Following a recent session for Red Bull Music, Kyan can now reveal the official video for ‘Lonely River’.
Kyan explains that “from the moment we are born we are each given a label. Girl. Boy. Pink. Blue. With these labels comes a set of preconceptions and rules.
My earliest memories are filled with experimentation and expression; wearing my new wellies in bed, dressing up in sparkly clothes and makeup, going to school dressed as a superhero. I did whatever made me happy and felt right, as most kids do.
But with time things began to change. From age six I was constantly called a girl because I had long hair, then I got a little older and that changed to “coconut” (black on the outside, white on the inside) because I was academic and that wasn’t considered a trait associated with a black boy.
We live in a world where the label ‘girl’ means that 132 million girls receive little or no education. A world where the word ‘terrorist’ has become synonymous with the word ‘Muslim’. A world where the label ‘gay’ makes you a criminal in over 70 countries.
With this video I wanted to mash together different labels, and overlap, contradict and juxtapose stereotypes that I’ve encountered in my own life.”
‘Lonely River’ is taken from Kyan’s forthcoming ‘Nothing Beyond’ LP – due for release in 2019.
2018 has been a remarkable year for Kyan, boasting a euphoric COLORS session, studio time with Nile Rodgers and support from Ebro (Beats 1) .
Since releasing his debut EP ‘The Purple Experiment’ in 2014, Kyan has toured with critically acclaimed trio, London Grammar , had a series of collaborations with the likes of Duke Dumont , electro-pop king Madeon , Benga and Knox Brown , and racked up over 7 million Spotify streams.
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