Break (Kero Kero Bonito song)

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"Break"
Single by Kero Kero Bonito
from the album Bonito Generation
Released	13 June 2016 (2016-06-13)
Recorded	2016
Genre	Tropical pop[1]
Length	3:17
Label	Double Denim Sony Music Entertainment Japan
Songwriter(s)	Sarah Bonito Gus Lobban Jamie Bulled[2]
Kero Kero Bonito singles chronology
"Lipslap" (2016) "Break" (2016) "Graduation" (2016)
Music video
"Break" on YouTube

"Break" is a song by Kero Kero Bonito, being the third single from their first studio album Bonito Generation (2016).

Background and release[]

Sarah Midori Perry performing the song, live in Dublin (2018).

"Break" was released on 13 June 2016. The Jonah Baseball remix was released as a part of the EP Bonito Retakes (Remixes) on 30 May 2017.

Music video[]

The official video for the song was released on 7 March 2016 and uploaded to YouTube. The video features Sarah Midori Perry "taking a break" (i.e., sitting still) on a chair in various contexts and locations.^[3]

Reception[]

Leah Levinson of Tiny Mix Tapes wrote that the song "find[s] Sarah at her most charismatic pseudo-naivety, as she narrates her carefree navigation of the world ... The outspoken ambivalence of her character is essential to her performance of both the cute and the zany."^[4]

Release history[]

References[]

External links[]

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics