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Kenna is a Funk act. Their sound grew out of Duran Duran, Bono, Chad Hugo, U2 and Stevie Wonder. Those roots explain a lot about how Kenna arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Friendly Fires, Shiny Toy Guns, The Rapture, Mutemath and Basement Jaxx, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Kid Cudi, Justin Timberlake, Lupe Fiasco, The Cool Kids and JoJo, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 41 connections around Kenna, reaching back through Duran Duran and forward to Kid Cudi. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Kenna connections
Kenna grew out of Duran Duran, Bono, Chad Hugo and U2, shares an orbit with Friendly Fires, Shiny Toy Guns, The Rapture and Mutemath, went on to shape Kid Cudi, Justin Timberlake, Lupe Fiasco and The Cool Kids. 41 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Kenna
Sounds and acts that shaped Kenna.
Artists similar to Kenna
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Kenna.
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- The Raptureartist
- Mutemathartist
- Basement Jaxxartist
- Black Kidsartist
- The Braveryartist
- Death from Above 1979artist
- Moving Unitsartist
- Reggie and the Full Effectartist
- Hot Hot Heatartist
- As Tall As Lionsartist
- The Beta Bandartist
- Gusterartist
- Does It Offend You, Yeah?artist
- Selfartist
- Mellowdroneartist
- Joywaveartist
- Esben and the Witchartist
- Straylight Runartist
- Atlas Geniusartist
- Phantom Planetartist
- Yeasayerartist
- Miike Snowartist
- White Rabbitsartist
- Minus the Bearartist
- Hard-Fiartist
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