Taste Test: chloe mk aches for what it means ‘To Be Young’
The internet-pop creator weeps for today’s world and her place in it on a new banger.
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There’s an ungodly war raging within each of us. With social feeds crunching our brain stem, injecting sour venom into our blood stream, there’s no wonder an existential crisis has seeped into nearly every facet of everyday life. New York’s popsmith chloe mk ejects her own cartilage and forges it into a flaming torch as she navigates the dark caverns of today’s world. “To Be Young” pulsates from the inside out, casting a trembling glow across her path, one decorated with brambles and overhanging limbs, and her voice lumbers forward into the brush with its gnarled fingers tearing her skin to ribbons. “Crying to Nirvana / I’m banging my first on the steering wheel / Nothing’s making sense / But I’m alright…” she convinces herself, witnessing the waters of internet culture rising above her throat. She later chops further to the heart of the matter, “Nobody knows what it’s like to be young and alone.” Her screams into the wilderness have never been more timely than this moment, an insightful proclamation for all of us to accept.
“To Be Young” anchors her new EP, Fantasy, out later this summer.
Listen below:
Peep her upcoming tour dates:
June 16 – Chicago – Rattleback Records
June 17 – Cleveland – Beachland Ballroom
June 18 – Nashville – Michael Weintrob Art Gallery
June 19 – Indianapolis – Hoosier Dome
June 20 – Pittsburgh – The Government Center
June 21 – Washington, D.C. – Rock N Roll Hotel
June 23 – New York – Trans-Pecos
Photo Credit: Brian Ziff
