Keith Urban Covers Sabrina Carpenter's 'Espresso' onThe Tonight Show— Watch!

Mar. 15, 2025

Keith Urbanhas great music “taste!”

The country singer, 56, surprised viewers when he gave an impromptu performance ofSabrina Carpenter’s summer hit “Espresso” while appearing onThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallonto promote his new albumHighon Tuesday, Sept. 24.

“How do you choose what cover songs you’re going to do?” he asked the singer.

“I don’t know, just a well-written song,” Urban said. “I mean, Taylor’s songs are all well-written, the bones are good … you can do any well-written song in almost any style.”

Keith Urban, Sabrina Carpenter.Taylor Hill/WireImage; Taylor Hill/Getty

Taylor Hill/WireImage; Taylor Hill/Getty

Fallon, 50, then asked, “Is there anything ticking in your head right now?”

Urban replied, “Uh … you could do Sabrina Carpenter ‘Espresso’ … you could do that, like, on a banjo or something,” as the audience cheered.

“I mean, that’s the song of the summer,” Fallon said. “I mean, you think you could do that on a banjo?”

Fallon then whipped out a banjo from behind his desk and handed it to him.

“Are you serious?” Urban asked. “You just happen to have one!?”

“I mean, try it!” Fallon urged.

After a few seconds of fine-tuning the instrument and trying out a few notes, Urban went into a country-tinged rendition of Carpenter’s viral pop hit, singing the lyrics while playing the banjo, as the audience clapped along.

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Taylor Swift and Keith Urban performing in Toronto in October 2015.George Pimentel/LP5/Getty

George Pimentel/LP5/Getty

The “Blue Ain’t Your Color” singer’s cover performance of “Espresso” comes after he praised another pop songstress recently — Swift.

Speaking to U.K. newspaperThe Times, Urban shared his admiration for the singer in navigating the spotlight.

“It’s been remarkable watching Taylor grow in public because it’s pretty brutal,” he told the outlet. “It feels like now people have long forgotten all of the s— she had to go through,"

source: people.com