You've Got To Hear Perfume Genius Cover Elvis Presley's 'Can't Help Falling In Love'

By Bobby Finger | September 16, 2016 | 9:45pm

Entertainment

Mike Hadreas, aka Perfume Genius, aka Mom, aka Dad, aka Queen, released a stunning cover of Elvis Presley’s classic love song, “Can’t Help Falling In Love” Friday in the form of a commercial (starring ANSEL, of all people) for Prada’s new fragrances, La Femme and L’Homme.

While the original version of the tune is a simple, slow dance-ready ballad that feels like a warm embrace in a dusty old dive bar, Perfume Genius’s pulsating update turns Presley’s chaste confession into something sexier and more exciting. He’s not just promising love, he’s threatening it.