‘People Over Empire’ is the new single by British singer/songwriter Kyan who also handled production. The song features in the trailer for upcoming NETFLIX show “High On The Hog”, directed by Roger Ross Williams (the first black director to win an Oscar). Accompanied by original artwork by Slovak artist Katka Krajci, the song is part one of a series of four upcoming releases this year.



An explosion of densely layered, syncopated rhythms, soaring soulful vocals and a virtual choir made up of hundreds of voices from his Instagram followers, ‘People Over Empire’ is a powerful, uplifting and defiant rallying cry against oppression and injustice.



Kyan, “I had a vision to create a virtual choir to feature in the song as a metaphor for strength in numbers and togetherness, so I put out an open call on social media for anyone who wanted to lend their voice. I sent a document demonstrating each harmony,  hundreds responded with their vocals  and ‘People Over Empire’ was born.



The movements sparked by the murders of George Floyd and Sarah Everard, and the inequalities highlighted by the pandemic have drawn attention to the tensions between governments and their peoples. I want this song to make every single person who hears it feel like they have the power to take back control of their own narrative. The fight against injustice is overwhelming, painful and exhausting, but on a personal level, what has helped me through the trauma is other people reaching out and reminding me that we’re in this together. When we get tired we can move to the back of the pack and let others take over until we find the strength to fight again.”

People Over Empire (as featured on NETFLIX "High On The Hog)

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Taking The City

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Wire On The Fences

Grammar

Rather Be With You

Like Summer

Nothing Beyond

Lonely River

Playing live is everything to me.
I'm so proud to share this stripped back, acoustic version of Lonely River with you. 
Recorded at the world famous Abbey Road Studios, it's the realest version of me I know. I hope you love it x

Click here for the video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGBeUHdD10s

Lonely River Acoustic (Recorded Live at Abbey Road)

My brand new single 'Neighbours' and first ever headline show tickets are out TODAY! Get both here: https://kyanmusic.lnk.to/Neighbours

As premiered by Line Of Best Fit:
"Kyan muses on our dystopian culture of fear in new single “Neighbours”
It might be hard for Kyan to top his 2018 – hey, we can't all get studio time with Nile Rodgers! – but astounding new single "Neighbours" suggests he's willing to try.

"Neighbours" is a track tense in its minimalism, building drama through judicious sparcity. Kyan's distinctive voice is flanked by ominous bass and distant, echoing backing vocals as it arcs toward a menacing electronic break in place of a chorus. Even this suspenseful segment stays somewhat subdued – it's certainly not overwrought, yet is nonetheless hair-raising in its distant menace.

"'Neighbours' observes a world in which we increasingly fear one another – 'This room is the only thing we trust, because the TV says the world up there is still too dangerous,'" Kyan explains, quoting the track's lyrics. "It's a record that provides a glimpse at the slightly dystopian but not too distant future.

"The song began when I realised I was constantly being bombarded by negativity on social media. I started to wonder if social media was an ally of terrorism in order to promote fear agendas and gain votes or push a particular narrative. I wondered where would Brexit or Trump be without the fear that allowed their ideology to exist and then to flourish on such a scale."

Kyan's first headline show of 2019 takes place at Bermondsey Social Club on 24 April.

Neighbours

Like Summer - A COLORS SHOW

I was in a situation where I desperately wanted to talk to someone who had cut me out of their life completely. After a three year relationship the break was incomprehensible and I didn’t know how to cope with it. By awful coincidence I was also told I was being dropped by my record label on the same day, so it was just one rejection too many. 

L.A. was never a song I considered would be heard by anyone, it was my attempt to try and get a response from my girlfriend. She wasn’t answering my calls, my texts, my emails…I thought if I sent the words in a song to tell her what I was feeling, perhaps that might provoke a response. I remember sitting by my laptop, constantly refreshing the page on Soundcloud to see if she had listened yet. The next day the song had two play counts, but she never replied.

After that I didn’t revisit the song for a long time, it felt too blunt and too private. The lyrics revealed things about me I wouldn’t want people close to me knowing, let alone complete strangers. It’s weird because I look back at my Instagram from that time and the juxtaposition between what I was posting on social media in comparison to how I was feeling is so stark. On the surface I was off to Los Angeles for an incredible trip, meeting the heads of big companies, working with multi Grammy award winning producers, posting from picture perfect beaches, meeting beautiful people…But on the flip side I was broken and trying to escape after the two biggest loses of my life. I think that’s why I came back to this song after all, it felt important for me to share my truth. “Everybody tells me that I’m coping, but it doesn’t feel that way”. “I just booked myself a ticket to LA, like the sun can burn away the pain, like the girls can fuck away the heartache, I wish I could fuck away the heartache.“

L.A.

I had the line “how dare you make me love you” for a while before I wrote the song. It was half statement, half question; an idea that lingered at the back of my mind for a long time following the two ‘breakups’ that inspired the album (a major record label and long term relationship).

I found it incredibly difficult to accept that those who had seen so much value and potential in me in so many ways could just decide to cut their losses and move on. That incomprehensible rejection experienced as I cycled through the highlight reel, all of the things we’d done and achieved together, all of the history, all of the moments and memories… It was a sharp but blurred pain that I couldn’t quite get a handle on, and the ‘double breakup’ left me feeling paranoid and cynical about peoples intentions. 

Slowly I began to find the words that felt honest enough to articulate how I was feeling and the song was born, “When did you stop believing? Or did you know from the start that I wasn’t enough? How dare you make me love you, was it always the plan to leave with my heart in your hand?”

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