Kēvens doubles your pleasure with his new two-sided single Sweet Lady Liberty and This Is LOVE — showcasing today on Tinnitist.
The styles of reggae and EDM have two characteristics in common: They make people feel good and they make people dance. But fusing the two of them is a lofty goal — unless you are Miami vocalist Kēvens, who has managed to thread both genres with surprisingly spectacular results. But Kēvens love of the genres is surpassed only by his love for his homeland and the human race — as he makes clear on his latest singles.
Both songs speak to the universality of equality, peace, harmony, justice, and love. First off, Sweet Lady Liberty evokes images of Ellis Island, where newcomers to the United States would see the Statue of Liberty and realize they were arriving to a place brimming with hope and opportunities. Kēvens says Sweet Lady Liberty is an ode to the American Dream. “Sweet Lady Liberty focuses on the love we all feel for the idea of a country designed around the oft-repeated concepts of liberty, of equality, and of a dream that each man, woman and child can embrace and strive for,” he says. “In a climate where many Americans find themselves suffering the effects of straying from those concepts, Sweet Lady Liberty reminds us that we all play a part in keeping that dream alive.”
Musically, the song has a mournful but uplifting vibe thanks to the musician’s passionate delivery set against subtle strings and piano. Sweet Lady Liberty is also highlighted by some fantastic backing vocalists whose harmonies give it an almost hymnal quality. It’s a song both Wyclef Jean and Childish Gambino could appreciate, for both its depth and arrangement.
Equally enticing is This Is LOVE, a lovely, reggae trip that soothes the ears and the soul. The warm, breezy arrangement are offset with lyrics that speak to heartache and how putting the pieces of a shattered heart back together makes the person and the heart stronger. “When you realize all the broken hearts you’ve suffered from have actually paved the way to the person you’re with at present,” Kēvens says. “Celebrate pain and persevere.”
Both Sweet Lady Liberty and This Is LOVE are from Kēvens’ most recent album Call To Balance. It’s the latest effort in what has been an incredible career for the musician whose credo is “positivity is a necessity.” He began in various South Florida clubs spinning records before spending time in progressive reggae band Le Coup with Richard and Anthony Booker. Kēvens heeded the advice of Cedella Marley Booker when she told the impressionable artist: “Like a letter, you must write a song with purpose.”
By fusing reggae and EDM, Kēvens has used music to promote themes of positivity, enlightenment, artistic expression, and multiculturalism. Now, with Sweet Lady Liberty and This Is LOVE, Kēvens is bringing more hopefulness, positive energy, harmony and love to the world at large. And it’s hard not to love both of these new efforts.
Watch the video for Sweet Lady Liberty up top, listen to the song and This Is LOVE above, hear more from Kēvens below, and share the love on his website, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok.
