KID BE KID - Truly A Life Goal But No Ice Cream

Fun In The Church

£24.46

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: FUN37LP
Barcode: 4260437158965
Release Date: 29 Mar 2024
Genre: Soul / Jazz

No more lies!

KID BE KID did it again! After her 2017 debut "Sold Out" and the "Lovely Genders" EP 2020, The Berlin Soul and Jazz singer with the distinctive timbre and human beat box skills fnally releases her second album "Truly A Live Goal But No Ice Cream" on the outernational label Fun In The Church.

In the KID BE KID superhero universe, the fact that she is not only a singer but also a virtuoso pianist goes without saying. So much talent in one person would hardly be bearable if KID BE KID wasn't, above all, such a lovable funky freak! "Naked Times! No More Lies! Here I am strippin' straight in front of your eyes," she chants in a futuristic dress with a gigantic shoulder width, and in the video clip she skillfully oscillates between the authenticity of her live performance and the complete unreality of the production. Musically, it sounds like a fnely curated neo-soul record collection pushed through a 2030s cyber-sound AI. Except that with KID BE KID, the beats don't come from the hard drive, but from her body: Human Beat Boxing. So hip-hop community members are welcome to nod their heads here.

In the 10 songs contained on "Truly A Live Goal But No Ice Cream" KID BE KID refects on our existence between Internet publicity and Home Sweet Home, in which the mere start of the day can become a regular challenge! KID BE KID arms herself against the personifed time and gives it an ultimatum: "Don't you dare not be better than last year!". As a result, everything in her life as well as musically fnally takes a turn for the better...

KID BE KID has been touring Europe almost non-stop since last summer, has been recording vocals for Netfix ("Rumsspringa") and, in her remaining free time, has been hanging out in the young Berlin jazz and abstract beats scene. All these infuences can now be heard on her fantastic new album, where KID BE KID seems extremely determined to make the world a little bit better with her art: "We are here for a reason, Move! Be the better Move!", she challenges herself and us in her song "Move" and of course: KID BE KID is a movement we are only too happy to join in 2023.

She has been a celebrated sensation for years for her live performances anyway, so it's no wonder that she is only too happy to make fun of all the boring online productions, including bloated self-marketing in her lyrics: "You'll have to post 5 times a week, at least 5 videos and one pic, if not your audience won't grow". But since we have all become little self-marketing monsters with the desire for constant virtual pats on the back, KID BE KID directs this criticism primarily at herself: "Of course: For love everybody seeks, But it makes me sick, to do so, too" it also says in the song ("News Feed").

Well, when this album comes out in June, the ice cream parlors should fnally be open again in real life. Walking there, with KID BE KID on the AirPods, we make a few jumps of joy! Because, honestly? This is really so incredibly good.

TRACKLISTING
1. Start
2. Time
3. Move
4. Posers
5. I Swear
6. Naked Times
7. News Feed
8. Get Up
9. Stories
10. Hold My Hands