PAIGE KENNEDY announces Style Over Substance EP | 'Medical Emergency' single/video out now
Paige Kennedy - 'Medical Emergency'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RztzzmdENpY
SELECT ACCLAIM FOR PAIGE KENNEDY:
“Think alt-pop with an ’80s quirk and a dash of indie sleaze, and you’ll be on the money” NME
“Whip-smart pop songs that touch on ideas of acceptance and gender expectations” Rolling Stone (UK)
“A wilfully wacky multi-hyphenate (writer, producer, mixing engineer) who distils their biting perspective on heteronormativity and tired societal norms into catchy alt-pop bangers” DIY
“Love that one!” Lauren Laverne (BBC Radio 6 Music) | “I love that!” Greg James (Radio 1 anthems)
“I like this a lot” Jack Saunders (BBC Radio 1) | “Genderqueer musical pioneer” Tom Robinson (BBC 6 Music)
“I’ve had it on repeat since I heard it the first time” Gemma Bradley (BBC Radio 1)
“Cool, frenetic, funky, beautifully produced, lopsided future pop” Chris Hawkins (BBC Radio 6 Music)
November 4th - Paige Kennedy (they/them) announces new EP Style Over Substance for February 6th and shares new single ‘Medical Emergency’ today, with a reliably iconic video. The EP will be supported by a headline tour through February.
Leaning into their trademark quirk-pop with a sideways view of life’s trials and tribulations, ‘Medical Emergency’ takes a pretty bleak starting point as the launch pad for an indie-tinged banger. As Paige explains:
“After a life altering breakup, I was sitting in A&E with actual heart problems, feeling sorry for myself. My coping mechanism, has always been leaning into fantasy, silliness and comedy during dark times, which was how Medical Emergency was born. The persona in the track thinks all the nurses fancy them, and has delusions of grandeur.
Musically I was inspired by Tupac, The Cardigans and PJ Harvey. There’s an overconfidence in gangsta rap I wanted to emulate. The sound world of the song is grungy with some silly sound design elements which matches the content.”
The video matches the tone of the track - a larger than life version of Paige and their nurse backing-dancers causing cartoonish chaos.
It follows hot on the heels of ‘Male Friend’ - in which Paige took on the role of a detective figuring out whether the object of their desires was queer as well. With such an eye for wry vignettes, and a whacky, off-the-wall persona - it’s no surprise Paige is building an ever-growing audience through social clips. This online reverence is translating into a killer live plot, and a show which gets feet moving on sticky floors and grassy fields alike.
ABOUT PAIGE KENNEDY
Paige Kennedy is an artist/producer based in London hailing from Kent. Their sound combines danceable baselines with quirky lyrics and hook laced songwriting. They've written, produced and mixed all of their music to date.
Paige’s self-released tracks have gained serious traction on BBC Radio securing accolades such as: Radio 1 Introducing Track of the Week; 6 Music Recommends Track, and tracks of the week; live sessions and interviews on BBC Introducing in Kent and Manchester.
They’ve also been played by: Greg James; Jack Saunders; Vick and Jordan; Arielle Free; Matt and Mollie; Adele Roberts; Gemma Bradley; Rickie, Melvin, and Charlie; and Tara Kumar on Radio 1, and Lauren Laverne; Tom Robinson; Chris Hawkins; Steve Lamacq; Mary Ann Hobbs; Shaun Keaveny; and Gideon Coe on 6 Music.
Live gigs have included a sell-out recent debut London headline at The George Tavern and full runs as UK support for She Drew The Gun and Moonchild Sanelly, to go alongside previous spots supporting BC Camplight, Billy No Mates and more.
Festival wise, they graced the DIY Stage at The Great Escape, and have recently played at Boia Festival, Loud In Libraries (w/ Moonchild Sanelly), Get Together, Are You Listening?, Liverpool Sound City, Focus Wales, Ritual Union Bristol, Swn and Left of the Dial Rotterdam, the BBC Introducing Stage at Latitude Festival, Night Currents festival, Multitude Festival and Manchester International Festival.
Paige Kennedy Online
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Live Dates
15 November - Live At Leeds In The City (Leeds)
03 December - Trans Musicales Festival (Rennes, France)
06 December - Homobloc (Manchester)
Headline 2026 Dates
03 February - Where Else? (Margate)
04 February - The Prince Albert (Brighton)
05 February - The Louisiana (Bristol)
06 February - Clwb Ifor Bach (Cardiff)
07 February - Heartbreaker's (Southampton)
10 February - The Lexington (London)
11 February - Hallamshire Hotel (Sheffield)
12 February - Zerox (Newcastle)
13 February - The Hug and Pint (Glasgow)
