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A natural songwriter, gifted in turning some truly gripping phrases, Kendall Amon’s career is entering the public’s ear with a promising outlook, as she profiles herself as one of the most thought-provoking rising poets in pop music. Her work was prominently featured in Brian K. Roberts’ “10 Truths About Love” as 5 of her songs were hand-picked to help drive the narrative about the complexities of modern romance.
Not everyone throws a literal Pity Party for themselves, and when they do they probably won’t ever look as cool as Kendall Amon does, soaked in pink-purple light and cutting up lines of silver glitter on the coffee table.
“Pity Party” was no doubt a tough one for the L.A.-Based Pop Singer/songwriter, if not to write then at least to even surface in her consciousness because it comes from owning up to a kind of fault most people don’t want to ever own up to, and that is realizing that they’ve been self-sabotaging themselves romantically. Kendall herself says ” I came to the conclusion that I am the common denominator of all my failed relationships therefore I might actually be the problem.”
As the name implies, a Pity Party is an indulgence in one’s own misery and pain, but the song is far from a downer in spite of its heavy lyrics, on the contrary, the song feels hopeful and uplifting, and how could it not? It seems to mark an important stage in the Artists’ life, as she realizes something unflattering about herself and realizes that the only way to go after that is up.
The track itself is a balancing act between the minimalistic, moody music and the deeply emotional vocal performance by Kendall, this no doubt reflects a pull between sadness and anger that takes place in this situation where she’s basically recounting her own flaws while simultaneously grieving a failed relationship. This doesn’t undercut the ultimately positive vibe that the song takes on when it fully develops. This is achieved by means of soaring synths and Kendall’s angelic voice together as a single unit, making the hopeful sentiment simultaneously obvious and implicit, a “show, don’t tell” but for music.
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