I don’t know if anyone knows/seen this but the New York knicks won the world basketball championship for the first time in forty years or something last night and they took to the streets to sing epmpire state of mind collectively https://bsky.app/profile/luckytran.com/post/3moa4f7zyv22l
many bands like this on the psych fest circuit now, I would go and see them, but this probably answers your question now.
That's a great rendition. Shows what a strong song it is to be able to take such a different interpretation. I've noticed that often with songs. Dylan's music largely passed me by until I heard covers of his songs by other artists.