It was one of those songs that my friends would ask me to play every time I’d be with them. “Tongue Tied” is one of my favorites, probably because I’ve had that song for such a long time. We were all in this cabin in the snow and wrote so much music in a week. It was the first time working with these people in person, getting tested and isolating. “Steal My Clothes” with Bea Miller, came from a writing camp in Mammoth at the beginning of the year. BROODS are one of my closest friends which made it so much fun to work on a new song together.
Some of the other ones, like the collaboration with BROODS, stemmed from friendships. That’s how most bedroom producers start, so it was fun to work on records in that way again. Sort of like being a bedroom producer: collaborating with another producer online, starting with an acapella, and then sending ideas back and forth.
The Jeremih and ZHU record came about in lockdown, which felt like I was going back to the way I used to make music before I was living in LA and collaborating with people in person. Talk about hand-picking these artists.Įach collaboration has a different story. You have amazing features from Bea Miller, VanJess, Channel Tres, ZHU, and Jeremih. Also, this EP came from a place of more feminine energy than the past music I’ve made - there are many female collaborations on the EP. It was more so piecing it together from the work I’d already done, then finishing all the songs that tied it together and fit within that project. I didn’t start the EP like “I’m going to make an EP,” it wasn’t a conceptual idea. Where did you get the inspiration for the Blossom EP? I think that’s any creative, self-employed path for everyone. Producing has always been my main focus, but it’s a long road to get to a place where you’re financially stable. I’d never really thought about my music being used in a different, more commercial space, reaching so many more people. I had a song sampled by Trinidad James, then it was used in a Victoria’s Secret commercial. That was the main source of income for me for most of my music career. I started off DJing and getting paid for that before I made any money from producing music. I don’t really have a specific person I aspire to be like, often, I draw influences from my friends/peers that make music as well.Īt what point did you realize this music thing was forreal? I love looking at artists that do many different things creatively. The style of music or even songs, trying to figure out how people made something. At that stage, you’re not very good at being able to mimic something so you end up doing your own thing through good mistakes and trying to copy whatever it is that you’re into. A lot of people, myself included, try to copy something that you hear that you like.
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How did you teach yourself how to produce?Ī lot of tutorials. It was finding a lot of friends online, sending stuff back and forth and learning in that way. I then learned to produce, kind of self-taught. I found that community of electronic music when I was pretty young. I got into music through online forums and through friends. I grew up in a really small town south of Perth in West Australia, really isolated. What was it like being from Australia and growing up in London? Read below as we discuss her background, being self-taught, being influenced by her friends, the turning point in her music career, the meaning behind Blossom, how she got her features, favorite songs, studio essentials, playing Art Basel, and more! Coming into fruition during the COVID-19 lockdown, the 7-track project hails guest appearances from Bea Miller, VanJess, Channel Tres, ZHU, Jeremih and more.įlaunt caught up with Kito via Zoom, who was posted in Echo Park with her friend’s kitten in her lap. And let’s not forget about her all-star catalog of remixes for the likes of Beyonce to Saweetie & Doja Cat, creating her own lane of futuristic pop.įast forward to 2021, Kito unveils her highly-anticipated new EP titled Blossom, reminiscent of a bouquet of flowers and how her mixture of sounds, tones, and emotions are intentionally picked and arranged. Last year, Kito received her first Gold record for her song “Bitter” with FLETCHER, which currently hails over 200 million streams and counting.
From her romantic lyrics to her uptempo production to her catchy hooks, Kito knows a thing or two about hit records. Here to put on for all the aspiring female producers, songwriters, DJs in the world, the Australian-bred, London-raised, Los Angeles-based recording artist sees her music as an intimate party everyone is invited to, touching the masses on an international scale. Kito is a whole vibe, and it shines through in her music.
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