
Forgiving and forgetting is so overrated, and Kissimjau’s “Voodoo Doll” captures that desire for revenge in this captivating single. It’s always a painful experience getting hurt in a relationship, and when the dust finally settles, you’re left with a whirlwind of emotions that is difficult to contain. Betrayal, heartbreak, and searing pain. “Voodoo Doll” wants you to know that those feelings are best let out in a most cathartic manner, to acknowledge your frustration, and embrace that deep desire to take revenge against whoever wronged you. Infused with a mix of darkly defiant and sensual tones, and Kissimjau’s stuttered vocals, this track is focused on one thing: letting it all out, but not until after getting that sweet, sweet revenge.
Dark, sensual, and moody, “Voodoo Doll” is like revenge in musical form. From the droning synth to the underlying percussion and bass, the instrumentation of this track is almost as addicting as imagining getting back at everyone who’s ever wronged you. The song focuses specifically on being betrayed by a lover (and in turn getting your due justice), and I think the subtle sensual undertones of the track, combined with the numerous double entendres that fill the lyrics, really make “Voodoo Doll” such a fun listen for those of you who love to press your ear against a song and think about what each tonal change and lyric means. Even the first line of the song, “I want to make you scream / I want to make you feel it”, which is similarly featured in the chorus, conjures scenes of physicality, but whether those actions are for pleasure or something darker, that is dependent on how you listen to the song. The song also features a hypnotizing stutter in Kissimjau’s vocals, particularly during those aforementioned lines; it creates a disjointed feeling between the song and listener, almost implying, through that stutter, the double-meaning of the lyrics. “Voodoo Doll” is everything anyone could ever want out of a revenge track, from alluring instrumentals and vocals to complex lyrics, putting this song on loop is the only correct answer while you're making your own little voodoo doll of that once-special someone.
Kissimjau is a Norwegian artist whose liquid vocals blend with her dark pop stylings to create revenge anthems and club-bangers that will make you lift yourself off the ground and scream along to her lyrics. She made her debut in 2022 with her single “Pretty When I Cry”, and made waves with her second single that same year, entitled “Blood Sugar”, which now has 689,000 streams on Spotify alone. Her singles have been on a variety of playlists, including Planet Rave, Oyster, Fresh Finds, Dance Rising, and many, many more. She was also recently part of an initiative by Spotify in the Nordics that saw Kissimjau as one of four Nordic artists that were presented by Spotify at the first ever Fresh Finds Nordics live event in Oslo. “Voodoo Doll” marks an important milestone for Kissimjau, as its release comes with her first full-length music video. If you enjoyed the track, definitely give the video a watch and the rest of her discography a listen!
Written By Alexa Leung
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