It’s good to be true to your music and style. It’s not encouraging to see young musicians/artists who cover popular film/album songs. It might be good, even great, with some ‘encouraging comments,’ but that hype-and-rise lasts only for that moment.
Remember, as your audience hears your cover, they are not listening to you but listening to the original being played back in their head. They compare you with the original and criticize or appreciate you on that benchmark. Cover versions might get you noticed, but that’s not the best way to promote the music inside of you.
Stay original, stay true. Even if it means you are just humming, jamming, or singing a few lines of words you just jotted down as you smelled the first few drops of rain hitting the soil.
Your music should be you and not a cover. The music inside of you is the purest and the rawest, and that should define the musician/singer in you.