Harmonize keeps the energy high on “Kudos,” the second solo track on “31” and the record that directly follows the Young Lunya opener.
Placement is intentional. Kudos follows For No Reason, which sets the tone for the album with a feature, and has Harmonize by himself, confident, energetic and totally in command of the occasion. By track two, the listener understands this album has range. The pattern is set with the opening one-two of a duet and then a solo record before the first chorus of either song is over.
“Bravo. Designed for movement and good feelings. The writing is about celebrating a woman’s good looks, confidence and sexy aura—lines like “body shape of you, I never saw before / kudos to you, kudos to you / I’m going crazzy with your body” have the sort of straightforward simplicity that makes you want to play it again and again without any analysis. So the record isn’t trying to be clever. It aims to make you grin, and it does.
The high-energy Bongo Flava and worldwide club-inspired production offers “Kudos” a broader musical scope than Harmonize’s more typical Bongo Flava tracks. So it fits for East African audiences who follow his repertoire closely and foreign streaming playlists that need something readily available. That dual usefulness makes it smart track-two material.
An official music video was dropped alongside the audio — providing “Kudos” the visual energy its club-ready production requires.
Check out “Kudos” from the album “31.”
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