Kate NV's lockdown listening 'I'm definitely a major key person!'
about 4 years in The guardian
The Russian electronic musician on her homeland’s bizarre 80s movie themes and reappraising childhood favourites
I’ve spent the whole lockdown at home in Moscow. It’s funny, I’d actually planned to spend March and April at home, writing new music – that was the plan. But then all this happened and I can’t do a thing. Lots of people have been saying things like “don’t blame yourself”, and I know that. But it’s taken me a while to realise that it’s fine: I wish I could write music right now, but I can’t force myself to do it. Lockdown is so uninspiring, oh my god.
Lots of my musician friends have postponed [releasing] their albums. But I just thought: OK, you can’t compete with everything that’s going on in the world, and I’m not trying to. If my music could help someone to get through this somehow, I would be so happy. Continue reading...
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