Talk About… Pop Music!
[Video Premiere] Yellow Shoots – Desert Rose
We posted the single back in May but here goes an EXCLUSIVE World Premiere of the video for “Desert Rose”, the single previous to the current online viral hit (currently #7 on the HypeMachine chart), “magic on my pillow” from Brooklyn-by-way-of-Philly artist and new Kitchen fave, Yellow Shoots.
Both tracks come from the forthcoming album, everything due out next week on July 23 (yes, that’s a Monday, not the usual Friday release). Want to know why you should start your week off with this stack of funk/soul/pop/rock goodness as your soundtrack? Just hit play on that video for the answer!
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[MP3 + Music Video] Alessia Cara – A Little More
New track and video from one of our favorites from the hometown and a near birthday twin for our capo here at the Kitchen (she’s the 11th, he’s the 10th) so belated Happy Birthday, Alessia!
Previously on the Kitchen:
– Alessia Cara – Growing Pains [MP3 + Music Video]
[Music Video] KALLITECHNIS – come up / body&soul
And even more MTL vibes. Another nice one for Summer from relative newcomer, KALLITECHNIS:
The two-in-one video for “Come up/ body&soul,” the first ever visual by KALLITECHNIS, offers viewers a comprehensive look into her intimate inner-world as she pieces together a collage in Come Up, unaware of the audience’s gaze, all while demonstrating, via the collage, the elements that comprise her: soul and ego. This first part ultimately ends with a message of paramount importance to KALLI, one that’s overarching all of her art: SOUL OVER EGO.
Say Kalli, “Come up is an especially meaningful song to me because it reflects my current reality. The “come up” is here and now. It’s all of my vulnerabilities pieced together and reflected in the authenticity of my art. The footage of collage-making is a direct parallel to that. It’s just me fusing all concepts of soul and ego into the entity that is KALLITECHNIS.”
“I wrote body&soul as an ode to candour. I owe a lot of personal growth to just being honest with my(self) through the good times as well as the bad. body&soul is about exactly that: having your physical body work in tandem with your soul in a way that’s honest and unapologetic.”
Y’all digging the jazzy, soulful vibes? Coming real soon, get ready for some even bigger things from KALLITECHNIS in the lead up to the release of her Chromatic EP later this summer!
[MP3] Sara Diamond – Foreword Feat. Brodi
More Montreal vibes! Been a fan of soulful, pop singer, Sara Diamond since discovering her while working on CBC Searchlight.
[MP3 + Music Video] Ralph – Girl Next Door Feat. TOBi
Perfect for Summertime! Nice track by Toronto singer, Ralph and Kitchen favorite, TOBi. Peep the PR game:
Toronto based artist RALPH is an alluring pop enigma. Drawing from her disco and synth-laden roots, as well as her personal musical heroines Sade, Stevie Nicks and Donna Summer, her rose colored alt pop brims with a perennial sense of adolescent love. On the strength of her debut self-titled EP — and standouts “Cold To The Touch” and “Tease” — the budding star (née Raffa Weyman) has tracked over 10 million Spotify streams to date.
After delighting with the release of her steamy, summertime heater “Girl Next Door,” a duet with fellow Toronto upstart TOBi, she returns today with a pastel & sunshine-soaked video.
The clip finds RALPH and TOBi in a surreal summertime seaside oasis, with the singer cooing from atop a jungle gym, buried in the sand up to her head, and on a second floor balcony alongside a bevy of her squad pals. The clip was helmed by Ally, a director/producer, who has worked on videos for the likes of Janelle Monae, The Vamps, Ariana Grande, as well as a writer on the hit series, Schitt’s Creek. Ally is now developing an original comedy series with its creator, Dan Levy and Imagine Entertainment.
The track was inspired by RALPH’s own musical ascent, and mirrors the struggle rising artists often face in remaining grounded. When she reached out to the emcee to collaborate, he coincidentally had a song idea of his own that fit the context perfectly. “It was beautiful,” she recalls. “Exactly what I imagined the song to be.” RALPH’s own family and friends inspired the rest. “I keep having them joke around and say ‘I hope you don’t forget me when you become famous’ or ‘one day you’ll be too famous to hang out with me’ which is ironic because it’s friends and family who keep you grounded,” she adds. “If you ever develop an ego and start acting like an asshole, they’re the ones who remind you of who you really are. That was the idea behind the lyrics, talking about potential change but acknowledging that you’ll always be the same person no matter what.”
Also enjoy the remix by another Kitchen fave, GOVI after the jump…