hello family!
my new song “quiet” is officially out in the world today and this makes me so happy 😭
i spent a lot of my life feeling like something was wrong with me. when i found myself around groups of people i felt trapped in my head, like i no longer knew who i was or how to be or what to say, i suddenly had zero thoughts or opinions to contribute (or at least none i could get out of my mouth). i would spend the day leading up to social events in a ball of anxiety, and the day after in a ball of sadness and regret and ...
2021-07-23 18:50:22 +0000 UTC
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Hey KG Records Familyyyyy <3
I have FINALLY gotten all your perks organized and ready for you--and I'm so sorry it's taken me so darn long! Check out the below to see which perks apply to you, and find links and info about how to access all of them. If you haven't gotten your official KG Records Fox Pin yet, now's your moment, and for Otters and up--you'll find the link to order your signed photo below as well :)
A reminder--please treat your secret links and codes as such so we can protect these perks for patrons only, thank ...
2021-07-16 22:50:35 +0000 UTC
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hello and happy friday <3
a little over a year ago, jesse and i put out a duet called "when the smoke clears," and today we are releasing a special new acoustic version! this song holds a verrrrry special place in our hearts. it was born out of the depths of our infertility struggle, and to get to release this version a year later, half-way through a viable pregnancy, is pretty incredible for us. also, we had so much fun in the studio together layering gazillions of guitars for this new version :)
you can download the mp3 from...
2021-07-02 20:37:00 +0000 UTC
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just a quick reminder that our june coffee date is going down in a few hours :) head over to the event page to tune in, post questions, or view the recording after the fact!
hope all is well and happy monday! see you soon <3
xo
kina
2021-06-28 16:07:25 +0000 UTC
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hello!!
some of you may have been around some 13 years ago (!!) when i first posted a cover of this song by iron & wine. it has always been one of my favorites to sing, so i decided it was high time to do it again :) (and this time release the audio track on music services so it can exist elsewhere, too!) i hope you enjoy it. your mp3 download is attached to this message.
in other news, i've scheduled our june coffee date hangout for this coming monday! (very sorry for the short notice!) so looking forward to catching up and ...
2021-06-25 16:38:34 +0000 UTC
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hello dear kg records family <3
i can't even tell you how much better i am feeling these days!! i am feeling so much joy and gratitude on a daily basis and sometimes i can't even believe it considering where i was a couple months ago. i'm finally getting back into the groove with things musically, too, which is great AND necessary, bc i just realized i better finish putting out my album before october rolls around and life becomes very very different! i've definitely got my work cut out for me these next few months :)
i am pos...
2021-06-11 17:19:18 +0000 UTC
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wellllllll. it’s happening 😭🎉 what on earth.
we’ve got a tiny human coming our way this october and we can’t wait to meet her ♥️
i honestly can't believe we get to do this. it has been such a long and difficult road up to this point, but somehow, miraculously, here we are.
you all have carried me through some dark dark days, and i can’t express how grateful i am for all the love and support and patience you’ve shown jesse and me throughout these years. i wouldn’t have made it here without you.
2021-06-04 17:54:41 +0000 UTC
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hello!
so happy to finally introduce my song "future memories". it's a very special one to me. i've got a lot to say about it but i think i'll let it do its own talking for the time being :)
you can download the mp3 from this post or stream/download the song on any and all music services! you can do that here: https://ffm.to/futurememories
lyrics below for those of you who like to dive in a bit more <3
sending infinite amounts of love and g...
2021-05-19 18:06:25 +0000 UTC
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hello dear dear humans of kg records <3
my goodness it's been a while.
as i mentioned in my last post in march, things got a bit intense this year and i had to take a step back in order to take care of my mental health for a bit. i’m happy to report that after a few months of some serious flailing, i am finally back on my feet. it feels good to be reconnected to hope and beauty and life in general again. 🙌🏻
i’m sure i’ll talk more about these past few months at some point, but for now, i'm just looki...
2021-05-12 22:14:46 +0000 UTC
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hello dear patrons, and my apologies for the long absence.
it's been an intense time lately, but i think i'm finally (hopefully) turning a corner. i've been slowly emerging from what was probably the scariest period of depression in my life, and wow, i cannot tell you how grateful i am to wake up and feel even remotely normal again. to wake up and not be filled with dread and overwhelm at the thought of getting through another day. two days ago i glimpsed a few hours of feeling good, and it's hard to express what an incr...
