In 2000, Kwamé reemerged as a record producer, sometimes working under the name K-1 Million. He produced for artists such as LL Cool J, Mary J. Blige, Keyshia Cole, Missy Elliott, and Christina Aguilera. In 2004, he co-produced (with Eminem) Lloyd Banks' hit song "On Fire."[2] The single has been certified Gold by the RIAA. In 2005, he co-wrote and co-produced Tweet's single "Turn da Lights Off and Will Smith's single "Switch".[2] As a producer, Kwamé has sold over 30 million records.
The suburbs of Western Sydney are a melting pot of creatives and none have managed to break the mould like Kwame did in 2018. Because he is touring Aus right now, we're giving you our top 5 Kwame songs. Enjoy.
Little Miss Perfect is a fan song by Joriah Kwame. It was originally written as part of TAPES: A Song Cycle,[1] a charity album based on 13 Reasons Why benefiting suicide prevention. The song was then submitted to Write Out Loud, a contest that highlights up and coming musical theatre songwriters, where it won. As part of the prize for winning, Little Miss Perfect was subsequently covered by Taylor Louderman[2] for the 2019 Write Out Loud album, which is what propelled it into larger popularity. It was quickly picked up by fandom through TikTok and animatics and has been attached to several different ships, the most prominent of which was Lumity from The Owl House.
Written from the POV of Courtney Crimsen, the song tells the story of how Courtney came to be Hannah Baker's fifth reason for committing suicide. It deals with the conflict Courtney feels between her sexuality and her image as being "perfect." Because she's afraid of tarnishing her "perfect" image, Courtney ends up denying her sexuality and the fact that she kissed Hannah because "[she] can't risk falling off [her] throne." Much of the song's tension comes from the clear disconnect between the upbeat and fun orchestration contrasting with the clearly conflicted lyrics, showing that "Little Miss Perfect" maybe isn't as perfect as she seems. When explaining how he wrote the song, Kwame said the following:
Sometime before the airing of the Grom episode of The Owl House, shippers of Lumity latched onto Little Miss Perfect as an anthem for their ship and specifically the character Amity Blight. This is likely due in part to an extremely popular animatic by ThatOneDorkThatDraws which currently has over 2 million views.[5] This was subsequently followed by many other animatics[6][7][8] that helped make the song popular and cement it as the "Lumity Anthem." Fans began associating the song with the ship, often quoting the lyrics on works related to Lumity or Amity.[9][10][11]
Simultaneously, people began saying that while Little Miss Perfect was perfect for Amity, they would love a similar song for Luz Noceda. These comments from Lumity shippers caught the attention of Kwame, who responded to one[12] stating that he would be writing one and then posted in the comments of a popular animatic stating the same.[13] The resulted in the sequel song to Little Miss Perfect, Ordinary.[14]
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