Kavi: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)
The hyperpop musician shares the various phrases, minutiae and Twitter arguments tattooed on his brain. It's delightfully stupid
When my mum got an ultrasound, there was a 10-minute delay before my image appeared on the screen. This was because I was in the womb messaging my group chat asking whether I looked better with the Amaro or Valencia Instagram filter. A couple months later, as I was being wheeled out of the hospital after being born, I asked my parents to hotspot me because my Tumblr theme's HTML code was broken; I had to quickly tweak it because Lorde had been reblogging some of my mutuals' posts so there was a chance of her noticing me, but probably only if my animated sparkle cursor was functioning properly when she went on my page.
All this to say that I was raised by the world wide web. Beyond it being responsible for 97% of my vocabulary, the way I dress and my humour, the music that I make is heavily influenced by hyperpop - a sound forged in online communities.
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