Hello Kleo’s New Anthem is the Soundtrack to Our Collective Chaos
“It’s not just your anything, it’s the fact that you don’t care,” Hello Kleo snarls in the opening lines of her new single, It’s COMPLICATED, her voice dripping with a mix of frustration and defiance. It’s a line that cuts straight to the chase, a razor-sharp observation of the emotional detachment that defines so much of modern life. From there, the song spirals into a whirlwind of raw emotion and sonic chaos, capturing the dizzying contradictions of a generation that feels everything and nothing all at once.
Hello Kleo, the fearless newcomer who burst onto the scene with her debut single INFLUENCER, is back with a track that doesn’t just capture the zeitgeist—it screams it. It’s COMPLICATED is a sonic rollercoaster, a rebellious anthem for anyone who’s ever felt too much and too little all at once. With its distorted guitars, explosive dynamic shifts, and a melody that lodges itself in your brain after the first listen, the song is a middle finger to the polished, overproduced pop that dominates the airwaves. It’s messy, it’s loud, and it’s unapologetically real.
Kleo’s music is a mirror to the surreal, often disorienting experience of living in a world where the digital and the real are indistinguishable. INFLUENCER, her debut single, was a biting commentary on the performative nature of social media, a world where likes and shares dictate self-worth. But with It’s COMPLICATED, out March 7th, Kleo dives deeper, turning the lens inward. This isn’t just a song about the chaos of the world—it’s about the chaos within.
The track opens with a soft guitar riff that feels like a warning, a signal that you’re about to step into something intense. Kleo’s voice cuts through the noise, equal parts vulnerable and venomous, as she grapples with the contradictions of modern life. “It is not that Cybertrap you’ve been driving since I said, bye bye,” she declares, her words laced with biting sarcasm. Her faux farewell—“It’s complicated, I’m not doing just fine, but in the world we live in the show must go on”—perfectly encapsulates the push-and-pull of identity in the digital age. The production is a masterclass in tension and release, building to a cathartic chorus that feels like screaming into the void—and hearing it scream back. As the track closes, a faint whisper of a grunge-era ghost intones, “Hello, hello, hello,” followed by a haunting coup de grâce: “One more kiss, give me one more dance. Give me your head on a plate, it can turn me on.”
What makes It’s COMPLICATED so compelling is its refusal to offer easy answers. Kleo doesn’t pretend to have it all figured out. Instead, she leans into the messiness, the contradictions, the noise. It’s a song that captures the mood of a generation raised on the internet, where emotions are amplified but fleeting, and the line between reality and performance is increasingly blurred.
Hello Kleo is more than just an artist—she’s a provocateur, a voice for a generation that’s tired of being told to quiet down. With It’s COMPLICATED, she cements her place as one of the most exciting new voices in music, a rebel with a cause and a killer hook. This isn’t just a song—it’s a manifesto. And if this is what the future of pop sounds like, we’re here for it.
It’s COMPLICATED is an anthem for the contradictions of our time—bold yet vulnerable, synthetic yet authentic, loud yet undeniably personal.
So turn it up, let the noise wash over you, and remember: it’s okay if you don’t have it all figured out. After all, it’s complicated.