Kelela | "new avatar", due July 10. Tour Dates are LIVE. Fourth Single "Outta Time" (w/ AK PAUL) - Out Now

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Feb 28, 2023

Queen

viscera

Feb 28, 2023

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KingWop

This s*** been on literal repeat, that outro/intro transition too effortless

Stardust

Feb 28, 2023

Thread title dont lie!! Amazing album

Saturday

Mar 1, 2023

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In 2019, I didn’t know where I wanted to go with the next record. I still had hella tracks in my pocket, and I could have been feeding this capitalist framework of just releasing music consistently, rather than it being about the arc that I’m creating. For me, I care more about the arc. I like it when I can hear the growth in an artist from one record to the next. To be honest, I didn’t want this record to feel like Take Me Apart part two—which is, frankly, something we see a lot in the music space. What’s different about Raven is that it’s that ethic with the addition of boundaries—staying soft in this world that is treating me like s*** in so many different ways. And I would say that I’m able to stay soft by having strong boundaries. For the songs where it’s not overtly romantic, it’s more about me and my place in the world. It’s the boundary-drawing that happens in those songs, like ‘Raven’ or ‘Fooley’ or ‘Holier.’ It kind of feels omnipresent in that way—that it applies both to me and to people in general. You could apply it to friends, to my career, romantically. ‘Raven’ is the manifesto for that boundary-drawing.

documentjournal.com/2023/02/kelela-new-album-raven-take-me-apart-dance-music-happy-ending-let-it-go-enough-for-love-interview

MrIndigo96

Mar 1, 2023

Missed Calls gives me Aaliyah vibes

AvenueJones

Mar 1, 2023

viscera

https://twitter.com/michaelmoran48/status/1623925060305321985

Am I buggin or that made no sense?

AvenueJones

Mar 1, 2023

Saturday

In 2019, I didn’t know where I wanted to go with the next record. I still had hella tracks in my pocket, and I could have been feeding this capitalist framework of just releasing music consistently, rather than it being about the arc that I’m creating. For me, I care more about the arc. I like it when I can hear the growth in an artist from one record to the next. To be honest, I didn’t want this record to feel like Take Me Apart part two—which is, frankly, something we see a lot in the music space. What’s different about Raven is that it’s that ethic with the addition of boundaries—staying soft in this world that is treating me like s*** in so many different ways. And I would say that I’m able to stay soft by having strong boundaries. For the songs where it’s not overtly romantic, it’s more about me and my place in the world. It’s the boundary-drawing that happens in those songs, like ‘Raven’ or ‘Fooley’ or ‘Holier.’ It kind of feels omnipresent in that way—that it applies both to me and to people in general. You could apply it to friends, to my career, romantically. ‘Raven’ is the manifesto for that boundary-drawing.

https://www.documentjournal.com/2023/02/kelela-new-album-raven-take-me-apart-dance-music-happy-ending-let-it-go-enough-for-love-interview/