Kenna "Loose Wires"
No doubt moved by the post-modern funk-pop of a fellow Neptunes client, Kenna, a bizarro, new wave-inspired African-American musician (literally, African-American since he was born in Ethiopia), steals a bit from the FutureSex/ LoveSounds factory on his sleazoid, Trekkie-disco workout, “Loose Wires”.
Introduced via an addictive tribal 4/4 thump, Kenna uses the mystifying powers of his vampire croon to trap that long awaited woman under his spell (“It’s written in your face now/ You wanna be my muse,” he hauntingly croaks). He’s searched high and low and around the world for his soulmate and now that he’s found her, he has no intentions of letting her out from his grasp. With a single hand swipe sending out varied synth sparkles to light up the clubby atmosphere, the man inquires whether she is entertained by his magical fireworks display (“Isn’t it electric in here?/ Isn’t in amazing?”) before preceding with his devilish plan to put their ‘loose wires’ together and spark a connection.
A fine blending of a creepy predator guise with Simon LeBon howls and a flashy, jungle-tronica bounce that shifts with endless abandon, “Loose Wires” takes the Timberlake template and embeds the dark, artsy witchery it seemed in desperate ache for. Take that, “LoveStoned”.
DL: “Loose Wires” (YFH)
nice words. this track is amazing.