Kwun premieres new single 'Happiness, Part 2'

Today, the highly talented singer-songwriter and producer Kwun introduces his latest single to the world, titled ‘Happiness, Part 2’. This exceptional musical masterpiece offers far more than just a captivating auditory experience; it encompasses a mesmerizing audio-visual journey. Kwun incorporates a remarkable and transformative healing technique called Light Language, enhancing the song's ability to awaken the spirit and facilitate a profound alignment with our authentic selves.

We have the privilege of hosting Kwun as he delves into the depths of his latest single, explores the incorporation of healing tools within music, and shares insights into his highly anticipated album ‘Ancient, Ageless & True’.


Hi Kwun, it’s a pleasure to speak with you today, I wanted to ask how you’re doing. And how are you feeling now that your latest single, ‘Happiness, Part 2’ is out?
Hi, it’s a pleasure to speak with you too. Yeah, I’m doing great, thanks for asking. A little sleep-deprived from all the work that’s gone into putting this release together, but so pleased that it’s finally out now. It’s one I really wanted to get out there.



Tell me about this latest single.
Well, it was the very first song I recorded for the album. It was a very spontaneous and kind of pure expression of what I was feeling at the time. I’d been doing these meditations, had felt this sense of clarity and elevated awareness and I just wanted to capture that and see what came out when I translated that into sound.

It all came together reasonably quickly but overdubbing the live strings and backing singers took considerably longer, as did the mixing. Ended up with some really cool people working on the track though, like the string arranger Jonas Petersen, who’d worked alongside people like Hans Zimmer.

It’s an interesting concept singing in Light Language, could you perhaps tell me a little about what that means?
Yes of course. And yes, I guess it is an interesting concept.

So to give some context, my background is that of a healer, which was my profession for a number of years in the UK. I sometimes still run workshops here in Tulum in Mexico, where I am currently based.

So Light Language is from that healing world if you like. It’s a way of communicating high vibrational frequencies and codes, which can have a very real and transformative effect on your physical and subtle bodies. Basically, it’s a complete system of healing and transformation. Much like Reiki, for example. I use Reiki as an example because it is better known. Reiki energy is transmitted mainly through the hands. Light Language frequencies are transmitted through singing, speech, chanting, signing, drawing, writing and other art forms.

It's sometimes referred to as the language of the soul, the language that contains the person’s unique vibratory signature who is expressing it. It’s a tool that can help you connect with the higher realms of consciousness. Put very simply, it’s just energy that makes you feel good.

I’ve been working with it for a number of years, and very occasionally I might slip some into a song.

How did you come to hear about this, and what made you use it for your ‘Happiness, Part 2’ single?
Well, I actually first came across Light Language via some online recordings or ‘energetic transmissions’ by a lady called Judy Satori. And I was just blown away by the physical and psychological effects it was having on me. Like I’d feel these major energetic shifts, not just physically but also in a way that affected my well-being generally. You know, in a really positive way. For someone who’d delved into a considerable amount of healing work already, and into different healing modalities, this just seemed like another level. It really was mind-blowing, and I was fascinated by it, though never really thought it was something I’d be able to do myself.

But to cut a long story short, I did eventually start speaking it myself from 2015 onwards, after a bunch of synchronistic events that took place in Mount Shasta, California.

What made me use it for ‘Happiness, Part 2’? I probably just couldn’t think of any words, haha!! But actually, no. I just wanted to do a Light Language transmission on one of my songs, you know, to express and capture what I was feeling at the time, with just frequencies instead of words. That’s the thing about Light Language – it bypasses the thinking mind, and if your intentions are aligned, then some great stuff comes out. The song was written after some meditations and I just wanted to capture what I’d discovered in these meditations.

How does the presence of ‘Happiness, Part 2’ fit into the context of the rest of the album?
Well, it’s all me, doing my thing. This is the only track which is in Light Language. Other tracks are actually quite wordy. You know, I always say the lyrics are of equal importance in a song, to the music. If the lyrics are out of place, it compromises the song and the song is not complete.

But I think it’s just another song on the album that I’ve put everything into, and that says whatever I needed it to say at the time of writing it.

Stylistically there isn’t another track on the album that sounds like it. It’s the only track that uses a drum machine. But then there is a common thread that runs through it, like the presence of a string orchestra, or big choir sections, that kind of thing.

Oh, and there is a ‘Happiness, Part 1’ as well, which is the album opener that flows directly into ‘Part 2’.

Your new music video is out on the 23rd of June, could you tell me about the process of the visuals for your work, they always seem very creative, do you do them yourself?
Oh, thank you! Yeah, I do like to create something visually interesting and beautiful to go with my songs. I have some input, of course, into what I want for the visuals – I choose who I work with, and I design all my own album artwork - but it’s very much to the credit of the cinematographers and photographers as to how the visuals come out. So I don’t do them myself as such, but I do collaborate.

The process is different each time because, so far, I’ve wanted to experiment and try out different things with each video. So, for the ‘Supernatural’ video, my first single, I wanted panoramic nature scenes to complement the expansiveness I was trying to convey in the song. I guess it’s also a reflection of this inner-expansiveness that I’m always aiming to touch upon. So I worked with a nature documentary filmmaker called Alex Beldi for that one, who captured a few animals in the video too.

With the live video for ‘Ancient Ageless & True’, I just wanted to create something beautiful in black and white which captured the energy of the live band. I mean that was very much thanks to Jason and Lydia Carter’s expertise and wizardry that the video appeared as it did. And I still have 2 more videos from that series that I can’t wait to get out there.

For ‘Happiness, Part 2’, I commissioned a new media artist called Dianne Harris to make the official video. When I first saw her work, I was just blown away by it. So I contacted her to see if she was interested and available to put something together. What you see is her video interpretation of the song. I mean it really is completely different from anything else out there – totally original and different from anything I’ve ever put out there. You know, that’s Dianne! I’m really interested to see how it’s received.

You’re based between the UK and Mexico, do you find your environments have a spiritual impact on your music
Yeah, I guess it does! But only in as much as I’m willing to work with what’s going on for me. I mean, being in these places doesn’t mean the music automatically takes on any ‘spiritual’ quality. You know, I choose to live in these ‘power spots’, or ‘vortices’, as they’re called. In Glastonbury (UK), and in Tulum (Mexico). The energetics of these places are bound to have an effect on what I experience and what I write about, for sure. Is it spiritual? No. But does it make me think and feel in a more expanded way? Sometimes.

But then, I really don’t like to use the word ‘spiritual’ cos it has too many connotations. It’s not a word I would ever use to describe myself or my music.

Are there other spiritual-based artists that you look towards for inspiration?
No, haha. Really! I don’t like spiritual music. I mean artists with conscious lyrics, yes. But spiritual, absolutely not. By spiritual, I guess I’m meaning ‘new age’, or ‘woke’. That’s the context in which I’m understanding and using the word. So I don’t mean ‘religious’ or anything like that.

As for conscious lyrics, there are many contemporary artists with amazing lyrics. Like Nahko Bear for example. He’s got real lyrical prowess. But then, if we’re talking conscious lyrics, just listen to Stevie Wonder. Listen to ‘As’ or other tracks off ‘Songs In The Key Of Life’ or ‘Innervisions’. I mean that stuff makes your hair stand on end.

Depending on how we define ‘spiritual-based’, I like Jonathan Goldman. That stuff is imbued with intention and works on an energetic level to really shift things in a real way. And it’s beautiful to listen to. But with the majority of ‘spiritual-based’ stuff, in my understanding of the term, no thanks!

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