on bass and Tobias Dundas on drums.
The cover drew about 70,000 views in its first day, more than twelve times what a full video on the station's channel usually manages. Like A Version always pairs a cover with one of the guest's own songs, and the band's 'Giving Up Air' went up the same day, along with a behind-the-scenes film and short vertical cuts of both. The Harry Styles cover has outrun all of them by a wide margin.
The comments came in about fifteen times faster than usual, and they are more specific than most. The most liked one praises the triple j sound engineers, a regular habit among Like A Version viewers. Several people say Styles himself was a Temper Trap fan back in the day, and one writes that it was Styles who introduced them to the band more than a decade ago. Others hear Project Hail Mary in it, or mention catching the band opening for Muse.
A few admit they never listen to Harry Styles. Under this version, they are the ones staying for the singer's voice.
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What viewers say
I will always give the Triple J sound engineers a shout out whenever I comment on a LAV video. Just unbelievable.
@NM-rz6tqSee it on YouTubeharry styles actually showed me the temper trap over 12 years ago, this feels very full circle for me
@liaonthelunaSee it on YouTubeugh i love the temper trap! love seeing them here
@portc4991See it on YouTube
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- Channel
- triple j
- Subscribers
- 2,060,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 4,982,396
- Channel views, pace per day
- 1,056,207 (on a normal day: 678,205)
- Video published
- October 1, 2026
- Video views so far
- 95,862 (2 days online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 88,166
The numbers
The cover's first day stands far apart from the station's usual start, and its comments ran even further ahead.
💡 Test your knowledge
Before 'Sign of the Times' became his first solo single, Harry Styles was a member of which group?
Harry Styles rose to fame with One Direction, formed on The X Factor in 2010, before going solo in 2017.
