KÅRP / Greasy Makeup

Greasy Makeup

Here I stand

before you

with my greasy makeup

asking for you to fix

oh what’s needed

here I go

And here I go with lack of balance

cuz you touch me like something’s just missing,

like I’m not qualified for a competition

Comparing the silk and the velvet here I go

Cover up oh oh I’m mad

fulfilled but I’m not stupid

I know you’d strike back even harder

I’m mad and fulfilled,

but I’m not stupid

not stupid

Cover up oh

Here I stand

before you

in my reason to wake up

asking for you to push

oh this fear of where I go

And here I go with lack of angels

cuz acting like something’s forgiven

like I’m apologized for an intuition

Preparing the wings that I’ve taken

To cover up, oh oh I’m mad, fulfilled but I’m not stupid

I know you’d strike back even harder

I’m mad and fulfilled,

but I’m not stupid

not stupid

cover up oh

Lyrics by KÅRP

KÅRP: Anna-Maria Lychou · Anders Lychou · Jonas Källstrand · Tobias Müller

Photos by Ellika Henrikson

I have been sitting on the gem for far too long. May 17th, to be precise. It caught my ear the first time I heard it, and I told KÅRP that I would be glad to do a blog about this single, Greasy Makeup.

The lyrics are thought-provoking. What is the storyline here? Is this a woman arriving home, cleaning the makeup off her face, and being confronted by an adversarial partner?

As the touching and striking suggest, is this a case of domestic violence?

Is this person covering up from the blows? Could the makeup be hiding that from the sight of others?

This person seems so madly in love with their partner that she is willing to cover up, but she is not stupid.

She is ready to push back and go. She has wings that she has prepared and taken to go with a lack of angels. She is mad but not stupid. She has some out-of-balance sense of fulfilment, but she is not stupid. She has covered up over and over again. And she continues that ad nauseam. Willing to live with madness. Willing to take the blows. Willing to feel fulfilled even when the fulfilment comes from being mad.

cover up oh

Gothenburg, Sweden – The electro band KÅRP is back with their new single “Greasy Makeup,” a solid punch of knuckles greased with equal parts electro, synth-pop, and techno. It is the first single from the concluding EP in KÅRP‘s apocalyptic trilogy. Whether the title alludes to faces painted for battle, faces painted to hide something, or if it’s simply what is visible when one gazes into the mirror.

Quote from the band:

“This is the beginning of the end of the beginning. We are living in a time where it feels like the world has abandoned us. I mean, us humans. Everyone reacts differently to being abandoned; some arm themselves for battle, while others go out in the rain and let tears run down their cheeks. Whichever you prefer, we recommend that you do it to the sounds of Greasy Makeup.

I enjoyed this single with its bouncing synth tones and pulsed percussion. Easy to dance to, easy to listen to, easy to remember. It is easy to find on the streaming source of your choice, I listened on Apple Music. Sit back and listen and let’s see what you hear. It is also available on YouTube.

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