Matt Berninger and Rosanne Cash have released their cover of The Velvet Underground’s “Who Loves The Sun” ahead of the Hulu debut of the comedy-drama series ‘Sunny Nights’. The recording appears in the opening scene of the first episode and serves as the theme song for the series, which is directed and executive-produced by Trent O’Donnell.
Berninger says the collaboration came naturally after his long friendship with O’Donnell. “I’ve been a Trent O’Donnell fan for a long time. We became good friends when he cast my brother, Tom, in an episode of his show No Activity, and we’ve had a close, creative bond ever since.”
When O’Donnell approached him about recording the Velvet Underground song for the series, Berninger immediately envisioned it as a duet. “When he asked me to cover the Velvet Underground for Sunny Nights, I immediately thought of it as a duet with Rose and John [Leventhal]. We recorded it in their Chelsea brownstone last summer. John did most of the work while Rose and I drank chardonnay in the garden in the sun.”
‘Sunnny Nights’ stars Will Forte as Martin Marvin, a straight-laced American who moves to Sydney to start a spray-tan business with his unpredictable sister Vicki, played by D’Arcy Carden. As the siblings try to grow their startup into a successful company, they become entangled in Sydney’s criminal underworld, forcing them to navigate danger while keeping their business afloat.