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Perfectionist (album)

January 20, 2023

Perfectionist is the debut studio album by English singer Teddy Sinclair, under the name Natalia Kills. It was released on 1 April 2011 by will.i.am Music Group, Cherrytree Records, KonLive and Interscope Records. Despite having started out as an actress, Sinclair later became a rap artist and released a single in 2005; however, her label went bankrupt. Songwriting remained her principal activity until 2008, when she was signed by will.i.am and started recording the album.

Perfectionist
Studio album by
Natalia Kills
Released1 April 2011 (2011-04-01)
Studio
Genre
Length50:21
Label
Producer
Natalia Kills chronology
Perfectionist
(2011) 		Trouble
(2013)
Singles from Perfectionist
  1. "Mirrors"
    Released: 10 August 2010
  2. "Wonderland"
    Released: 12 April 2011
  3. "Free"
    Released: 24 June 2011
  4. "Kill My Boyfriend"
    Released: 10 January 2012

Sinclair worked with musicians including Fernando Garibay, Jeff Bhasker, and Martin Kierszenbaum, and created a concept album based on perfectionism. Its lyrical content contains references to love, sex, and money, complemented by a sonority rooted in electropop and synth-pop. Perfectionist received mixed reviews from music critics, who asserted that the singer's visual projects were superior to her music. The album performed moderately on international record charts, reaching the top 50 in select European countries. In the United Kingdom and United States, the set attained chiefly low positions; in the latter, it had sold 14,000 copies as of September 2013.

The album spawned four singles—"Mirrors", "Wonderland", "Free" and "Kill My Boyfriend"—which were generally successful in Europe and were accompanied by music videos. "Mirrors" managed to peak within the top five of the US Hot Dance Club Songs. In association with Guillaume Doubet, Kills produced a web series titled Love, Kills xx in order to promote the album, based on her secret thoughts and desires. Consisting of 10 episodes, it features Sinclair seeking revenge and hurting men.

Background

 
will.i.am, the album's co-executive producer, signed Kills in November 2008

Kills was introduced to singing and dancing at the age of 3, and until she was 12, she studied in the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Kills initially pursued an acting career, appearing in some TV series including All About Me and The Archers; however, in her hometown of Leeds, she developed an interest in hip hop music. She subsequently entered various rap battles, for which she started writing lyrics, and in 2003, Kills won a BBC Radio 1-sponsored "MC Battle". From there on, she began writing songs for artists and film soundtracks.[1] Kills released her first single on 21 February 2005, titled "Don't Play Nice", under the moniker Verbalicious and with label All Around the World; it peaked at number 11 on the UK Singles Chart.[2] She was also recording for her debut studio album, then-scheduled for an Easter 2006 release.[1] However, the label entered bankruptcy, causing her record deal to be dissolved and the album shelved.[3][4] Kills continued to work in the music industry, mainly as a songwriter with the alias of Verbz. In 2007, she relocated to Los Angeles;[5] the next year, she lent guest vocals to French artist M. Pokora's song "They Talk Shit About Me", and changed her stage name to Natalia Cappuccini, under which she self-released an extended play (EP) titled Womannequin.[6][7]

One of Kills' demos, "Shopaholic", was remixed by the Remix Artist Collective. After it was posted in American blogger Perez Hilton's blog, Kills' MySpace received a high number of views, and she reached the top of the social network's unsigned artists chart.[3] While shopping, she was noticed by a man due to her clothing, and gave him her website address; he subsequently introduced her to a DJ, who took Kills to the American musician will.i.am's house. In November 2008, she signed a contract with the latter's record label, then an imprint of Interscope.[8]

Recording

 
Kid Cudi co-wrote "Free"

Kills started to prepare material for Perfectionist after establishing her record deal with will.i.am, who served as an executive producer for the album.[5] During the recording sessions, Kills prominently worked with producers Jeff Bhasker, Fernando Garibay, the album's second executive producer Martin Kierszenbaum, and Theron "The-Ron" Feemster. Akon and Giorgio Tuinfort co-produced "Mirrors" in collaboration with Kierszenbaum. Bhasker was responsible for the entire album's songwriting and engineering, and mixed "Zombie". Feemster and Tuinfort provided instrumentation, along with Zach Kasik, Carlos Keery-Fisher and Robert Horn. More artists including Robert Horn and Tony Ugyal were commissioned for engineering.[3][9]

