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Jan 16, 2025 41 min

Ep 65: Kelela [teaser]

from STARGIRL Hosted by Emma Glenn Baker

*Full episode on Patreon* Follow STARGIRL on ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠ for more! Today we travel back in time to the early 2010s and delve into the moody, mysterious soundscape of Kelela, the singer and dance music producer who soundtracked my early twenties. We explore her evolution from Muse to a handful of forward-thinking, UK-based producers to an Artist in her own right, why she stands above the scores of more famous Alt R&B artists (FKA Twigs, Solange, SZA, Tinashe, etc.), and the ways she’s employed more Narrative Control in recent years by explicitly defining her audience and who she will and won’t work with. We also check in on the Club — the rules of it, who it is and isn’t “for," and whether or not it's meaningfully alienating... anyone in 2025. PLUS! This episode features exclusive voice notes from my husband, weirdo music nerd, and former club kid, David <3 Mentioned: Kelela interview with Tanya Bunter (2023) Raven review/profile in NYT (2023) Interview in Dazed(2022)

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