keiyaA is a new artist to us, but we gather a previous release was called ‘Camille’s Daughter’, and got decent reviews. Well, this is the first new music since then, and it is one of the most luxurious, rich R&B tracks we’ve heard in ages.
The new song goes by the title ‘Stupid Prizes’ and it samples an artist you don’t often see sampled in the current climate.
She says of the new track: “I wrote, recorded, and produced “stupid prizes” all in one sitting, at home late at night in my living room in Brooklyn. I sampled Percy Faith, an orchestral composer known for creating rich and luscious scores and show tunes, helping contribute to this classic ‘American’ sound. I sought out to create this sort of bed of irony, to speak and sing about being miserable on top of this beautiful, dreamy and romantic music. Which speaks not only to what it can feel like navigating my internal and external worlds, but also what it feels like being a marginalised person in America.”

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