Icelandic composer Inki, shares her song “Do I Wanna Know?“, from the album “Do I Wanna Know?“, which is available on all digital stores.

BEHIND THE SCENES, LET’S KNOW MORE ABOUT THE ARTIST: Icelandic composer Inki (Ingibjörg Friðriksdóttir) has never been afraid to try new things, merging experimental electronic music and storytelling with her contemporary classical background. Now Inki enters a new territory: Avant-Pop Music, with her new album Thoughts Mid Sentence. That’s not to say she’s headed down an easy-listening bubblegum path. Inki still likes to get a little weird. Expect a bass-heavy experimental production, uniting unexpected aural elements and concepts with Inki’s powerful vocals, warm presence, and brooding sound. The third and fourth singles, For You and This One For Me, will be released in July 2023. Inki’s an award-winning composer, but her compositions have been performed widely in the US and Europe. She has fused house beats with the oral history of a defunct prison, Brotabrot album, and Iceland’s WWII slut-shaming with compositions performed by contemporary female performers releasing it as an album and book work including augmented reality, Quite the Situation. Premiered as a multi-channel sound- and video installation at Reykjavik Arts Festival 2021. Then there was the time she created her own chordophone instrument playing earthquake data which she promptly destroyed after its return from a tour to Denmark (Underground Composition). The remains still serve as fodder for the literal creative fire in her studio, Studio Bókó in Reykjavik.

Inki‘s interpretation of “Do I Wanna Know” takes the song into uncharted territory, infusing it with a cinematic allure that showcases her distinctive musical vision. The song opens with strings, piano, and Inki‘s velvet vocals humming the chorus melody providing Arctic Monkeys fans with a hint of what to expect. In the chorus, the song quickly builds as the powerful drumming of Dan See (know for his work with Lianne La Havas, Tom Jones, Jamie Woon, among others) joins the arrangement. As the song evolves, the vocal delivery becomes more robust emphasizing the meaning of the lyrics. In the second chorus, Inki deliberatly refrains from reaching the high note through airness. Instead, she emphasises the question with a fuller tone emanating from her chest as she sings “Do I Wanna Know?” for the second time.

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