Ok, totally going out on a limb here...but the voice in this new iamamiwhoami sounds exactly like Bat for Lashes to me. Could Natasha Khan be behind this project? Granted, she just came out with a record last summer and I haven't heard of a follow up being made, but if this isn't Natasha Khan singing there's someone that sounds A LOT like her involved.
Obviously the girl in this video is disguised, perhaps she's disguised in all of them and is not really blond all. Her blue eyes are definitely contacts and the image is heavily distorted. I'm not saying that this is necessarily Bat for Lashes in the video or her project exclusively, but I wouldn't be surprised if she (and potentially other vocalists) have lent their talents to some other artist.
Also take note of the men in the video, they seem to be disguised as well. It's not a positive ID, but they could easily be Torbjørn Brundtland and Svein Berge, aka Royksopp. Anybody remember their collaboration with Robyn? How about when they featured Karin Dreijer Andersson on vocals? It's not unlikely that this is something like that.
But what do we know? We've been sure it was Christina Aguilera, Little Boots, The Golden Filter, Goldfrapp and everyone in between. Anyways, watch and discuss.
Bat for Lashes - Daniel (Fazhands Remix)
Bat for Lashes - Pearl's Dream (Blossom and Surrender remix)
Royksopp - The Girl And The Robot (ft. Robyn)
EDIT: Thanks to a comment from our friend Carla (and this theory blowing up on the whole rest of the internet) we may now finally know who iamamiwhoami actually is. There's a lot of evidence pointing to Swedish artist Jonna Lee. There are definitely some physical similarities, the whole Swedish thing, some twitter updates and other stuff pointing to her...so this could very well be it for the mystery. I still think the voice sounds like Bat for Lashes more than what I've listened to from Jonna Lee, but any voice can be manipulated so I guess that's not saying much.
So here's a track from Jonna Lee and a photo to compare. I'm kind of sad that this could be the end, and a kind of disappointing one at that.
Jonna Lee - Arberdeen On New Year's Eve
3 comments:
I'm absolutely certain now that it's Jonna Lee, who I'd never heard of before others suggested that she may be who this is. The voice and video aesthetic are similar, and although the music seems different there is a faint hint of iamamiwhoami's music, which i agree may be collaborative with another artist (possibly the guys in the iamami video):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF2ezQF-wUw
Boring!!! If it's really her i hope she brings it with this album! i still want it to be xtina, but im not shocked its not.
I'm not sure that I'm totally disappointed, but I sort of feel that if this is a (mostly) obscure artist, then why did they bother with the "who am i" guessing game?? The majority of people paying attention may care less about the big revelation if it's someone they've never heard of in the first place - it IS boring. I guess if they were looking for new fans, they did a really great job getting people's attention. But why not just say who you are and let your work speak for itself? It's good work and there still would've been mystery in what the videos are all about. Oh well...that's my little rant about it anyway.
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