OK Kid | |
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 OK Kid live at the Rocken am Brocken festival 2015 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Gießen, Germany |
| Genres | Pop, rap |
| Years active | 2012–present |
| Labels | Four Music |
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| Website | okkidmusik |
OK Kid is a German band [1] founded in mid-2012. [2] Their name is made up of the album names OK Computer and Kid A from the band Radiohead. [3]
From 2006 to mid 2012, the members of OK Kid were part of a band from the Gießen region called Jona:S. ' In April 2013, the now three man band released their first album titled "OK Kid" in Cologne, produced by Sven Ludwig and Robert Koch, under the label Four Music, a subsidiary of Sony Music. [3] [4] In Spring of 2014, the band released their first EP, "Grundlos".
Their song "Am Ende" was included in one of the official soundtracks of FIFA 14. [5]
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