james K - Live + Band

About this event

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Performing live with a full band for the first time ever in the UK   james K is a New York-born vocalist, producer, and multidisciplinary artist whose ethereal, genre-defying sound has quietly shaped the trajectory of underground music for over a decade. Fresh off two sold-out nights at the ICA this fall, she returns to Barbican with a bespoke live performance featuring a band and immersive, kaleidoscopic visuals.   With her third, acclaimed album Friend, she returned to her creative core weaving melody, emotion, and technical mastery into a hypnotic body of work that feels at once intimate and expansive. Through her voice and vision, james K continues to redefine what experimental pop can feel like.  K has consistently beta-launched sounds and perspectives that have rippled across many mediums for years, known for her polychromatic hypersensitivity, K’s hauntological dream pop is making ‘music that slows the anxious heart while holding a mirror to the deep-rooted angst we prefer to leave unspoken.' K’s willingness to be vulnerable - to delve into/feel her way through rangelessness is her signature: exploring the contours of all genres, and laying the framework for new conversations between artists.   K’s work has garnered praise from outlets such as The Guardian, The New York Times, Pitchfork, Alt Press, Resident Advisor, and The FADER, among others, and K was also spotlighted as BBC Radio 6’s Breaking Artist in 2025.   "The third james K album, Friend, is remarkable enough as a piece of pop craftsmanship, but its real achievement is in how beautifully Krasner is able to chart a path from her private realm into our own." - Pitchfork   “she says her goal is to make music that feels like a “wave of emotion,” … she achieves the most realized vision of that ethos" - The FADER