Most of Perfectionist's songs were recorded at Cherrytree Recording Studios or Enormous Studios; the latter served as the recording location for songs produced by Bhasker. "Break You Hard" and "Superficial" were produced at the American Dream, while "Wonderland" was produced at that studio and at The Hive. Kills recorded "Love Is a Suicide" and "Broke" at Paradise Studios, "Mirrors" at Chalice Recording Studios, and "If I Was God" at The Boom Boom Room.[3]

Kills described working with will.i.am, "[...] it's almost difficult having a normal conversation with him because he's firing out ideas all the time. [...] His entire life revolves around creativity, and that's something I could really relate to."[10] Kierszenbaum praised Kills' work ethic during the recording sessions, stating that she would focus simultaneously on the melodic and lyrical structure of song, as well as its soundscape. He went on to say that she "influenced the timbre of the sound" and assisted the production as if "she's making a movie."[3]

Composition

I'm sure everyone relates [to the idea of achieving perfection], but emotionally, I may be subject to the darker grasps of it—obsession, doubt, desperation.

—Kills to Elle[11]

Perfectionist is a concept album which focusses on how perfectionism influences Kills. "All the songs revolve around my ambition, celebrations, frustration and disappointments of being a perfectionist", she stated. "I think we're all perfectionists – we're all looking for the best to fulfil our ideologies and dreams."[12] Kills was also inspired by "women's obsession" with fashion in general.[11] She described the album's sound as "dark pop" due to its "opinionated" and "confrontational" lyrics which, according to her, differ from mainstream music.[12][13] The lyrical content is occasionally comical and uses metaphors frequently.[14]

Perfectionist is an electropop and synth-pop album, characterised by "driving rhythm sections and edgy minor-key melodies".[3][15] Its opening track, "Perfection", runs for thirty seconds and sees a "robotic-sounding" therapist listing Kills' flaws.[16] "Wonderland", which fantasises about romance and a relationship's "perfect ending", includes synthesizer arrangements and choir sections;[3][14][16] the line "Take me to wonderland" is repeated throughout the song.[17] A track including a bassline, piano, club beats and synths, "Free" samples "Wuthering Heights" by Kate Bush. It was written by Kills when she worked as a waitress, and discusses "bailing on a budget".[3][14][18] "Break You Hard" is an industrial pop song with "hypnotic rhythms", which talks about "breaking a lover", while "Zombie" incorporates electronic organs and "mumbling bass" in an electronic R&B sound.[14][16][17]

"Love Is a Suicide" follows, detailing the "self-destruction" that comes with love, as Kills sings, "It's so surgical, how you dissect every mistake I make, you’re like an animal, you bite me hard".[3][17] "Disco–pop" track "Mirrors" references sadomasochist sexual practices, while portraying Kills with a dominatrix-like persona; it contains electric guitars, and a bassline which Robert Copsey from Digital Spy compared to that of Eurythmics' "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)". The song's chorus features Kills singing in a falsetto note.[16][19] Writing for Consequence of Sound, Alex Young opined that the song discusses "the duplicity of identity, hubris, and objectification".[3][20] "Not in Love" is styled in electronica and influenced by acid house. AllMusic writer Jon O'Brien wrote that it "provides a welcome respite from the album's constant floor-filling leanings".[16]

On "Acid Annie", Kills plots a revenge on an ex-boyfriend, while on the synthpop track "Superficial", she confronts her "consumptive impulses" and appreciation of "finer things."[3][14][16] "Broke" sees Kills talking about money; "Nothing Lasts Forever" is a duet with Bhasker, who performs under the alias of Billy Kraven. It was noted by O'Connor for its prominent use of Auto-Tune.[16][17] Perfectionist closes with "If I Was God", in which Kills asks her partner if he would love her if she were poor.[3] For musicOMH, Blair Kelly likened its chorus' melody to that of Bush's "Running Up That Hill".[17]

Release and promotion

The cover art for Perfectionist, which depicts Kills sitting on an exam chair, with a red cross covering her eyes, was unveiled by Cherrytree on 11 March 2011.[21] In Austria, Germany and Switzerland, the album was released by Universal Music as a CD and digital download on 1 April,[22][23][24] while in Poland it was issued on 14 April.[25] The US release proceeded on 16 August,[26] as well as for Canada.[27] That day, Kills performed songs from the album at the New York City-based building Atlas, accompanied by a keyboardist.[28] On 19 September, it was released in the United Kingdom.[29]

Singles and music videos

"Zombie" was selected as Perfectionist's first promotional single, and was released on 21 December 2009.[30] Its music video, which features Kills being tortured in a laboratory, was released on 16 March of the following year.[31] The song was used in the sixth episode of the first season of the Syfy reality television series Face Off, aired 2 March 2011.[32] Despite not having been included in the album, "Activate My Heart" was released as its second promotional single on 13 April 2010, while an accompanying visual was uploaded on 17 December.[33][34]

