Kai Bosch continues his campaign to 'become the biggest gay popstar in the universe' with his swaggering new single "Rodeo Romeo"
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Praise for Kai Bosch:
“The alt-pop voyager has built a steady catalogue rooted in emotional honesty, with his first two EPs ‘SLIPPING’ and ‘Spider’ finding acclaim online. Out now, ‘Bodybag’ pivots in a spartan, minimalist direction, with Kai Bosch baring his soul. The single dips into relationship trauma, exploring the long, upsetting days before a romantic partnership comes to a close.
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“On “Tulips”… Bosch exposes a more mature, vulnerable figure. While retaining his signature bouncy and gossamer qualities, this subtle evolution to the artist’s sound will kibosh any doubts about his potential to keep audiences swaying in dimly-lit venues.
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“Armed with an artillery of sincere vocals and heartfelt lyrcisicm, alt-pop artist Kai Bosch has cruised onto the music scene to great appraisal. With a musical style that has previously been compared to the likes of James Blake, Kai’s discography is a richly emotive blend of subtly undulating electric beats, soft percussive elements and, of course, his own distinctive crooning voice.”
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“I think he’s got something proper special”
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After recently releasing the single “Everything Is Beautiful” earlier this year, one of the more infectious pop anthems of 2024 and a real change in direction for his sound, fast-rising UK artist Kai Bosch continues his campaign to become “the biggest gay popstar in the universe” with his swaggering new effort “Rodeo Romeo”.
Adopting a more groove-filled aesthetic but still occupying that riveting electro-pop direction he has been pursuing recently, “Rodeo Romeo” shows that he is still very much on top of his creative game right now. With his captivating vocal performance layered across a progressive pop production throughout, he continues his ascent as one of the more innovative names on the rise right now.
Adding about “Rodeo Romeo”, he said, "Rodeo Romeo continues on my campaign to become the biggest gay popstar in the universe. With my new material I’ve really been trying to take myself less seriously, both lyrically and sonically and for me, this is my crack at a Eurovision-worthy belter - it’s campy, it’s got the guitar solo and I get to belt for 14 seconds straight.
"Rodeo Romeo is about being so infatuated with someone that you cannot let go of them - even if it’s sometimes for the best. I saw it like a bucking bronco, refusing to lose someone even if they’re trying their hardest to fling you off.
"It’s my favourite song to date, purely for the fun I had making it, it felt like every silly idea me and my producer Duncan Mills had ended up making the cut (if you listen closely, we hid a plethora of horse noises into the song for you to find.)
“I cannot WAIT to perform it at my headline show next month, I’m gonna go full on cowboy for it and live out the campy-country-popstar fantasy I’ve always been destined for."
Having already been extremely busy on the live circuit throughout the last few years, including festival appearances at Latitude, Boardmasters and The Great Escape, and supporting both Katie Gregson MacLeod and Gretel Hanlyn on their recent UK/EU tours, Kai Bosch will also take the stage at London’s The Courtyard Theatre in Hoxton on November 22nd. Tickets are available HERE.
Whether it be from the isolation of his rural Cornish upbringing, the pure hedonism of Berlin’s throbbing nightlife or in the thick of London’s romantic grime, Kai Bosch has always made music for himself.
Hailing from the sleepy fishing village of Port Isaac in North Cornwall, Kai’s story is an all too familiar queer tale of feeling bigger than your surroundings. “I came out when I was 14, I was the only gay kid at my school and in a very closed-minded part of the country - I didn’t quite know who I was or how I fitted into that world.” - to bide his time, Kai found comfort in the diaristic preachings of Lorde’s Pure Heroine and the hushed introverted cool of The xx. “Music was the only thing that helped me cope, I found artists like Lorde and The xx and was so inspired seeing these teenagers just coming out and saying how they felt about things and the world celebrating them for it! It really sparked something in me and I realised I had so much that I needed to say too.”
At 17 Kai decided to take music seriously, dropping out of college without any A-levels he blagged his way onto a Popular Music degree at Goldsmiths University and uprooted himself to London via a brief stint in Berlin. Newly in London he fell into the catalogues of James Blake, FKA Twigs and Radiohead and let their avant-pop sounds steer his own ever-evolving pursuit of style. “I ended up with a really bizarre music taste! My playlists were jumping between these really acclaimed artists straight into a niche Girls Aloud B-side.” Bosch clearly uses this to his advantage, his music often smushing together commercial pop hooks with a more left-field production.
Now 22 and two years into releasing as Kai Bosch, authenticity has always remained at the heart of what Kai puts out - whether it be wrestling with his own trauma or coming to terms with the end of a relationship, feeling comes first. “I want to make songs that I can listen back to and live in that exact moment - whether it be reeling from an argument with my ex-boyfriend or being drunk on a balcony in Berlin, the “sound” that I was chasing for so long was actually just me and my voice, everything I put out is an extension of me and that’s what ties all of my songs together - genre or not!”
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