Episode 192: Kelly Lee Owens

“On”

 

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Kelly Lee Owens is an electronic music producer and songwriter originally from Wales. She’s released two critically acclaimed albums and done remixes for Björk and St. Vincent. Her most recent album is is called Inner Song. It came out in August, following what Kelly described as the hardest three years of her life. In this episode, she takes apart her song “On,” and explains how its tone and shifts mirrored her journey processing her own trauma.

You can buy or stream “On” here.


Illustration by Carlos Lerma.

For a transcript of this episode, click here.

footnotes
The Prodigy
James Greenwood – collaborator