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New Music Critique: Lavender Kiing

Production7
Lyrics9
Music7
Vocals8
Musicianship7
7.6

Contact: [email protected]

Web: Spotify

Seeking: Booking, Film/TV, Collaboration, Label

Style: Hip-Hop

Pitched-down monster vocals, deep sub-synth bass, bouncing trap beats and ‘90s kids references tug on the nostalgia strings on Lavender Kiing’s “Danny Phantom.” The music is light and fun, leading to single, “Patty Pie$,” on which Kiing flashes his flow, switches the style, and channels characters and voices who attest to Kiing’s other alias of “The Lavish 1.”

By the time we hear the final selection for review, “Kiing Back,” the vocal fry became exhausting to hear and decipher melody or lyrics. We hope that this effect can be used more sparingly, like Kiing’s contemporaries: Lil Wayne, Childish Gambino, Odd Future/Tyler, the Creator.