"Mirrors" was digitally released as the album's lead single on 10 August 2010, while a CD single was issued six months later in Germany.[35][36] An accompanying music video was released on 1 December 2010, featuring Kills being dragged into a mirror and subsequently exploring the concepts of vanity, control and sex.[37] The song charted. "Wonderland" followed as the second single from Perfectionist, and was available for purchase on 25 April 2011.[38] It only charted in Austria and Germany, respectively at number 55 and 45.[39][40] Doubet was commissioned to direct its music video, which sees Kills being forced into a mansion, being fed a cooked heart and ultimately climbing up a table, leading to chaos and violence inside the house.[41]

Selected as the album's third single, a remix of "Free" with guest vocals from will.i.am, was released on 24 June 2011, with an accompanying visual being released ten days later.[42][43] It obtained top 20 positions in Germany and Austria.[39][40] A video for "Kill My Boyfriend" was released on 10 January 2012. It was filmed in France, and depicts Kills attempting to murder her boyfriend by drowning him in a tub of milk.[44][45] Despite not having been released as a single, it peaked at number 19 on the Flanders Ultratip chart.[46]

Love, Kills xx

To promote the album, a web series titled Love, Kills xx was written, produced and directed by Kills and Guillaume Doubet. The episodes feature the former as their protagonist; Akon, Far East Movement and Colette Carr appear as guests. According to Kills, the series are mostly devoid of dialogue in order to center on "emotion and action". She also said that the visuals were an "expression" of her secret thoughts, regrets and desires. Each episode contains an instrumental of a song from Perfectionist, and most videos contain narration from Kills.[47]

 
Far East Movement appear on the third episode of "Love, Kills xx"

The first episode starts with Kills furiously walking with a revolver in direction of a blonde man; she later ties him up on a bed, as he screams and tries to resist. Kills calls a friend whose name is not revealed, and asks him for help.[48] During the second episode, Kills assassinates another man and takes his photograph;[49] the next episode, she is arrested by a group—played by Far East Movement—who threaten her. She manages to strangle the leader of the group, and later leaves a message for her anonymous friend, warning him that her face is being distributed on wanted posters.[50]

The fourth episode begins with Kills and a man involving in sexual activity. By the morning, the latter wakes up while Kills is asleep, and steals her passport and revolver. Kills is surprised to see that he has left and gets angry after realizing that she was robbed.[51] During the 1970s exploitation film-inspired fifth episode, a victim of Kills denounces her to a detective, revealing that she left him in a desert.[52][53] In the following episode, Kills runs over the man who robbed her two episodes earlier, with her convertible, and retrieves her passport.[54] As the seventh webisode begins, Kills argues with her new boyfriend, who slaps her. Kills meets with him a week later, telling him that she's not angry, however she hits him with a baseball bat.[55]

In the eighth episode, set in a hotel, Kills wins a checkers game between her and a man—played by Akon—who carries a black box; she exits the hotel carrying the box.[56] The box, which contains a list of men names, is opened by Kills during the penultimate episode. She takes the list and crosses the name "Jeremy" off it. The camera shifts to a field where Kills makes a man jump from a cliff, by playing a game of "cold, warm and hot" with him.[57] The last episode sees Kills and a friend of hers—interpreted by Carr—burning the car of the latter's boyfriend.[58]

Tour

To further promote the album, Kills went on a 58-date promotional tour, starting from 24 June 2011 and concluding on 22 November 2011.

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
Europe[59][60][61][62]
24 June 2011 A Paris France Stade de France
25 June 2011 A
26 June 2011 B London England Dance Village
28 June 2011 A Düsseldorf Germany Esprit Arena
1 July 2011 C London England Hyde Park
3 July 2011 D Birmingham O2 Academy Birmingham
11 July 2011 D Manchester O2 Apollo Manchester
13 July 2011 D London HMV Hammersmith Apollo
North America [63][64]
13 August 2011 New York City United States Webster Hall
17 August 2011 Miami Mansion
19 August 2011 Atlanta Masquerade Music Park
21 August 2011 E Rosemont Allstate Arena
23 August 2011 E Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center
26 August 2011 San Diego Hard Rock Hotel
28 August 2011 Hollywood Sunset Junction
1 September 2011 E Guadalajara Mexico Telmex Auditorium
3 September 2011 E Mexico City Palacio de los Deportes
5 September 2011 E Monterrey Arena Monterrey
Europe [63][65]
12 September 2011 Germany Berlin Lido
13 September 2011 Cologne Luxor
14 September 2011 Hamburg Knust
16 September 2011 Austria Vienna Szene Vienna
17 September 2011 Germany Munich Backstage Werk
20 September 2011 Switzerland Zürich Plaza
South America [66]
25 September 2011 E São Paulo Brazil Chacára do Jockey
27 September 2011 E Buenos Aires Argentina Estadio G.E.B.A.
North America [67]
12 October 2011 F Ft. Lauderdale United States Culture Room
13 October 2011 F Orlando Firestone Live
14 October 2011 F Pensacola DeLuna Festival
16 October 2011 F Anaheim House of Blues
18 October 2011 F Salt Lake City In The Venue
19 October 2011 F Denver The Gothic Theater
21 October 2011 F Minneapolis Fine Line Music Cafè
22 October 2011 F Chicago The Vic Theater
23 October 2011 F Cincinnati The Mad Hatter
24 October 2011 F Cleveland The Beachland
26 October 2011 F Toronto Canada The Opera House
27 October 2011 F Montreal Club Soda
29 October 2011 F Quebec City Imperial
30 October 2011 F Boston United States Royale
1 November 2011 F Philadelphia Union Transfer
2 November 2011 F Brooklyn Music Hall of Williamsburg
4 November 2011 F New York City Webster Hall
5 November 2011 F Washington, D.C. Black Cat
7 November 2011 F Atlanta The Masquerade
9 November 2011 F Houston Fitzgerald's
10 November 2011 F Dallas Granada Theater
11 November 2011 F Austin La Zona Rosa
12 November 2011 F El Paso Tricky Falls
13 November 2011 F Tempe Marquee Theater
15 November 2011 F Pomona Glass House
16 November 2011 F Los Angeles The Wiltern
17 November 2011 F San Diego SOMA
18 November 2011 F Ventura Ventura Theater
19 November 2011 F San Francisco The Warfield
21 November 2011 F Seattle Neptune
22 November 2011 F Vancouver Canada Commodore Ballroom

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [16]
AltSounds54%[68]
Canoe.ca3/5[69]
Consequence of SoundD[20]
Digital Spy     [14]
musicOMH     [17]

Upon release, Perfectionist received mixed reviews from music critics. Jon O'Brien from AllMusic summarised it as "formulaic and gimmicky", and observed that the music was secondary to Kills' attempts of establishing a mature image.[16] AltSounds staff member Jack Stevin deemed it "disappointing" and unfocused, writing that Kills was not in control of the album and that she had an "air of pretension around" her. Stevin additionally said that Kills was stronger as a "visual artist".[68] Darryl Sterdan of Canoe.ca rated Perfectionist with three out of five points. Comparing it to the music of Lady Gaga, Kesha and Robyn, he opined, "Guess that's why it's not called Innovator."[69] Writing for Consequence of Sound, Alex Young noted that Kills expressed herself better as a musician through music videos, and surmised that "not all the songs on Perfectionist hit their mark".[20] Digital Spy's Lewis Corner described it as "finely tailored" and "exciting", and gave it four stars out of five.[14] musicOMH writer Blair Kelly characterised the album as imperfect, "uninspired, unoriginal and obvious" while negatively comparing it to the works of American singer Lady Gaga.[17]

In Europe, the album achieved moderate chart success. On the chart issue dated 1 October 2011, it entered the UK Albums Chart at number 129.[70] In Austria and Canada, the album respectively reached number 35 and 36, while on the German and Swiss charts, it peaked at numbers 50 and 94.[71][72][73] Perfectionist managed to top the US Heatseekers Albums chart and reach number six on the Dance/Electronic Albums chart, despite entering the main Billboard 200 chart at number 134.[74][75][76] By August 2013, it had sold 14,000 copies in the United States.[77] In Canada, the album reached number 36.[72] Kills credited the success of the album and its singles with changing her life, commenting, "I had nowhere to live, [...] got on a plane to LA and then two years later I had sold over 800,000 singles. I wrote 14 songs and that's what happened? [...] I would never have thought this. I would have probably thought I was dead by now."[15]

