Hello friends :)
Come hang out with me next Tuesday at our monthly Coffee Date Hangout! It's been too long! I really love these chats with you all--in addition to covering general life updates, we seem to have slowly shifted the content of these to feel like a group therapy session of sorts--exploring all kinds of emotions, life struggles, and theories about the inner workings of our minds. If you're into that kind of stuff--please join us! And if that stuff freaks you out--ALSO join us...
2019-10-11 19:43:01 +0000 UTC
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Hey KG Records Family!
Episode 8 is here! To be honest, making this one really threw me for a loop. I'm so used to revealing all of my own stuff on the internet, but knowing what to share and what not to share when including another person in the story is really tough! I found myself tip toeing around the words, afraid for anything to ever be taken the wrong way, trying to hear it what I was saying through YOUR ears, through Beth's ears, through the ears of other members of our family.....
2019-09-26 18:00:35 +0000 UTC
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Hello wonderful KG Records family! <3
I am so excited to introduce you to the new song with Jesse! It's been quite a while since our last proper duet and we had the best time together in the studio making this one come to life :) Lyrics are at the bottom of the post if you want to get more acquainted. Would love to hear any and all thoughts!! (Except the mean ones, maybe not those.)
If you're reading this in your email, click through to the post and leave us a little hello in t...
2019-09-13 16:29:24 +0000 UTC
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Episode 7 is here!
I'll keep the text short as the video is quite long enough :)
If you want a little idea of what we talk about in this one...
0:06 What is "it" in the lyrics? "It lingers in my day / It's lurking in the backyard But you start to feel it too / Just underneath the surface Whispers from the left side of the bed"
2019-09-06 20:25:19 +0000 UTC
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happy fridayyyyy <3
hope this little video finds you well! jesse and i are about to head off to the mountains for the weekend to celebrate our anniversary, but first a quick hello!
some exciting news: last week i wrote three new songs! i had thought the album was complete, but suddenly it's... completer? (not a word, i know.) there are four more episodes left of behind the songs and then i will shift gears and hit the studio for the new album. (and when i say "hit the studio", ...
2019-08-30 19:34:21 +0000 UTC
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Hey KG Records family :)
Episode 6 of Behind The Songs is here! I dive into "For Now" and talk about gratitude and acceptance and how cool it is to get to exist here in this same moment of time as you.
Before I forget--also wanted to let you all know that this month's Coffee Date Hangout will be on Sat, Aug 31st (which also happens to be my 6 year wedding anniversary!?).
August Coffee Date Hangout
Saturday, Aug 31st (click through for loc...
2019-08-23 18:34:17 +0000 UTC
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Hello KG Records family :)
Episode 5 of Behind The Songs is out today! I realized after shooting it that I did a pretty terrible job of recapping my experience in Jakarta... so if you don't know about that saga, read through my blog post about it here--it will definitely help set the tone for this one. (The short version is my band and I were trapped in Jakarta for 100 days facin...
2019-08-08 17:53:35 +0000 UTC
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Here she is :)
xoxoxoxo
Kina
p.s. YOU ARE SO GREAT.
2019-08-02 21:16:08 +0000 UTC
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Hello dear patrons <3
Coming to you today with a download of my song "Make Me!" It is a little-known song of mine that I first released over 10 years ago on YouTube (how has it been that long?!?!). While it never got its day in the sun on an album of mine, it has always been a tremendously important song for me, so I am so happy to finally have a proper recording out in the world! As of today it's out on Spotify/iTunes/all the places--though this is irrelevant to you because I've att...
2019-07-31 20:34:10 +0000 UTC
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hey all!
1. a reminder that i decided to open up this month's coffee date hangout to the whollllleeeee kg records family because i miss you all and we have lots of newbies i want to welcome in to the fold!
2. i've come down with the flu, so instead of our original plan of hanging tomorrow, i'm bumping it to monday (and moving it an hour later, too)!
3. you can RSVP, get livestream details (like start time) and post questions for the Q&A here: 2019-07-27 21:30:17 +0000 UTC
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Hi!
