How I Got Into That Victoria Reggie Kennedy Thing
So yeah, saw this Victoria Reggie Kennedy name pop up everywhere lately. People kept talking, forums buzzing, whole nine yards. Thought, gotta figure out what this is about myself. Jumped in blind, like always.
Started simple: typed it straight into Google. Figured it’d spit out a Wikipedia page or something official. Damn thing gave me mostly politicians – like Ted Kennedy’s wife? Weird. Added “art” or “music” after it, still nothing solid. Whole bunch of random results, like a name game gone wrong. Felt dumber than a bag of hammers.
Switched gears. Hit up YouTube instead. Searched “Victoria Reggie Kennedy”. Scrolled past loads of old interview clips with that Kennedy lady again. Almost gave up. Then, buried on page two, spotted a video thumbnail with some cool abstract graphics and just the name stylized. Clicked fast.
That’s when it clicked. Wasn’t a person at all! It was a project name. Some kinda underground electronic music duo or an artist alias. The audio was glitchy, weird beats layered under hazy vocals. Definitely different. Description was vague, just a Bandcamp link (remembered not to paste it, sorry!) and an Instagram handle.
Fine, hunted them down on Instagram. Handle was just @victoriareggiekennedy. Feed was pure mood: dark visuals, short video clips with distorted sound bites, cryptic lyrics in the captions. Zero explanation. Followed anyway. Messaged ’em asking straight up: “Who or what is this?” Crickets. Radio silence.
Wanted to hear more. Figured streaming platforms were next. Searched on Spotify. Typed “Victoria Reggie Kennedy”. First results were TED talks by the actual lady. Seriously? Scrolled down… and there it was. One single, maybe two. Weird titles, couldn’t even pronounce ’em properly. Hit play. Instantly got this heavy, almost industrial vibe. Pulsing bass, vocals chopped up and backward masked. It made my speakers rattle. Definitely not background music.
Kept digging. Found a few tiny music blogs mentioning them. Nothing big. Words like “lo-fi industrial” and “deconstructed club” got thrown around. Sounds fancy, but honestly? It just sounded raw and kinda broken on purpose. Liked the vibe, though. Ended up saving their tracks on Spotify, just to see if they drop anything else.
Whole rabbit hole took most of an afternoon. Went in clueless, came out confused but kinda fascinated. Learned this:
- It’s an alias, probably musicians hiding behind a name.
- Sound is intentionally rough, noisy, atmospheric.
- They play it super mysterious online, no real info.
- You gotta dig past all the politician stuff to find ’em.
Was it worth it? Dunno. Tracks are interesting, but that mystery is half the fun. Or frustration. Depends on your mood. Just grabbed a beer and listened to it again while writing this down. Yep, still weird. Still kinda cool.
