“I had zero clue! To say this was unexpected is an understatement. Yeah Yeah Yeah's lead singer Karen O has always been one of our favorite kick-ass frontwomen, and if her Grammy-nominated single The Moon Song for Her (2013) or her work on the magical Where the. “Karen is an all-time great.”Įarlier this year, Karen O performed “Moon Song” on the Academy Awards but lost the trophy to the irrepressible Disney song “Frozen,” but judging from what she told Rolling Stone in January before the show, it was an honor to be nominated. “So excited, lucky and proud to be involved with such a classic album – I just wanna listen to it all day,” Casablancas said in a statement. Ah, ah, We come from the land of the ice and snow, From the midnight sun where the hot springs flow. The singer recorded the album in 20 in her bedroom, with every song containing the warbled, lo-fi sound of “Moon Song.” The record’s artwork will feature drawings the singer made alongside handwritten lyrics and will first be released on limited-edition vinyl before its standard vinyl, CD and digital releases. They are the soundtrack to what was an ever-continuing love crusade.
These songs were written and recorded in private around this time. “I wasn’t sure I’d ever fall in love again. Standout Tracks: ‘Rapt’, ‘King’, ‘NYC Baby’ Rating: xrr rating3.5/5 Whilst 2006 saw the release of Yeah Yeah Yeahs ’ acclaimed album Show Your Bones, it also marked an interesting direction for the song-writing of lead singer Karen O. The song is the first to be taken from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman’s debut solo album ‘Crush Songs’, which is due for. “When I was 27, I crushed a lot,” Karen said in a handwritten statement about the record as a whole. Karen O has unveiled her single ‘Rapt’ listen to it above. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ ‘Sacrilege’ and the 100 Best Songs of 2013 Despite the painful lyrics, she stays stable, barely moving, before disappearing at the end. In the video for the two-minute, lo-fi song “Rapt,” which, according to Pitchfork, was directed by O’s husband Barney Clay, the vocalist floats underwater and sings in a similarly murky style about how “love’s a fucking bitch to me” while strumming guitar. Related Karen O Links Official page Karen O wiki Day Go By video Karen O twitter Karen O facebook. Less than a year after Karen O received an Oscar nomination for her solo recording “The Moon Song” from the Her soundtrack, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman has returned with the lead single to her first solo album, Crush Songs, due out September 8th on Julian Casablancas’ Cult label. Top Karen O Lyrics Immigrant Song Beast Body Rapt The Moon Song Go Communion Strange Love I Shall Rise.