Sega Bodega, who has worked with artists such as Shygirl, Uffie, and Caroline Polachek, has released some captivating, underrated work in his own right. The UK musician put out his sophomore album Romeo last winter and has returned today with a new single called "Kepko."
Following that spectral LP, the glitched, hyperspeed single is filled with surreal romantic sentiments ("Press up on me then kiss on my eyelids / Fill me up with everything that I could ever need," goes one line; "Release the violets / Huff you up 'til you are just a color I can’t see" goes another) as gaunt sighs and high-pitched backing vocals float around the skittering, sometimes flapping percussion. It's refined and spooky like a possessed Victorian-era portrait.
The single is accompanied by a video that was directed and shot by Sega and Lydia Ourahmane. “Lydia’s camera is haunted—everything we filmed went back into the laptop all destroyed and glitching like this," Sega said of the glitched-out visual. Check it out below.
