![]() ![]() People in the club don’t know that secretly we’re doing therapy with them.”Īs we’re writing, we’re still coming to terms with the death of Drakeo the Ruler. It’s like an awesome, body-positive, self-help club song. I wanted to come up with a phrase that simply adds some positivity into somebody’s ethos when they say it. I feel like so much music nowadays, even if you repeat the hook, is some pretty messed up, negative shit. “The studio session when I made ‘Perfect’ was inspired by trying to come up with a phrase that people could say either to themselves or to other people that made them feel better about themselves. “I’m trying to say nice things to myself and I’m doing it over this house music,” he says. On that theme, the new single is “Perfect,” a song that Kyle describes as self-help music. Through working on these sad songs, I had to go to Miami for a little bit and realize that I want to dance and make uptempo music. So yes, the pandemic fully helped it along. That’s what a lot of the album speaks on. When I lost that connection with my fans, I had to discover again for myself why life is not so bad, what is there to be happy about, and how to deal with things when I’m by myself. All Instagram and social media does is give you this false sense of dopamine, but it’s not real life. I was depressed when I was trying to connect with people over the phone, and my phone doesn’t really love me at all. “Longing to connect with people in a real way and having that stripped from me confronted me with a bunch of work I need to do on myself to come to the conclusion that life is not so bad and there’s a bunch of things to be grateful for and happy for. “I have a bunch of songs like that,” he says. At first, he says, he was going to make a lo-fi album that was very sad. Initially, Kyle says that the entire story came from him being locked up in the house and having nothing but negative things to focus on. ![]() ![]() The ongoing lockdown naturally had an impact on the recording and release of this forthcoming album. I realized I want to speak on things that I’m educated on, and I happen to have been in love for a really long time so I know about those topics, rather than reaching till I rap about stuff that I have no clue on.” It feels more sexy and relationship-focussed. So the sound has really just gotten more mature. But on It’s Not So Bad, I kinda got really into R&B and house music, and UK garage started influencing me. “On See You When I’m Famous I was speaking on Ventura, my hometown, and it was very surf rock influenced. “I’m like a kid where my interests will change from one genre to the next, from one tone of voice to the next,” he told us by phone. The Ventura artist says that the sound on the new album has evolved hugely from that last one, mainly because he only knows how to create based on what he’s currently interested in. You only have to look at those titles to see that positivity reigns with Kyle right now. He’s just released the “Perfect” single, and his new album, It’s Not So Bad, drops on January 28. Two years on, and things are going pretty much to plan for the platinum-selling artist. Kyle is Still Super Duper: Back in 2020 when Kyle (formerly known as SuperDuperKyle and KiD but born Kyle Thomas Harvey) released his See You When I’m Famous album, it felt like a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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