Kina Grannis
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Exclusive First Listen: "For Now" (Reimagined)
🕑 Added 2018-10-30 22:57:30 +0000 UTC Hi! This song comes out on Friday for the rest of the world (along with the lyric video!) but I'm too excited and I wanted to share it with my KG Records Family first!! So here you go :)A bit of backstory: A couple years ago, Jesse (AKA Imaginary Future/my husband) began collaborating with a guy named Christoph Andersson on a musical project called Jome (which, btw, is pretty much the best). Christoph's production immediately grabbed me, like it was some lost musical language from my past. It felt reminiscent of some of my favorites--Imogen Heap, Japanese House, Sigur Ros. Christoph also happens to be one of the loveliest humans out there and is now a dear friend I am so grateful to have in my life :) Anyway, after admiring his and Jesse's work on Jome for years, it hit me. I NEEDED TO WORK WITH CHRISTOPH.
The idea was that I would send Christoph the vocal stems to some of my songs off the new album and let him create a new world around them. As you probably know by now, my songs are my babies. The versions you hear of them on the new album are my songs in their purest form, the way they were born, with my heart and soul and tears poured into every last note. But one of the magical and powerful things about songs is how they can shape-shift and transform and take on new emotions/meanings/etc. I loved the idea of getting to give some of my songs a second life with the help of a friend whose musicianship I admire and trust (and obsess over) as much as Christoph's.
When he sent me back the work he'd done on "For Now" I was floored. It felt like an entirely different song, yet with the same essence buried in there. Hearing this song in a new light allowed me to learn even more from it. Every time I listen I feel like I'm hearing new things and feeling everything a bit more deeply. Long story short (or, looking back, I guess not so short) I am so incredibly excited about this collaboration and so honored to have his hands grace some of my songs.
I hope you all enjoy meeting this new side of "For Now". Take a listen, let it digest a little, and let me know what comes up :)
Mega love to you all. <3
xo
Kina
Comments
This is really great! I love how he has changed the track completely, but it is still so subtle and complimenting, not overpowering
andre perkins
Wow! Good memory. I'm going to find my PC version now...
I haven't listened to it yet, but from reading the post alone I'm really excited! :D
Wow, this has a completely different vibe to it! I really like them both! It's slower and more contemplative than the original, which to me seems more upbeat and simply glad to be alive. It also strangely reminds me of the days oh so long ago as a child playing Megaman X😅
I love it Kina! Are there going to be more reimagined versions from In the Waiting?
This song sounds so wonderful. Your voice is even more powerful in that version. I love that creation very much. Thank you for such a pleasure for my ears and heart.
I really like this. I favor the original version more, but this compliments the song nicely. I would totally turn to this version when I musically need something like this. I look forward to hearing more reimagined songs! :)
Nick Ryan
Oooooo, how delightfully post-modern ❤️🎶 This reminds me a little of the Kid A album by Radiohead with its spacey expansiveness. I dig it! You guys should do a whole album of remixes like this and call it Reconstructed or something like that 😊
AMAZING!!!
My goodness, feeling so the one again.. ✌️🌞
This is just awesome!!!! Well done all around. WOW!
This is amazing! <3
Beautiful/Magnifique. Airy like a warm cosy breeze. Merci Kina.
