Fresh from partnering with Spotify in its COLORSxSTUDIOS project, multi-hyphenate artiste, Miss Karun has released her latest project A\u2019 Nu, where she opens up on healing from abuse.<\/p>\n
The 7-track R&B EP was produced during a residency in Switzerland as a follow-up project to the single \u201cPen and Paper\u201d. The EP which is soulful and meditative, as Karun prefers to describe her sound, consists of records such as \u201cA\u2019 Nu\u201d (French word for bare), \u201cReason\u201d, \u201cHow Far\u201d, \u201cWondering Why\u201d, which are heavily influenced by her emotion experiences.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s in \u201cHow Far\u201d, where Karun shares her confession from a healed heart as she finally looks back on abuse for what it is.<\/p>\n
Karun writes reflective lyrics over the melancholy piano, from a perspective of understanding what she\u2019s been through and questioning how far she\u2019s willing to push herself to tolerate mistreatment before it\u2019s too much.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy music at its core is meditative, I use music as a spiritual practice. It helps me and then when the product is made I hope it helps whoever is listening to it,\u201d Karun explained to COLORS on her thought process for creating the music she does.<\/p>\n
In her COLORS SHOW performance, Karun performed \u201cOnly You\u201d, in an ode to a past lover, a feeling that most, if not all, are familiar with. \u201cI hope to keep discovering who I am and just being fiercely myself in whatever medium that is. So, music is what I\u2019m doing right now, and I hope it kind of just gets a bit more powerful,\u201d Karun added on COLORS.<\/p>\n
The singer, who considers herself as an alte-artist because of her alternative sound, says she is happy with the growth of the Kenyan music compared to ten years ago.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have a lot more alternative artists, a lot more artistes kind of experimenting with different sounds and that\u2019s good to see.\u201d<\/p>\n