miss oddkidd YES, IT’S TRUE YOU CAN LOOK AROUND TODAY AND SEE LOTS OF ODD KIDS, WHETHER THEY ARE LOUD, CRAZY, OR THEY ARE JUST GENERALLY BOISTEROUS, IN FACT THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF THEM ANNOYING THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF PENSIONERS EVERYWHERE. There is however one odd kid that we are particularly infatuated with – MISS OddKidd. Currently residing in London and terrorizing the masses with her zany hip-hop-come-grindie-slash pop core tunes, this one woman lady mc has become somewhat of a myspace heroine. Influenced at an early age by the likes of Madonna, Kylie, Prince and stuff that “her mom would put on like Four Tops, Gene Pitney and Motown” plus a hint of Stock, Aitken & Waterman, its easy to see why this little lady can’t be categorized. It seems the original OddKidd was given the most appropriate name, “I had a jumper with ‘Odd Kid’ written on it, and my friends caught on. I thought it summed me up pretty well,” she explains. Getting into music was not as easy as everyone thinks as she declares when penning her first lyrics “they didn’t have any flow or structure.” Well it seems that she has now found her feet musically and is now collaborating with the likes of Goldielocks, Drop The Lime, and Black Affair a.k.a Steve Mason (ex. Beta Band) on her latest offering ‘Sweat’ and it’s flipside ‘Sperm Donar’. It’s easy to wonder how she got involved with such great artists so early on, “Drop the Lime contacted me through myspace after coming across me on a blog,” she explains “I also met Black Affair through myspace as well and my boyfriend met Plimsouls in a toilet in Bristol and asked if he’d be up for remixing me! I never thought to ask what they were doing hanging around in there!?” As you are reading this you are probably thinking, ‘not another female artist’, well its seems that Miss OddKidd is aiming to win you over by “being myself and collaborating with interesting producers, whilst taking a lyrical approach that people can identify with,” oh fancy, she gets our vote. But surely with a mouth dirty enough to spit out the words “sperm donor” and a style as florescent as it is inventive Miss OddKidd’s tracks and style are notably influenced by social situations, life, clubbing and day-to-day observations, oh an she also has a penchant for “watching animal documentaries” grrrrrrr. Making a name for yourself in London seems like a bit of a cliché nowadays but it seems this lady is somewhat of an advocate of re-locating to the big smoke, “People in London are spoilt for choice, and it’s also very easy to befriend people in the same boat as you, which can be very helpful when you’re in need of advice or inspiration.” Signed to Locked On for her latest venture ‘Don’t be Afraid to Sweat’ with a little help from her pal and fellow label mate Goldielocks the future seems bright for Miss OddKidd, in fact is might just be fluorescent. World meet the original OddKidd. Kimberley Owen
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