Okay Kaya – Oh My God…That’s So Me
Today, multifaceted Norwegian-American pop auteur Okay Kaya returns with her new single “Check Your Face” off her highly anticipated album, Oh My God—That’s So Me, out September 6th.
Coinciding with the track is a Lou Beauchard-directed stop-motion video depicting the song’s bewildering world of emotions.
To better illustrate the song’s underlying playful nature, Kaya picked out a famous quote by Australian journalist-writer Clive James: “Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.”
She adds, “Wrote this slacker disco song about wanting to be, if not a not a brightsider, then at least a belly laugher. Sometimes tricky to access just that bliss, but if you’re happy and you know it, check your face! It was fun and warming to make this track on the island during a frigid winter. It was a quiet time without much social stimuli. If you’re gonna dance alone in your basement, might as well make a song-to-dance match.”
“Check Your Face” serves as the latest offering from the new album and joins the previously released singles “The Groke”, paired with an otherworldly visual directed by Julia Patey, and the piano-led ambiance of “Undulation Days”.
Alongside the upcoming album release, Okay Kaya will embark on her North American and European tour. The North American leg of the tour will kick off in New York on September 5 at Xanadu, with stops in Montreal, Toronto, Austin, and Atlanta before wrapping in Los Angeles on September 13 at Teragram Ballroom.
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES
9/5 – Brooklyn, NY @ Xanadu
9/7 – Montreal, QC @ Theatre Fairmount
9/8 – Toronto, QC @ Velvet Underground
9/11 – Austin, TX @ Empire Control Room
9/12 – Atlanta, GA @ The Ear
9/13 – Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom
EU/UK TOUR DATES
3/10/2024 – Oslo, Norway @ Cosmopolite
8/10/2024 – Helsinki, Finland @ Kuudes Linja
10/10/2014 – Stockholm, Sweden @ Debaser Strand
15/10/2024 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Hotel Cecil
17/10/2024 – Berlin, Germany @ Quasimodo
18/10/2024 – Warsaw, Poland @ Bardzo Bardzo
19/10/2024 – Prague, Czech Republic @ Cafe V lese
20/10/2024 – Vienna, Austria @ Flucc
24/10/2024 – Milan, Italy @ Biko
25/10/2024 – Basel, Switzerland @ Gannet
26/10/2024 – Munich, Germany @ Strom
4/11/2024 – Paris, France TBC
7/11/2024 – Antwerp, Belgium @ Trix
8/11/2024 – London, UK @ Village Underground
10/11/2024 – Leeds, UK @ Belgrave Music Hall
13/11/2024 – Bristol, UK @ Dareshack
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