Lately I have been feeling so much gratitude and love for you all that it just feels like it's exploding out of my chest. The support and understanding and sharing in response to Behind The Songs, the time you've allowed me to spend making these in the first place, the space to keep healing and growing and learning all the while--it's unbelievable. You are such gifts in my life and I cannot express my gratitude enough. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
In other news, I wanted t...
2019-07-19 18:21:09 +0000 UTC
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Oof. Having a hard time hitting "publish" on this one, but here we go. I'm going to let this one do the talking for me.
Sending so much love to you all <3
xo
Kina
2019-07-03 16:51:04 +0000 UTC
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Episode 2 is here! I still feel so crazy and insecure after posting these, but it's been an amazing thing hearing from people about their own experiences and hearing how people can relate. 😠It means everything.
I gotta keep this short because I'm on a plane and it's about to take off but happy Monday and you are wonderful and thank you all for being the best!!
xoxo
xoxo
kina
2019-06-24 21:03:42 +0000 UTC
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Hello!
My oh my. Thank you all for receiving the first episode of Behind The Songs so lovingly! I was so hesitant to share it, so it came as a huge relief to know so many of you could relate to the struggles I shared (and that it wasn't just a 9 minute long waste of your life!!). Episode 2 is nearly ready to go and I will hopefully get it out early next week!
2019-06-20 22:14:27 +0000 UTC
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Episode One of Behind The Songs is here and we're kicking things off with "When Will I learn"!
I had such a wall around starting to shoot this series, so after many days of failed attempts and fancy lights and camera set ups, I opted for a pajama shoot, in my bedroom, straight into my laptop. Seems appropriate in a way though, doesn't it? Turns out I needed slumber party pillow talk vibes, not slick professional interview vibes. Duh. It wasn't until I'd stripped away all pre...
2019-06-18 17:54:45 +0000 UTC
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Helloooo! Happy Friday <3
Coming at you today with a cover of "Kiss Me!" Randomly started playing this song on guitar recently (it was actually one of the first songs I ever learned on guitar some 17 years ago!) and it just felt so lovely that I wanted to do it officially. Of course, by the time it's now out in the world I'm suddenly so self-conscious of how sickly sweet this cover might come off... but so it goes. I loved making it, despite whatever insecurities are coming up now. (...
2019-06-07 16:06:27 +0000 UTC
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Exciting news!! KG Records Fox Pins and In The Waiting vinyls are here at last! You can get them both on this super secret KG Records store page!
The vinyls are a super limited run--199 of them in total (#200 is mine!), all signed and numbered by yours truly :) They go on sale to the public this Friday, but I wanted to give you first dibs in case they sell out quickly! The vinyl...
2019-06-06 00:27:43 +0000 UTC
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Hi friends!
**Quick reminder before I forget--we have a live hangout today at 11am PT and everyone is invited! I am so looking forward to chatting with you all :) For details and to join live, tune in here.**
Ok, back to the actual point of this message!
With the one year anniversary of my album In The Waiting nearly upon us, I wanted to take the month of June to look back on ...
2019-05-31 14:01:58 +0000 UTC
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Hi :)
I'm sorry if I've been a bit quiet lately, but it's for good reason! Last week I finally broke ground on recording the new album! It feels crazy and exciting and so good to be back in the studio. I wasn't planning on diving into a new album so soon, but the songs seemed to have snuck their way into my life and given me no choice ;) It's really just the beginning, but I'm so looking forward to getting to share more of the process with you all as it comes together (and eventually, g...
2019-05-27 03:12:13 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone :)
Sorry I've been a little quiet lately! Getting back into the swing of things back home seems to have taken up the majority of my focus the past week or so, and as a result I haven't been the best internetter. Sorry about that. But I'm back!
For those of you that don't know "Never Never", allow me to introduce you to her. I wrote this song about 15 years ago. It first appeared on my album One More In The Attic, one of my very first albums ever that I recorded in my g...
2019-05-16 17:51:58 +0000 UTC
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Hello dear patrons!
I've just returned home from a trip to Japan with my family a few days ago and I'm slowly but surely readjusting to normal life! The trip was beautiful and inspiring and everything we could have hoped for it to be :) I ate everything and teared up at nature and laughed with my sisters and was floored time and time again by the hospitality of friends and strangers alike. It was a magical time :)
In other news, I am so excited to share this video I made with Kurt...
