Kat Von D releases ‘Enough’

Song is third release from forthcoming debut album

Gifted multi-hyphenate Kat Von D shares driving darkwave laced single “Enough,” the third track from her forthcoming debut album, Love Made Me Do It, due August 27th. Album pre-orders includes limited edition signed red vinyl, red cassettes, CD digipack, hoodies with Von D’s signature star face tattoos on the hood, custom sketchbooks and much more. Other limited edition color vinyl variants are also available for retail.

“Enough” is an ode to lost lovers in which Von D continues exploring the darkest angles of an unhealthy relationship. The new cut follows on recently released singles, the vulnerable synthwave slow jam, “I Am Nothing,” which found the talented artist at her most intimate and vulnerable, and the debut single “Exorcism” which unveiled the album’s recurring theme, in Von D’s own words; “Love Made Me Do It is a collection of all my hopeless romantic thoughts poured into one album.”

“It was written by Chris Brenner, Danny Lohner from Nine Inch Nails introduced us,” Von D reveals about the new single. “They’d actually worked on the song together, but they’d never done anything with it. It’s one of only two songs I didn’t write on the album. When I talked to Chris about it, he said, ‘That was my big breakup song’. The intro lyrics are, ‘Dove down to the bottom of the dark blue sea searching for any traces that are left of me’. I love that idea. You tend to lose yourself in relationships—good and bad. You’re reflecting on your part and why you stuck around. It attests to our willingness to stay in shitty relationships.”

“Who knew life could hurt like this?” Von D sings over pulsating and bristling synthesizers that envelop her enigmatic voice and build to a frenzied crescendo. Big and bold, “Enough” is a driving, throbbing examination of love and trust delivered with KVD’s unique gothic, industrial flair.

The album sits at the core of Von D’s universe, proving that music is her first and strongest passion. Having been a classically trained pianist since her youth with a deep appreciation for music of all genres, she poured her soul into this long-awaited full-length debut album. The project features collaborators including Dave Grohl, Linda Perry, Dave Sitek (TV On The Radio), Peter Murphy (Bauhaus), Danny Lohner (Nine Inch Nails), Ladyhawke and Charo.

Long before the history-making tattoos, ubiquitous television shows, best-selling books and an influential beauty empire, Kat Von D sat down at a piano for nearly two hours a day and played. In essence, music became her first creative language and most trusted outlet. Classical training and a deep appreciation for music of all genres essentially underscored her life. She studied voice under Ken Tamplin six days per week, strengthening her vocals. In 2012, she began writing with GRAMMY Award-nominated Linda Perry. Following this experience, Von D continued to write on her own, sitting at the piano and summoning songs from raw emotion. During 2014, she retreated to London to record the original mix of what would become her full-length debut album Love Made Me Do It (KVD/Kartel Music Group) before cementing it with her band – Gregg Foreman aka Mr. Pharmacist (synth 1/Cat Power, The Gossip), Sammi Doll (synth 2/IAMX), Dave Parley (drums/Prayers), and Brynn Route (contortionist). They moved into a bungalow cottage on her property, lived together, and finished the record. Capping off the process, Dan Haigh of Gunship handled mixing. A pastiche of shapeshifting analog synths, post-punk dreamscapes, gothic hues, and shy pop magnetism, these eleven songs echo the eternal will of the perennially brokenhearted to love until death.

Buddy Iahn
Buddy Iahn

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