Canadian talent Adria Kain shares the newly imagined ‘Ocean (Reprise)’ single, taken from her landmark album, When Flowers Bloom.
The original ‘Ocean’ was arguably the single the kicked off Toronto artist Adria Kain’s career and since then the artist has done so much personal growth, becoming more aligned with her identity as a mas-presenting queer black woman and musician.
‘Ocean (Reprise)’ sounds like a cosmic connection embedded within this soulful R&B track, especially Kain’s authentically passionate voice which moves from powerful outbursts to wistful backing vocals to thoughtful spoken-word phrases. Comparing the two versions of ‘Ocean’, you can physically hear just how much this artist has evolved as an artist and as a human being.
“It’s beyond me how this song came full circle. I remember where I was in life when I first wrote it years ago. I knew it was a good song, not quite my favourite, but it had an important message that I think even went over my own head. I wrote it from a place of sadness. I wanted to create a voice for myself. One that I could run to whenever there was no one else. One that would create a platform big enough for me to exist in without boundaries, like the Ocean, because what’s bigger than that really.”
Take in Ocean (Reprise) below…
