ARTIST INTERVIEW: KID FICTION “NORA”
Photo credit: Aaron VIII
“Some people write about specific issues/people/events in their lives. I'm not really that kind of an artist, I tend to treat my music with a bit of distance. Each song has its own calling, and it's my job as an artist to give it what it needs so it can fulfill that calling.” Kid Fiction
Inspired by life, introspective, straightforward lyricism in combination with simple but impressionistic sonics. In this stage of his artistic journey, Kid Fiction focuses more on the storytelling itself than production. “No more bullshit. Just cuts right to the chase and the production reinforces that,” as he put it. The result is as haunting and enriched as it is. Minimalist but meaningful.
“I feel like we got trials every day now; catching only rain on the way down; everything we built is on quicksand; I’m struggling to breathe in my heartland.”(Lyrics of “Nora”) Like the way love always intertwine with society and the part of reality we live in, “Nora” tackles more social issue where the heart wrenches.
“I spend a lot of time reflecting on the world we live in. I can’t help but think that we can do better than we have,” the artist commented. “Nora” is one of the releases from Kid Fiction’s upcoming EP At The end Of The Flate Earth, which dives deeper into the crossover of great loss and the potential for renewal, inspired by a time of crisis.
“We are both unlucky and lucky enough to be living through a time of crisis at the moment. I say "lucky" because while the potential for ruin, and loss is so great the real potential for renewal and regrowth is also here too. That sense of risk and chaos but also beauty and vitality is (I hope) something that defines a lot of the music I make,” he said.
At The End Of The Flate Earth is inspired by the Event Horizon concept in physics, which discusses the point where all the rules and norms of the universe as we understand to start to break down completely. “As a civilization, we’re at that point right now! We can’t even agree on the most basic facts of reality when it comes to huge existential crises like Covid-19 or global warming. The EP is a personal reflection on the anxiety of our time and the hope for something better,” said Kid Fiction.
When it comes to the creative process itself, the artist often finds himself on the more spontaneous and organic side, “I don’t set out to write anything specific,” he commented, “Music emerges naturally from the process. I often number random words into my phone mic, and when you playback the audio, you can infer words. That’s usually the starting point for most of my songs. I think that’s the same for most creative artists. The music (or painting, or design, or whatever it is) is buried deep inside, and the trick is getting your ego out of the way.”
Written by Katrina Yang
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