2019-05-07 22:17:04 +0000 UTC
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helloooo kg records familyyyyyy.
i've been playing this cover live for years and years and years and just recently realized i'd never released a proper recording of it--it's about time!
for some reason singing it in the studio versus in a live show setting was a whole new animal and it really gave me a run for my money! i nearly wrote the whole thing off, but my dear friend nataly happened to walk in right at th...
2019-04-19 16:26:58 +0000 UTC
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First, I just have to take a moment to praise you all!! I wasn't sure how my little improv song was going to go over last week, so I was VERY happy to hear it brought a smile to some of your faces and that the overall feeling was of amusement and not "what is wrong with you". 😂Thank you for so fully welcoming and celebrating my weirdness. I love getting to share these things with you. (If you missed it, you can hear my new hit single "Where's The Duck" 2019-04-17 18:01:48 +0000 UTC
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In case this is the only sentence you read before listening--THIS IS NOT A REAL SONG I MADE IT UP ONE NIGHT WHEN I WAS IN A SILLY MOOD OH GOSH I HOPE YOU READ THIS BEFORE YOU LISTEN.
So sommmmetimes, when I'm in a very silly mood, I pick up one of my guitars and start making up a (very silly, very bad) song on the spot for Jesse. Most of these creations are forgotten, never to be heard again (probably for the best). But sommmmmetimes, Jesse gets to a phone in time and starts recording. ...
2019-04-13 01:55:56 +0000 UTC
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Hiiii everyone.
Some of you may have already seen this one as it came out last week on Sam's channel, but for those of you who haven't, here it is! Sam Tsui is one of my favorite people ever and I'm so glad he asked me to work with him on this cover. I can always count on Sam to push me a little out of my comfort zone ;)
In other news, I KEEP WRITING SONGS!! I am not intending to do this, but they keep finding me, and I recently realized I already have a full album's worth of new ...
2019-03-26 19:52:59 +0000 UTC
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Hi all <3
Popping in to say HAPPY WEEKEND and also HANG OUT WITH ME NEXT WEEK!!! :D
Is time moving so quickly for anyone else lately?! This week has felt like such a blur for me. Mixed in to that blur have been some really beautiful moments, some really hard moments, some really productive moments, and some really stuck moments, too. Such is life! Trying to take whatever comes in stride and learn from it all. (Easier in some moments than others ;) ) Anyway, I can't believe the ...
2019-03-23 02:56:23 +0000 UTC
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hey all!
popping in from pajama land to let you know that my episode of the we dive deeper podcast is out ♡ kate mcgill, whom i adore to no end, started this podcast in order to skip past the small talk and get to the real stuff—and that we did. so grateful to have had the opportunity to chat with her about (and further process) some of the heavier moments of my life, namely my experience in jakarta potentially facing jail time and dealing with my mom’s diagnosis with a rare blood...
2019-03-18 20:20:00 +0000 UTC
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I am so happy to be sharing this reimagined version of "In The Waiting" with you all! It was created by my friend Christoph Andersson who is a pure musical genius and one half of the band Jome. (The other half being Jesse AKA Imaginary Future AKA my husband. If you haven't heard their music yet you're in for a huge treat. Go look them up! ) Christoph is also the mastermind behind my last reimagined song--"For Now". If you missed that one--
2019-03-15 21:45:52 +0000 UTC
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Alright, it's taken me long enough! Our KG Records Community Discord is officially live, and you are invited! I've been testing it out with a little beta group and so far I am already melting with love and amazement for what happens when this community gets together.
If you're confused as to what any of this is in the first place--let me shine some light on it for you! Discord is basically a chatroom/forum for communities. In ours, we have a general chat room, a KG Records directo...
2019-03-11 20:26:48 +0000 UTC
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Hello! Because I couldn't quite get my act together, you all get this video one day before the rest of the world, hooray!
This song has held a special place in our hearts since Jesse and I met some 16 years ago in high school. It's a song by Ben Folds, and if you don't know the original, my goodness go listen to it right now! It's just a masterpiece.
I'm off now to go drive to a place where I'll be playing a little private event tonight. I'm way out of show mode and I had to...
2019-02-28 20:40:15 +0000 UTC
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