We’ve learned that Dakota Fanning and Kristen Stewart sing four songs on the Runaways soundtrack, and today, with Dakota Fanning’s rendition of “Cherry Bomb,†we get a first taste of what that’ll sound like. In a word: bad! Well, not bad-bad — although we almost turned it off after the teenager-y, overpronounced “skoow-uhl / fooh-ul†bit at the beginning, the rest was pretty decent. The juvenile “Mo-om†vocals remain painful throughout, but she gets definite points for effort and enthusiasm. And she’s a teenager, so she can’t help it. Anyway, here’s Dakota’s version:
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