Every lyric, like muscle memory, is etched in the brain and in our fragile beating hearts. But it was his ability to convey emotions like rage, passion, and boldness, which had hitherto been virtually absent from pop music’s lexicon, that cemented his place in the music industry.Įvery KK song has a memory attached to it. Love and friendship were a constant motif in his songs, as was the bittersweet weight of remembrance. He could sing the fanciest upbeat commercial songs and, at the same time, make you weep through his heartbreaking romantic melodies. He emphasized that it is not important for a singer’s face to be seen – quoting he believes the important thing is that “a singer must be heard.”Īs a musician, KK was never associated with any specific genre, style, or language. In an era where almost every artist has been framed and embroiled in some controversy or PR gimmick, KK remained one of the few artists who had no dirt against his name. Before breaking into the mainstream Bollywood music Industry, he sang more than 3,500 jingles across 11 languages over a span of four years. In his almost three-decade-long spanning music career, he recorded songs in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Bengali, Assamese, and Gujarati. At the age of 53, he drew his final breath.Īs a world-renowned Indian playback singer, Krishnakumar Kunnath (popularly known as KK) was the embodiment of variety and versatility.
After futile attempts to resuscitate him at the hotel, he was transferred to the CMRI hospital in Kolkata, where he was confirmed dead upon arrival. Soon after his performance on the way back to his hotel, he suffered a cardiac arrest. KK was performing at a college fest in Kolkata when all of a sudden, he complained of feeling unwell. : The entire music fandom was left in a state of shock and disbelief after the news of singer and composer KK’s demise surfaced on Tuesday night. The individual, after all, was flesh and blood.
“When an artist dies, the art that never was is often mourned with as much grief as-if not more grief than-the individual themself.
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