90s Music

"Everyday be listening to 90s music!"

Could this BE any more nineties? (Credit to Gina Ekiss)

Ah 90s Music, the soundtrack of my childhood and school discos. Spice Girls, Nirvana, Oasis, Britney Spears, Radiohead. The list goes on. This could be a one hundred part blog post, so hold onto your hat or frosted tips. Hai Si Ja, Hold Tight!

Oh, wait, this is a single by New Zealand artist, Kimbra, released in 2014. My bad.

You might also know Kimbra through her featured performance on Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to Know”. This seems like quite a jump from a rather melancholic song to a much more jarring, and frankly incoherent song in “90s Music”.

With this incoherence — or described by some as “eclectic”, “eccentric”, even “demented” — it might be good to find out what Kimbra was thinking when she co-wrote this song.
“Nostalgia is a common theme for me. I have a strong connection to my teenage years so I wanted to capture that boisterous playful energy with this song.”
The song and its music video certainly come across as something written whilst high on blue smarties. Unfortunately, any nostalgia kicks from the lyrics were lost since you’d probably need the hearing of a bat to understand what Kimbra was singing, and despite contributions by Muse’s Matt Bellamy, the instrumentals didn’t rekindle my weak memory of the 90s.

On the other hand, the song was so jarring that it caused slight chaos with my musical equilibrium. I quite like chaos and an artist’s attempt to mess with you just for the shits, so I can appreciate that.

It seems like fans are split on YouTube. Some appreciated Kimbra’s unanticipated attempt at a “mainstream pop song”, while others were just confused, and one was just angry that she didn’t sing about Destiny’s Child! But one thing they all agreed upon is that IT’S ALL THE HIPSTERS FAULT.

Damn Hipsters, ruining avocados.


Random Facts

· The song was the lead single on Kimbra’s album, The Golden Echo, which was named after the daffodil, Narcissus Golden Echo.
· 90s Music was co-written by Mark Foster (Foster the People), Matt Morris, Stephen McQuinn, and Timon Martin
· The song did not reach the charts in New Zealand, Australia, or Japan. Needed more chaos.

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