But an independent singer, songwriter, and beatboxer named Kawehi has just released the video for her new song “Anthem.” To say it is creative is an understatement
In the video, she appears singing at a bare table, removing her head at the end of each vocal track, and placing her disembodied cranium in a box where it continues its looped contribution to the song.
Beatboxing has never been a more apt term—by the song's end there are six boxes in all, and most have heads laying down beats in them. It’s a creative concept, and the song itself helps redeem the gimmick.
Kawehi is a singer based in Lawrence, Kansas. She has been slowly taking over the Internet, ripping it on her loop station and playing unique covers of everything from the mainstream (Ellie Goulding, Gotye) to the alternative (Radiohead) to the classics (Michael Jackson). She even covers Hawaiian songs (Kawehi is part Hawaiian) and mixes in her original work from time to time.
The video for “Anthem,” a song from her new EP, “Robot Heart,” Kawehi sticks to themes for each project and the music on “Robot Heart” is made completely using machines, written “from a robot’s perspective.”
"First time in a long time I've watched a music video edited minimally in a way that makes actual sense with the song, whilst keeping the artist's authenticity in her performance. No distraction with low nonsense and the boxes focus our attention on her making of it & what she does: loop her multi faces of talent into a 1-girl band. The genius behind this execution made me enjoy the music all the more (otherwise what's the point in having visual content to accompany a song at all). Plus the little visual aspects you add like dance moves that come naturally to you in response to the music & your expressions that convey genuine musical enjoyment are precious," said a commentator
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