I used to work for a pretty big music magazine. While I was there, I was asked who we should book for our annual tour. Some kid in the office had recommended the XX. I rolled my eyes and said something like: "Yeah, they're cool, but are you cereals? They're a niche trip-hop hipster group who only appeal to about 17 people globally. Trust me, you want this tour to be a success, you wanna book Music Go Music. They're basically the new Abba!"A few years later and it turns out I mistook Music Go Music sounding like Abba for Music Go Music selling a billion records globally. They've split. The XX though, well, they pretty much took over the planet and have inspired great people like BLKKATHY. She put out a couple of tracks on Deep Ellum earlier this year, but I only just saw this video.Hopefully, the fact that I really really like her doesn't mean that her career will end in the next 15 minutes. Anyway, even it does, at least she'll leave this behind. It's great.
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