Kimberly Rose Kitson Mills aka Kimberose.

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Clement Dezelus

  • Out

    , Kimberose's second album was released on January 29.

  • “It's an emancipation album.

    This is my first as a solo artist.

    He tells about the last years of my life and looks to the future, ”explains the artist to

    20 Minutes

    .

  • Kimberose says that part of her audience becomes familiar with soul music by listening to her songs and it is, for her, "a great pride".

Back On My Feet

is the perfect antidote to the gloom.

In addition to warming the freezing winter, it encourages to discover more the soul universe of Kimberose and to dive into his album

Out

, released at the beginning of the year.

For this opus, her second, which could well become one of the successes of 2021, the 30-year-old French artist - Kimberly Rose Kitson Mill in civil status - broke away from her group, with whom she had conceived

Chapter One

in 2018. Interview with a singer claiming to have taken her independence.

Is this album the one of renewal?

It's an emancipation album.

This is my first as a solo artist.

It tells about the last years of my life and looks to the future.

For me it is even more authentic than the first one.

It really is the album of deliverance.

In what sense should we understand its title "Out"?

“Out” is literally the outside.

The outside is full of promise, a lot of things can happen, a lot of encounters.

I also find the meaning of “coming out” interesting, which for me refers to the moment when a person decides to tell the people around him who he is.

This is the feeling I have with this album: I show myself more as I am, humanly and artistically.

And then, when we say “I'm out!

"By playing cards, that means" I withdraw ".

It's a way to bow out to the old band members and gain my independence.

Is it some kind of revenge?

Yes, but a revenge on myself.

It was I who stopped myself, a lot.

When we realize this, we say to ourselves: “never again!

".

I don't want to be the one stopping me from being successful or artistically happy.

The general public got to know you during your participation in “Nouvelle Star” on M6 in 2013. How do you see this period?

People remember it because journalists talk about it, but otherwise everyone would have completely forgotten that I was on

Nouvelle Star

.

I went completely unnoticed during this season, I was not a strong character in the promo.

I had just had a baby boy, I was twenty kilos heavier, I was not good in my skin and, artistically, I was not established, I did not really know what I wanted to do.

It wasn't until a few years later that I said to myself: “Okay, come on, now let's go” and that we created this band, Kimberose.

Now I feel like I know where I want to go, but it's been a long journey and it certainly wasn't

Nouvelle Star

that helped me there.

Kimberose was the name of your band, you hesitated to change it for your new solo album?

This is my group, we built it on my first names.

To be completely honest, I was in this group out of loyalty to the people I was close to.

There was my son's father and the other member was a longtime friend.

Maybe I was also scared, because sometimes being in a group is reassuring.

Is defending soul music in France a challenge?

It's a challenge, yes.

It is not an obvious music in France, it is not part of the French cultural heritage.

There are, among those who follow me, soul music and jazz aficionados, but I notice that there are also people who listen to other things and who discover this universe through my project.

For me, it is a great pride.

The favorable reception given to “Back on My Feet” is encouraging…

Having a little attention is always nice.

If there is one thing that I have learned in this profession, it is that nothing is ever won, it is an ongoing battle to succeed.

I am happy with the reception of

Back On My Feet

but I want to confirm with the other songs and many other facets of my art and my personality.

It's a great start, but it stays at the beginning, now we have to continue.

“Out” was released in January.

Have you considered postponing its release due to the health context?

But delay until when?

We don't know when it's going to end.

I think we must continue to live as we can.

We are already prevented from many things.

Getting out of music right now is important.

We must not freeze everything while waiting for the return to normal.

Already, it will be gradual and not overnight.

I can't stop making music indefinitely.

People need music, movies, culture, things to get away from.

Listening to a good CD on weekends with your family, dancing, it's important.

If I can do this for people, then it really is a great pleasure.

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