088: KAYE

Bedroom Beethovens

KAYE is the musical moniker of Charlene Kaye, former frontwoman of indie darlings San Fermin. Each release propelled her singular creative vision while magnifying her electric frontwoman energy. We discuss her journey as she navigates growing up in an Asian household with a love of music, to enrolling in University of Michigan and Parsons to further her learning to be the best artist she can be. Her newest single was indeed co-produced by her and we chat about how she created a stop-motion music video for the song which she spent over two weeks to make and consists of 2500 individual still photos taken on a set made in her living room. The music video is a DIY jawdropper and a veritable time capsule of 2020, painting a picture of riot police opening fire at Black Lives Matter protests, a Trump made from an orange spewing out dozens of nails, and KAYE zooming over a death spiral, shredding atop a UFO. During the first month of the pandemic, she said that there was so much death and despair in the news that she felt her inner emotional state was constantly vacillating between laughing and crying. What a fucking time to be alive, indeed. Visit the website: https://www.bedroombeethovens.com/ Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bedroombeethovens Start your free 2 week trial with FUNimation: http://bit.ly/BedroomBeethovens20