2021-04-01 01:11:12 +0000 UTC
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hello all <3
a quick note to let you know that our february coffee date hangout will be this coming tuesday the 16th! (see event above for when it is in your local time.) you can head to the event page to RSVP and also leave questions for the q&a. if you can't tune in live you can always watch it after the fact!
in other news, it's been so wonderful having "oh what a love" out in the world and hearing from so many of you about the son...
2021-02-14 04:41:32 +0000 UTC
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at long last, she's here! it's hard to explain how incredibly healing and joy-bringing this video is for me. i collected these shots from the footage i've taken on my phone in the last few years, and seeing all these moments and creatures stitched together is about enough to make my heart burst. i hope it brings you a little joy, too <3
sending lots of love and gratitude your way <3
xo
kina
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Oh What A Love - Lyrics
Oh what a love we have
Less of a face than...
2021-02-04 19:24:26 +0000 UTC
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well, hi there.
it appears i've fallen off the face of the planet again! briefly popping back in to internetland to let you know about a new cover i put out today. it's an old favorite weezer song called “butterfly”—an ode of sorts to all the teeny beautiful creatures i’ve loved that are no longer. the song is out in all the usual places for your streaming pleasure, but you can also just download the song right here from this post :)
as for me, still movin...
2021-01-29 20:57:52 +0000 UTC
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see you soon <3
tune in here! https://www.crowdcast.io/e/january-coffee-date-2
xo
kina
2021-01-17 16:59:59 +0000 UTC
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well hello lovely humans of kg records <3 i apologize for being so quiet lately. my emotions have been a-swirl. (i don't think i've ever said "a-swirl" before and i don't intend to ever say it again. so sorry for that one!) i've been feeling lots of feelings lately and learning and unlearning lots of things and slowly but surely i *think* coming back to myself and my life and the internet.
some things:
- our monthly hangout is this sunday! check out the event link for more info and to start posting questions for the q&a. i...
2021-01-12 23:54:48 +0000 UTC
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Hello!
Our monthly coffee date is TOMORROW! (Sorry for the zero heads up!! I'm the worst!) It's been quite a whirlwind of a month and I am so looking forward to touching base with you all now that this month (and this YEAR) are coming to a close. Head over to the event page to see when we're live in your time zone! You can also begin posting questions for the Q&A there :)
In other news, the next song off the album--"Oh What A Love" comes...
2020-12-21 18:21:10 +0000 UTC
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hi, me again :)
i heard this song recently and it hit me in a new way and made me really want to sing it, so sing it i did! hope you enjoy it :)
we kicked off the 12 days of twitchmas today with the theme of "connection" and i had such a lovely time with everyone who joined in! day 2 is tomorrow... theme TBD! check out the schedule and tune in here.
i still owe you some info about the new perks! my brain is a bit scrambly lately, but i'm hoping...
2020-12-03 03:33:53 +0000 UTC
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We got a lot going on this month!
1. KG Holiday Sweaters are here! Due to popular demand, the hedgehogs have been brought back yet again (this time in new colors black and gray), and they've brought along a new friend with them--foxes!! (You might recognize this cute little fox from our official KG Records Fox pin.) They're available for about one week before they go back into hibern...
2020-11-30 18:41:39 +0000 UTC
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Our first ALL-PATRON hangout since the official switch is upon us and I'm so excited! Feel free to head over to the event page to RSVP and start posting questions for the Q&A. It'll also tell you what time things get started in your local time zone once you're over there :) If you miss us live, you can watch the recording via the same link!
November Coffee Date: Friday, November 27th at 12pm pst
RSVP HERE&n...
2020-11-23 18:46:46 +0000 UTC
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hello sweet humans of kg records <3
i'm making some changes to my patreon page! here's a quick look at what's going on followed by a more detailed FAQ for some further explanation :)
1. i'm switching from charging per thing to charging per month!
2. your original pledge amount will remain the same, but now you'll only be charged once a month instead of every time i post a new song. (so unless you had a monthly limit in place, you'll now be charged half what you used to in a given month.)
3. if you'd like to make su...
