We previously featured Kat Kikta’s poignant message on collective suffering with an optimistic edge, Cherry Trees, and her sublime and avant-garde Fine Young Cannibals cover, He Drives Me Crazy, and her alter ego Sophia Aya as she manifested an immersive, mystical, and spiritually transcendent soundscape with Slow Trees, so when we found out that Kat had released Was It Almost Love?, we were curious to say the least, and couldn’t wait to listen and share our experience!
The song opens with a spoken word monologue with a haunting, cosmic soundscape accompaniment as the star questions, “I keep asking myself, was I too much for you? What did I say or do that split us up in two?”
She breaks into song with delicate and ethereal vocals as she continues her introspective notions. The sonic design is divine. Brooding bass thuds, luscious synths and intricate nuances that manifest a soundscape that aligns deeply with the emotion that Kat brings to life with her universe.
Kat confesses, “At the centre of the song is this moment where you realise you don’t need someone else to feel love or to define your own sense of worth. It is a song for anyone who’s been broken hearted, ghosted, and left wondering if that’s all they deserve in this life? We’re not meant to die with an ending of a relationships – but sometimes it feels that way. I wish this song brings hope, illumination and conclusion to those relationships which didn’t get a closure.”
The layered vocals and intonation remind us of early Bjork. The spoken word reprise for the finale is cathartic, as Kat shares the words, “All the love I need, I have in my heart.” It is a self-fulfilling prophecy with the ultimate message of self-realisation and self-commitment, which is what we all need in this day and age. The reassurance that we are complete on our own. That is the most magnetic energy you can have.
Kat Kikta is a brilliant and visionary creative and we are always in awe of her releases. Her experimental sound is always unique and her intention brand of creativity is what we search for in this world. We have added Was It Almost Love? to our New Music Spotlight playlist, and our TRIPPY playlist, whilst we continue to stream Kat’s growing discography.