Kelis, the “Milkshake” grasp, Le Cordon Bleu-trained chef and writer is heading to the land Down Beneath, the place she’s going to ship a keynote presentation for Bigsound convention.
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On Thursday, Sept. 5, the Harlem-born artist will ship “an sincere dialog on the significance of being genuine and her fearless strategy to transformation,” topics that strongly align with the Bigsound 2024 themes, organizers say. And later, on Saturday, Sept. 7, she’ll carry out stay and solely at QLD Music Trails’ Candy Aid! Music Pageant.
Twenty-five years on from the discharge of her 1999 debut studio album, Kaleidoscope, and 21 years on from her business breakout LP Tasty, Kelis has expanded her repertoire into cooking, helming a number of specials on Netflix and elsewhere and penning her personal cookbook, “My Life on a Plate.”
Set for Sept. 3 – 6 in Brisbane, the 2032 Olympic metropolis, Bigsound’s convention and showcase extravaganza “lights up the center of the Fortitude Valley annually with a flurry of music lovers, good minds and world class performers,” feedback Kris Stewart, CEO of QMusic and Bigsound, which is teaming up with QLD Music Trails to carry Kelis to Australia.
“It’s a pleasure to get to accomplice with QLD Music Trails,” provides Stewart,” to carry to the town somebody who encompasses all these items and extra, Kelis, for what is going to undoubtedly be an unimaginable Keynote speech and competition efficiency.”
Kelis has landed seven songs on the Billboard Scorching 100, led by Tasty minimize “Milkshake,” certainly one of many early recordings she created with The Neptunes’ Pharrell and Chad Hugo. “Milkshake” peaked at No. 3.
Additionally, 5 Kelis albums have impacted the Billboard 200 chart, together with a high 10 for 2006’s Kelis Was Right here, which peaked at No. 10.
On the 2024 version of Bigsound, Kelis joins beforehand introduced keynote speaker Amy Taylor, singer with ARIA Award-winning punk rock act Amyl & The Sniffers, plus a lineup of worldwide audio system together with Korda Marshall (Mushroom Group), Bradly Palmer (Harmony Music Publishing), Elliott Lefko (AEG / Goldenvoice).
The occasion is supported by the Queensland authorities by Tourism and Occasions Queensland, and is offered by Oztix and Brick Lane.