2020-11-16 05:52:42 +0000 UTC
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hello my sweet kg records family <3
i come bearing the latest release off the new album, "crawl" :) this song is about the chapter that comes after the knockdown--the chapter where you start to come to again, and though you're weak and hollowed out and broken, you're ready to start trying to put the pieces back together. to me it feels like the beginning of healing. or maybe the beginning of being WILLING to heal. it's about baby steps and celebrating the small wins and giving yourself grace on the occasions you might momentarily st...
2020-10-27 15:31:50 +0000 UTC
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i found another lost song for you :) it's called "all you get" and it's from back in 2013. i think it was on my original list of 20-something songs contending for a spot on elements. i really loved this song, but sadly it never quite settled into itself. it went through several lyrical iterations but in the end it still felt like some parts of it didn't belong. it didn't come to me it its entirety in the first sitting like they usually do, so the holes i had to fill in later just never felt right.
but all that aside, it's still such a ...
2020-10-23 03:43:30 +0000 UTC
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Hello friends!
Our October Coffee Date is today at 12pm pacific time! Join in here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/october-coffee-date-2
See you very soon :)
xo
Kina
2020-10-15 17:46:36 +0000 UTC
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helloooo <3
we've got a coffee date coming up and you're invited! these hangouts have become one of my absolute favorite parts of kg records, and it's been feeling more and more important to me that i open them up to ALL members of our kg records community--so that's what i'm going to do! our community is just too wonderful to not let everyone in the family come be a part of it. i'll be making a few other changes in our patreon tiers next month that i'll fill you in on soon, but this is the shift i'm most excited about :)
2020-10-09 17:14:12 +0000 UTC
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Hello sweet patrons!
Throwing it back to '99 today with a Sugar Ray cover! Curious (for those of you who were alive back then) if you have any memories tied to Sugar Ray. Mine is being at a pool party, flooded with both the excitement of youth and pure and utter discomfort in being me. 😂 Oh, adolescence.
In other news, I'm officially a Twitch streamer! I've taken a deep dive in the last week or so, and I'm hooked. I'm going out of town next week, so I'm trying to cram a bunch of streams in before then (including on...
2020-09-30 19:23:14 +0000 UTC
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so.
somehow i found myself searching through my gmail account for emails containing ".mp3" yesterday. i thought i might find a cool old version of a song or something. (which ok, yes, i found those, too!) but the nuttier thing is that i found several songs that i had almost completely lost from my memory. the titles looked completely foreign, but when i started playing them there was this eerie sense of deja vu. somehow i knew where the melodies were going to go, even though it felt like i'd never heard it before. it was such a bizarre...
2020-09-23 00:50:06 +0000 UTC
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Welp. She's here. With no further ado, my I introduce you to the newest song, "I Never Wanted Anything More Than I Wanted You."
The first time these words came out of my mouth I immediately started crying. There's something powerful that happens when you admit to yourself out loud the extent to which you are yearning for something, the extent to which you are hurting. It can break your heart into a million little pieces, but somehow that's better than the pressure cooker of trying to dismiss your emotions and make them smaller. Acknowl...
2020-08-31 17:49:14 +0000 UTC
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Well first of all, can I start off by saying that you all had me in tears after my last post. Thank you for all of your incredibly loving and supportive messages. I couldn't be luckier than to be surrounded with a community like this one. Truly truly truly.
Second of all, the online concert kicks off in less than two hours! You can tune in via Youtube or Facebook :) Can't wait to spend some ...
2020-08-30 18:24:33 +0000 UTC
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hi kg records family,
it's been weighing on me that i haven't been able to hold up my side of things here on patreon lately and i just wanted to apologize. despite my absence and lack of coffee dates, you're all on my mind often.
while jesse and i have certainly come a way in healing after the lost pregnancy at the beginning of july, grief still has its way of showing up out of nowhere, and the general pain of infertility has just been hitting a bit harder. we've been moving in and out of little depressive episodes and waves of g...
2020-08-26 22:38:38 +0000 UTC
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belatedly, here is the video for "build me up buttercup"!
i accidentally went live on IG the other day (terrifying), but it reminded me how much fun i have getting to connect with you all! got me thinking maybe i should start pumping myself up to do another online concert sometime??
let me know what you thinkkkkk <3
xo
kina
2020-08-11 17:00:44 +0000 UTC
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