{"id":26242,"date":"2017-07-17T12:15:29","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T16:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=26242"},"modified":"2018-05-21T16:50:50","modified_gmt":"2018-05-21T20:50:50","slug":"black-kids-release-new-single-heart-broken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=26242","title":{"rendered":"Black Kids release new single &#8216;If My Heart Is Broken&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-26243 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/8797f59c-f8c8-4204-bcee-a8a3c628e423.jpg?resize=625%2C417\" alt=\"Black Kids\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/8797f59c-f8c8-4204-bcee-a8a3c628e423.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/8797f59c-f8c8-4204-bcee-a8a3c628e423.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/8797f59c-f8c8-4204-bcee-a8a3c628e423.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/8797f59c-f8c8-4204-bcee-a8a3c628e423.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/8797f59c-f8c8-4204-bcee-a8a3c628e423.jpg?w=2000 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/>Black Kids have released a new single, <em>If My Heart Is Broken<\/em> along with a lyric video. The track appears on their sophomore album, &#8216;Rookie,&#8217; which will be out September 15. The album was recorded and co-produced by Andy LeMaster at Chase Park Transduction. Watch the video for <em>If My Heart Is Broken<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VJ5cQotpPYo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Singer Reggie Youngblood explains the inspiration behind <em>If My Heart is Broken<\/em>, <em>\u201cThis song is the closest thing I have to a regrettable tattoo, cos when I hear it, I\u2019m reminded that it came about when I legit thought I could move to Nashville and write country songs for Rayna James. I mean, I told everyone I was going to. AND THEN someone told me she\u2019s a fictional character\u2026 No \u201cifs\u201d about it, I was def heartbroken\u2014it would\u2019ve made a great fake country song for a fake country artist.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>After taking an almost decade long hiatus before the release of their sophomore album, <em>\u201cMuch like Odysseus and Co., on our journey to make the \u2018difficult second album,\u2019 shit got rough,\u201d<\/em> Youngblood says. <em>\u201cA few of us heeded the siren call of \u2018side projects.\u2019 Tumultuous relationships and periods of Imposter Syndrome also impeded progress. Worst of all, I couldn\u2019t write a chorus. And for a band that worships The Chorus, this was problematic.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Tour dates<\/h4>\n<p>9\/16 &#8211; Los Angeles, CA @ Future Forward Fest<br \/>\n9\/20 &#8211; Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios<br \/>\n9\/22 &#8211; Seattle, WA @ The Sunset<br \/>\n9\/23 &#8211; Bend, OR @ Volcanic Theatre<br \/>\n9\/24 &#8211; San Francisco, CA @ Folsom Street Fair<br \/>\n9\/25 &#8211; Oakland, CA @ New Parish<br \/>\n9\/26 &#8211; Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room<br \/>\n9\/29 &#8211; San Diego,CA @ Casbah<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Black Kids have released a new single, If My Heart Is Broken along with a lyric video. The track appears on their sophomore album, &#8216;Rookie,&#8217; <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=26242\" title=\"Black Kids release new single &#8216;If My Heart Is Broken&#8217;\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26243,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[23,25,28,29,30],"tags":[6307,6444,6308,1245],"class_list":["post-26242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie","category-live","category-music","category-music-video","category-new-release","tag-black-kids","tag-if-my-heart-is-broken","tag-rookie","tag-tour-dates"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/8797f59c-f8c8-4204-bcee-a8a3c628e423.jpg?fit=2500%2C1667&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-6Pg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25728,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=25728","url_meta":{"origin":26242,"position":0},"title":"Black Kids share new single &#8216;Obligatory Drugs&#8217;","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"June 11, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Black Kids are back with a new track,\u00a0Obligatory Drugs, the first release since their 2008 debut album 'Partie Traumatic'. 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