INO THE WOODS WITH KERLI
IT'S A VERY long interview
you guys might wanna go read it on the site
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Kerli looks as if she floats in 12-inch midnight-black platform heels obscured beneath a metallic lavender silk robe in the lobby of our busy midtown office building. Her silver hair is pulled back into tight braids that cascade down the sides of her face, falling at her waist.
A nearby pianist plays a lively rendition of Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used To Know,” to which the nymphlike singer pleasantly hums along before turning to her boyfriend, Brian, to talk about the music.
“Everything has a vibration,” I hear her start to say, but the loud swells of melody sweep away the rest of that thought.
She fusses with the belt of her robe, borrowed from an Estonian designer, when a man comes up to us and puts his arms up.
“DOPE!” he declares, eagerly nodding in approval. She smiles, laughs a little and thanks him for the sporadic compliment.
Kerli, in a massive black fur jacket that gives her the appearance of a strikingly tall alien, strolls out onto the street to meet our Uber. She glides across the sidewalk into the black SUV, defiantly side-stepping puddles better than the camera crew trailing her as a crowd forms to watch.
When the cameraman turns around in the front seat to ask if she’s okay, she politely shoos away concern.
“I’m from Estonia. We don’t even have SUVs. Rough conditions are fine,” she says, surveying the leather seats inside the car. “Roughin’ it,” she quips.
Only weeks ago, she was gathering plants and living in a hut in a remote forest in her homeland of Estonia, the nearest town more than a half-hour drive away.
The tale is familiar to many struggling musicians: a record deal inked at a young age, a stalled career, dubious boardroom decisions before being cast back into the sea of hopefuls. But it’s Kerli’s fervent fanbase that make her story truly unique. After all, they’re the ones responsible for her newest album due early 2017 — an entirely independent venture, funded primarily through donations via PledgeMusic.
That's so far away 