Irish pop artist KEHLI shares new video for single ‘Hypnotized’
Watch The New Video HERE
After returning at the end of May to drop her highly praised new anthem ‘Hypnotized’, Irish pop starlet KEHLI is back once again to share the stunning new video for her latest release.
While the lockdown has seen many artists forced to reconsider their bold and ambitious plans for music videos, KEHLI has shown us that you can do a lot more with a simple iPhone and laptop these days. Working in collaboration with Buck Loop Productions, best known for their work on The X Factor, and her label Rough Bones’ in-house visual production team Maple Goldrush Productions, who also produced the video for her previous single ‘Believe It’, ‘Hypnotized’ mixes footage shot in her bedroom with bright and inventive animation to create a fresh and vibrant new video that reflects the song’s own fun-loving nature.
Speaking about her new video, she said, “The whole process of making the music video during quarantine was mad! I got used to doing the tech and dance rehearsals via zoom calls. We shot it over two days with a week of rehearsals before that spending a lot of long hours on zoom calls about it.
“I would be on zoom every day with my team including the video director, producers, choreographer and my managers for hours at a time going through the tech set up, camera angles, lighting and all the tech stuff because I had to learn to use all the equipment in quarantine and we improvised a lot on the equipment including filming most of it on an iphone and laptop because not everything arrived on time from the delivery delays.
“At the start, I wasn’t sure how it would turn out without having my team with me on the day of shooting. The end product was more than I imagined! I had to watch it a few times to let it sink in that all our hard work had paid off because it came together so well.
“The whole process was a cool experience and I’m happy something creative came out of the lockdown. My team really are the best having pulled all this together over zoom calls!Lol
“The response to the single alone has been amazing and I’m so happy for everyone to see what we have been cooking up with the music video....especially because between the pandemic and the #BLM movement, this really is a tough time for the whole world generally so I’m hoping the song and the video bring a bit of lightness and some smiles to everyone who watches it as we go through these dark times together.”
Recorded at SARM Studios (Madonna, The Rolling Stones, Stormzy, Raye, Lewis Capaldi), the track was produced by buzzing pop production team Kid Eternal and Angelssön (Glowie, Iggy Azalea, Icona Pop), mixed by Eli Marrett-Hitch (Dua Lipa ‘Don’t start now’, Justin Bieber ‘Yummy’, Troye Sivan, Ariana Grande, Julia Michaels, Jonas Blue) and mastered by Stuart Hawkes (Mabel, Ed Sheeran, Stormzy, Anne-Marie, JHus, Mura Masa, Rudimental).
Icona Pop & Afrojack producer from the Netherlands, Buzz Low heard the track and will now be releasing the official remix, which is set to arrive on June 26th.
Since the release of her sophomore single ‘Believe It’ last September, a lot has changed for the emerging singer. As well as the enormous response it received from Irish radio, with nearly 10 million radio impacts across stations such as iRadio, RTE 2FM, Spin 103.8, FM104, both BBC Radio 1 and KISS FM were also regular supporters of the release, and was featured in countless publications including Official Charts ‘One To Watch’, Earmilk, 1883 magazine, The Irish Times, Music Week, Record of the Day, The Digital Fix, Vents Magazine, Record of the Day and Chill Sounds Good.
By the end of 2019, she had collected nearly half a million streams across her Spotify alone. In addition to being invited to perform the infamous studio 8 sessions for RTE 2 fm, KEHLI was also named one of Top 5 emerging female acts to watch in 2020. Famed French HipHop DJ/Producer ProleteR heard the track and loved it so much he put his remix to it, which will be released next month.
Her previous offering ‘One Last Kiss’ reached top 5 positions in three key UK club charts including contemporary pop (#4), urban (#3) and club urban (#3). Watch the video for ‘One Last Kiss’ HERE
Hailing from Dublin, 19-year old KEHLI is a vocalist and performer with a soulful, passionate and unique interpretation of contemporary pop music. She spent her early years at stage school, where from age 5, she studied music and professional dance including contemporary, hip-hop and ballet.
Her evolving passion for music and performance encouraged a 14 year old KEHLI to try her hands on a couple of TV music shows (usual suspects The Voice/X Factor etc.) which at such a tender age, provided invaluable experience and gained her a small cult online following.
Rehearsal footage of KEHLI singing Jorja Smith’s ‘Let me down’ made its way onto Instagram and was met by an extremely positive response with over 22K views in its first 48hrs. This encouraged KEHLI to continue to pursue her passion for music.
It was this experience that led to an intro to producer/songwriter MSRD - now New York/London based, who’s worked closely with KEHLI to help hone her sound. Other collaborators include the likes of London based Cameron Gower-Poole (Anne-Marie, Raye, RAY BLK) who has worked closely on KEHLI’s forthcoming debut, a soulful, edgy, pop infused EP also featuring mixes by Josh Gudwin (Julia Michaels, Post Malone, Halsey).
2020 is on track to be an exciting one for this young Irish talent and her music.
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Praise for KEHLI
Officialcharts UK
“‘One Last Kiss’ wouldn't feel hugely out of place on Mabel's Ivy to Roses mixtape, Dua Lipa's self-titled album or Mahalia's Seasons EP - the dancehall feel makes it a fitting soundtrack for the summer months.”
Celeb Mix
“In addition to the excellent track, ‘One Last Kiss’ also shows off the rising Irish pop star’s fantastic vocals.”
When The Horn Blows
“[One Last Kiss] provides us with an energetic introduction to this exciting new talent.”
Irish Times
‘’KEHLI’’ #2 national trending in Ireland in June publication of the Irish Times.