So far, they are known for the songs "Northern Lights", "In Your Eyes", "The Way We Are". Kate Boy released their debut EP Northern Lights on 22 January 2013.
Kate Akhurst started out as a songwriter in Australia and got her first publishing deal there when she was 16. At 21, she moved to Los Angeles for five years before coming to Stockholm for the first time in October 2011. The last two days she was here, Kate Akhurst met Hampus Nordgren Hemlin, Oskar Sikow Engström, and Markus Dextegen at the recommendation from someone from another recording session. They decided to go straight down into the studio and start working that very first night. They wrote "Northern Lights" that night.
According to Kate: "we had this instantaneous connection; we couldn't even wait until the next day. I felt like I found my people, like, 'I've been waiting all my life for you! I can't wait another minute'". After that visit, Akhurst went back home and got a visa for the UK and Sweden.
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Northern lights
Kate Boy Lyrics
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Even when I've got my eyes closed, oh
Seeping deep into me
I can feel you breathing in my bones
And I follow blind
Through a tunnel mind we meet
And it's burning bright
Reaching out for the northern lights
Leave it all behind
Reaching up for the neon sky
Now our stars align
And everything we touch turns to gold
Never ever let go
'Cause everything we touch turns to gold
So never ever let go
Colour in, colour out
See my breath and feel the ice-white heat
Pick me up, slam me down
'Cause my heart is hearing every beat
And I follow blind
Through a tunnel mind we meet
And it's burning bright
And I feel it cry for me
Reaching out for the northern lights
Leave it all behind
And everything we touch turns to gold
Never ever let go
'Cause everything we touch turns to gold
So never ever let go
The song "Northern Lights" by Kate Boy is sung in a dreamy and euphoric tone which is reflected in the lyrics themselves. In the beginning, the singer describes a fire that continues to grow even when her eyes are closed. She feels it seeping deep into her bones, which she believes is the loved one she is referencing throughout the song. The singer follows blindly through a tunnel in her mind to meet her lover, and when they do, there is an intense connection represented by the burning light. The lover cries for her, and the singer reaches out blind for the northern lights, indicating her desire to leave everything behind and be with her lover.
As the song progresses, the singer describes the intense physical and emotional connection she experiences with her lover. She describes the feeling of the ice-white heat running through her body, and how her heart is attuned to every beat. The singer reiterates her desire for her lover and how their joint energy turns everything they touch into gold, signaling the transformative power of their love. She encourages never letting go of their love, by insisting that everything they touch (and experience) turns to gold, meaning it is of the highest value and worth keeping.
In summary, "Northern Lights" by Kate Boy is a song about the intense physical and emotional connection that exists between two people in love. The lyrics are vivid and metaphorical, using imagery such as ice-white heat, blindness, and the northern lights to represent the intensity of the experience.
Line by Line Meaning
See the fire, watch it grow
The singer notices a fire and observes it intensifying.
Even when I've got my eyes closed, oh
The fire can be so bright that it is visible even with eyes closed.
Seeping deep into me
The heat from the fire penetrates the singer's being.
I can feel you breathing in my bones
The heat from the fire feels like the breathing of another person within the artist's body.
And I follow blind
The artist follows someone or something without seeing where they are going.
Through a tunnel mind we meet
The singer's mind is focused and closed like a tunnel, leading them to meet someone or something.
And it's burning bright
The object or person being followed is on fire and is blazing brightly.
And I feel it cry for me
The artist senses the fire or other entity is expressing itself, suffering or longing.
Reaching out for the northern lights
The artist desires to obtain the beauty and wonder of the aurora borealis.
Leave it all behind
The artist wants to escape or abandon everything they know to find the northern lights.
Reaching up for the neon sky
The singer reaches for a futuristic, fluorescent sky that perhaps doesn't exist.
Now our stars align
The artist and someone or something else finally come together in perfect harmony.
And everything we touch turns to gold
The singer and the other entity have the power to make things turn to gold, to make things perfect.
Never ever let go
The singer must hold on tightly to this power and never let it go.
Colour in, colour out
The world around the singer is vibrant and full of life.
See my breath and feel the ice-white heat
The artist senses the chill in the air, but also senses the warmth and power of the fire.
Pick me up, slam me down
The situation has ups and downs, highs and lows, and is turbulent.
'Cause my heart is hearing every beat
The singer's heart is pounding with excitement or fear, and is very much alive.
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: KATE AKHURST, MARKUS DEXTEGEN, OSKAR ERIK ALEXANDER ENGSTROM, HAMPUS NORDGREN
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See the fire, watch it grow
Even when I've got my eyes closed, oh
Seeping deep into me
I can feel you breathing in my bones
And I follow blind
Through a tunnel mind we meet
And it's burning bright
And I feel it cry for me
Reaching out for the northern lights
Leave it all behind
Reaching up for the neon sky
Now our stars align
And everything we touch turns to gold
Never ever let go
'Cause everything we touch turns to gold
So never ever let go
Colour in, colour out
See my breath and feel the ice-white heat
Pick me up, slam me down
'Cause my heart is hearing every beat
And I follow blind
Through a tunnel mind we meet
And it's burning bright
And I feel it cry for me
Reaching out for the northern lights
Leave it all behind
And everything we touch turns to gold
Never ever let go
'Cause everything we touch turns to gold
So never ever let go
@MattWR4
I can’t get over how good this instrumental is especially near the end, those synths are unreal sounding
@shadyjoanneboots
Gotta thank Watch Dogs 2 cause otherwise I never would have found this song, it's fucking awesome.
@AnwayPramanik
shady boots SAME I'm playing the game right now and man driving to the next mission with this song playing feels cool 😎
@thecolorgreen1840
Anway Pramanik same also gothic summer is pretty good
@Jordan1000
Absolutely! I just heard it in Watch Dogs 2 myself haha!
@GameSpectre
same....I also found this song while playing Watch Dogs 2
@strangewayfaringstranger
Right. I'm playing it right now again haha. I never finished it.
@Daramehr
ubisoft has a good taste in music 👌
@ciaraisskysailing
I cannot get over how good the synth is. This song gives me shivers!
@PaulloLenore
It's 2020 and I still think this song is amazing... the world needs more poetry like this!