New York City, New York Jan 29, 2025 (Issuewire.com) - How often do you hear about an influencer in today's market that produces and releases a full-scale album and book in the same month? Furthermore, how many out of that selection would possess the motivation and acumen to have those projects ready for the beginning of a new year? It certainly looks easier than it actually is - getting on a track or a fresh word doc and putting your all into it. But for KC Pomponio, the process of building an entirely new musical and literary platform to base the second half of this 2020 decade upon was "demanding. I was working day and night to get this stuff off my chest before mid January."
The album 'Victoria', which has 4 discs total, each released separately, spans across 34 speaker-rattling songs ; the first disc having been released hours before the ball dropped on New Year's Eve, and the second, third, and fourth discs hit stores on New Years Day. The music is difficult to put a finger on, as it incorporates a variety of genres from rock, jazz, pop, and rap together in a neat bundle. The instrumentation and drum patterns on the pop and rap songs is next level, to say the least. The album in general is quite a monument of itself without the critical acclaim. The CD cover portrays a shirtless KC, young and athletic, in a different pose for each disc. The most impressive part of the project is that "this was entirely self produced. I laid all the vocals, I performed all the instruments, and I wrote all the lyrics myself," KC Pomponio described the creative aspect. While pretty much all the ideas on this project were original and self-produced, there is one song at the very beginning of the first disc that sort of plays off of Third Eye Blinds' 'Semi-Charmed Life', which is interesting because it is a very long and intricately-detailed piece of work, and carries a lot more vocal emphasis and is not too shy to confront life's difficult topics: drugs and loneliness. KC does a spectacular job of keeping a progressive frame of mind on most of these songs, while staying true to his rebellious, teenaged spunk that fans have come to adore.
Overall, the album is a must-listen.
Additionally, KC Pomponio's book 'Just Around the Corner...' is right on par with the lyrical complexities and nuances that reveal themselves to listeners of his music. Readers can really appreciate how a music artist like KC Pomponio really utilizes his leg room and stretches out his imagination in the extra space. "I get super jealous of my books when I'm writing them. We have all these crazy things going on in our own lives that we want to put in there, but something calls us to spice up the details a bit, and before you know it, you're proof reading your final copy, and trying to avoid any legal issues while wishing your life was just as provocative."
So if you are searching for hidden talent, or just scanning for new music or books, be sure to click on one of the links below.
https://youtube.com/@kcpomponio?si=BIji34OuSW09avqt
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