10 Oct 2017 // A review by Corinne Rutherford
When I hear Kimbra, I still hear Somebody That I Used To Know, a song which Gotye made a killing on in 2012 and shot our lovely kiwi Kimbra from Hamilton into the musical stratosphere. I still hear it because I played it over and over again until I drove myself mad or my cats bonkers, one of the two. Anyway it is now 2017 and that song is buried deep in a music folder on my PC or burnt onto a blank disc somewhere and a new dawn has emerged in the form of a third album to be released in 2018 called Primal Heartand an alt-pop single which is just fresh off the press called Everybody Knows, Kimbra it seems has revamped her sound with this plucky yet strangely dark track, which has a similar but different title to the afore mentioned megahit
 

Kimbra can be quoted as saying the song opens “the doorway to the theme from this new album” which may be a hint of the bold, deep and personal musical offerings which we are waiting to hear. One more word in anticipation of Kimbra’s new album and that word is Skrillex. That is all.

Everybody Knows definitely gives you a taste of her no nonsense candid approach to life these days, it has got me rather intrigued and excited for the release of her new album “I think that there’s a little less bullshit and more wanting to just speak to things with a little more reality”. Personally, I appreciate music and lyrics with a little more reality, so you won me over.

Classified as a pop artist, Kimbra says she “feels sad when pop becomes a format of the same tiring formulas”. This isn’t that.

This is 80’s infused synth/pop with a smooth and catchy beat; it is a track with a story to tell and is done so with no nonsense lyrics. The video which accompanies is creative and symbolic, with a depth of feeling.

The response to Everybody Knows on social media has been hugely positive; It seems our Kimbra has quite a following, her music has evolved and now displays a maturity where emotion and honesty simply shine through.

“I was young and gullible but baby I grew.  Now the whole worlds watching you…”

_{Review written by Corinne Rutherford}

New Zealand-born pop star and two-time Grammy Award winning tour de force Kimbra is readying her fourth studio album, A Reckoning, produced in tandem with Son Lux’s Ryan Lott.

This is just the latest chapter in a series of Kimbra’s overall career success: the experimental pop performer’s 2011 debut, Vows, bowed at No. 14 on the Billboard Top 200 and was certified platinum in Australia and New Zealand. She received Best Female Artist two years in a row at the ARIA Music Awards and took home 5 New Zealand Tui Awards including Album of The Year in 2012. That same year, she exploded into the public consciousness with Somebody That I Used To Know, a duet with Gotye that earned her two Grammy Awards for 'Record of the Year' and 'Best Pop Duo/Group Performance', as well as reaching No. 1 on global charts (across 18 countries) and selling more than 13 million copies.

Her 2014 sophomore record, The Golden Echo, highlighted her eclectic style with a diverse set of collaborations from Thundercat, Omar-Rodriguez Lopez of The Mars Volta, Bilal, and John Legend. Likewise, her third LP, 2018’s Primal Heart, saw her touring with the likes of Beck, Odesza and David Byrne. Kimbra has performed on TV shows such as Saturday Night Live, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Last Call with Carson Daly, Late Show with David Letterman and Late Night with Seth Meyers, as well as performing at festivals such as Coachella, Austin City Limits and more.

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