KennyHoopla is using his art to grieve his late mother, who passed three years ago, on his new track, “orphan//.” The track will be part of his upcoming EP conditions of an orphan// out on September 19 via The Orchard.
KennyyHoopla notes of the raw indie rock-laced lead single, that “orphan//” is about “trying to sift through the process of grief for someone else. The right answer is that there is no right answer. Pain is fluid.”
He adds, “I felt the strongest about the song from the start. It’s about wanting to pick someone up and help them—but there’s no single way to grieve. There’s no exact process for it, and sometimes the puzzle pieces just don’t fit. It has made me feel very depressed, but I have to somehow power through and be ready to fight again, even when your fucking arms are broken.”
He concludes, “A lot of the time, I just feel very alone, like an orphan. I’m just trying to find a home, literally and metaphorically—as a person, and as someone in the music industry. I’m trying to see where I fit in, given the circumstances of life that everyone has to go through.”
Check out the new track below.
Uniquely, Paramore‘s and HalfNoise‘s Zac Farro produced the forthcoming record and brought his drum skills to the project, too. KennyHoopla says, “I brought him [“orphan//”] and he made it sound even more like an actual song. He was like, ‘Send me all the ideas you have right now, whether you like them or not—and we’ll pick which ones I think have the most potential.”
Stay tuned for more KennyHoopla drops ahead of the EP’s release.
