Project Description
KIMBRA
‘Everybody Knows’
(Single/Video Review)
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“Everybody knows ‘bout what you do, everybody saw and sold the truth. I was young and gullible, but baby I grew. Now the whole world’s watching you…”
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Kimbra is back! Everybody Knows is the new single from Grammy and ARIA award winning New Zealand songstress, Kimbra. Following the release of the single, Kimbra unveiled the music video for Everybody Knows on October 6th; adorning a white dress in a field, slowly wrapping herself around a layer of cream chiffon throughout her journey before being free. Directed by Guy Franklin, the music video was shot in Victoria last month.
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“Hands to the bone, hands to the heart. Bodies alone, they hide in the dark. But is it a fight worth fighting?”
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The near four-minute track is highly emotional and physically demanding in many ways. The track is everything the lyrics express – a toxic relationship destroying a good person, the want and need to stop it all before it’s much too late and how once the true colours of a person has been seen, there’s no going back.
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“No I ain’t gonna try to forget what I’ve been through… Take your promises cause they’ve all been broken… I ain’t gonna lie but I ain’t gonna hold back or try to deny you turned a damn good heart black. I’ve got a little box that I’m gonna take back. Don’t make your promises cause I’m finished with all of that…”
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With the anticipated release of her new album, Primal Heart coming in 2018, Kimbra’s matured musical ability and production comes to light in Everybody Knows. The track is every bit ethereal with the intricate electronic melodies fused with an 80s-styled beat, as it is a rollercoaster of emotion from being confined to breaking free from the madness. The constant that remains the same is the vocals of Kimbra; eerie but fixating, strong but hypnotic.
Everybody Knows, Kimbra. Go check it out!
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