The songs do not have imaginative melodies, but the lyrics are very soulful and powerful. Karen O’s album “Crush Songs” is a very quiet and repetitive album. The song is about someone who does not want to be in love but inevitably finds herself in love. Karen’s vocals and Wasif’s guitar still have a very soothing, lullaby-esque vibe to them, but the song has a strong message about love. The second song on the album, also the first single released, is “Rapt.” The most popular song on the album, “Rapt” is the only explicit song. Especially the chorus’ lyrics “drifted us to sleep.” “Ooo” is an odd way to start off an album since it is such a slow and peaceful song. The song sounds very much like a lullaby. Karen’s voice flows with the changing notes of the guitar. The opening track on the album is simply named “Ooo.” Wasif’s guitar plays the same three chords over and over again. However, on some of the later songs on the album, Karen uses an exotic and guttural scream that allows her voice to reach new heights. It doesn’t seem like there’s a whole lot out there… about just, like, navigating through your love life…”įor most of the songs, Karen’s voice is very soothing and harmonizes with the guitar perfectly. “But there’s so much of that out there in the world. “I have friends who are producers who’ve been trying to get me to do a very produced, upbeat kind of ‘Karen-O-goes-solo-dance-revolution-record,’” Karen said in a recent interview. Each song on the album is relatively short and repeats the same lyrics over and over again, like one long lullaby. Only Karen’s vocals and guitar played by another soloist, Imaad Wasif can be heard. The album was actually recorded about the same time as the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ second album, ‘Show Your Bones” in 2006. The album “Crush Songs” was written entirely by Karen.
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In 2006, Karen worked with Peaches, an electronic artist, and Johnny Knoxville of “Jackass” fame to record the song “Backass” for the movie “Jackass 2.” She later worked with Knoxville again to record the cover of Roger Alan Wade’s “If You’re Gonna Be Dumb” for the third installment of the “Jackass” movies, “Jackass 3D.” She changed the name of her cover song to “If You’re Gonna Be Dumb, You Gotta Be Tough.” She attended Oberlin College but later transferred to New York University to study the arts. The family eventually moved to New Jersey where Karen grew up. CD comes in arigato (envelope-style) packaging with a 16 page bookelt of personal drawings and lyrics Yeah Yeah Yeah's frontwoman Karen O releases her first solo album featuring lofi bedroom recordings from 2006-2007 and are similar to The Moon Song which she. Karen Orzolek, otherwise known as Karen O, was born in South Korea to a Korean mother and a Polish father. Karen O Crush Songs Expected 8th September - LP comes on limited blue vinyl with 36-page booklet of personal drawings and lyrics. The album titled “Crush Songs” strays away from the alternative stylings of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and sticks to the indie genre. Karen O, the lead singer of the alternative/indie rock band the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, released her first solo album earlier this week. Karen O’s “Crush Songs” was a complete solo effort and a labor of love.