Kills discussed Perfectionist during 2013 interviews. She revealed that after having lived a deplorable life in London, her ambitions and dreams influenced the album's lyrics. "I was not as aware of... how I was", she stated. "I almost had a bit of fear where everybody wants to be loved, everybody wants to be understood in a way that's not full of judgment or blame. So I put all of myself into the album and then [kept] bits out."[77] That year, Corner hailed Perfectionist as "one of the most underrated pop collections in recent memory", and Idolator's Sam Lansky opined that although it had "killer" choruses, the album suffered from excessive similarities to other artists.[15][78]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Perfection"Natalia KillsMartin "Cherry Cherry Boom Boom" Kierszenbaum0:32
2."Wonderland"
Feemster3:31
3."Free"
  • Bhasker
  • Dion "No I.D." Wilson[a]
3:57
4."Break You Hard"
  • Kills
  • Feemster
Feemster4:22
5."Zombie"
  • Kills
  • Bhasker
Bhasker3:19
6."Love Is a Suicide"
Garibay3:57
7."Mirrors"
  • Akon
  • Tuinfort
  • Kierszenbaum
3:16
8."Not in Love"
  • Kills
  • Kierszenbaum
Kierszenbaum3:23
9."Acid Annie"
  • Kills
  • Kierszenbaum
Kierszenbaum3:37
10."Superficial"
  • Kills
  • Feemster
Feemster3:17
11."Broke"
  • Kills
  • Garibay
  • Warren
4:08
12."Heaven"
  • Kills
  • Bhasker
Bhasker4:49
13."Nothing Lasts Forever" (featuring Billy Kraven)
  • Kills
  • Bhasker
Bhasker3:30
14."If I Was God"
  • Kills
  • Feemster
Feemster4:43
German iTunes Store bonus tracks[79]
No.TitleLength
15."Mirrors" (Live at The Cherrytree House)3:45
16."Zombie" (Kleerup Remix)4:02
17."Mirrors" (Tonka Dynamix Remix)5:41
18."Mirrors" (Live at The Cherrytree House) (video)3:47
US and Canadian edition[26][27]
No.TitleLength
1."Wonderland"3:31
2."Free" (featuring will.i.am)4:28
3."Break You Hard"4:22
4."Zombie"3:19
5."Love Is a Suicide"3:57
6."Mirrors"3:16
7."Acid Annie"3:37
8."Superficial"3:17
9."Broke"4:08
10."If I Was God"4:43
US and Canadian iTunes Store bonus track[80][81]
No.TitleLength
11."Free"3:57
US and Canadian iTunes Store deluxe edition[82][83] / UK edition[29][84]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Perfection"  0:32
2."Wonderland"  3:31
3."Free" (featuring will.i.am)  4:28
4."Kill My Boyfriend"
  • Caldera
  • Carret
  • Kills
  • Tony Ugyal
3:31
5."Break You Hard"  4:22
6."Zombie"  3:19
7."Love Is a Suicide"  3:57
8."Mirrors"  3:16
9."Not in Love"  3:23
10."Acid Annie"  3:37
11."Superficial"  3:17
12."Broke"  4:08
13."Heaven"  4:49
14."Nothing Lasts Forever" (featuring Billy Kraven)  3:30
15."If I Was God"  4:43
iTunes Store bonus track
No.TitleLength
16."Free"3:57

Notes

  • ^[a] signifies a co-producer
  • ^[b] signifies a vocal producer

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Perfectionist.[9]

Musicians

  • Natalia Kills – vocals
  • Dr. Orton – voice (track 1)
  • Robert Horn – guitars (track 2)
  • "The-Ron" Feemster – guitars (track 2); all other instruments (tracks 2, 4, 10, 14); background vocals (tracks 2, 10, 14)
  • Carlos Keery-Fisher – guitars (tracks 4, 10)
  • Zach Kasik – guitars (track 4)
  • Giorgio Tuinfort – all instruments (track 7)
  • Martin "Cherry Cherry Boom Boom" Kierszenbaum – all instruments (tracks 7–9); background vocals (track 8)
  • Heather Kierszenbaum – 911 operator (track 9)
  • Jeff Bhasker – vocals (track 13)
  • Christopher Simila – background vocals (track 14)
  • Kristle Simila – background vocals (track 14)

Technical

  • Martin "Cherry Cherry Boom Boom" Kierszenbaum – production (tracks 1, 7–9); recording (track 1); vocal production (track 11); executive production
  • Robert Orton – mixing (tracks 1–4, 6–14); vocal production (track 11)
  • "The-Ron" Feemster – production (tracks 2, 4, 10, 14)
  • Zach Kasik – recording (tracks 2, 4, 10, 14)
  • Robert Horn – recording (track 2)
  • Jeff Bhasker – production, recording (tracks 3, 5, 12, 13); mixing (track 5)
  • Dion "No I.D." Wilson – co-production (track 3)
  • Anthony Kilhoffer – recording (tracks 3, 13)
  • Fernando Garibay – production, recording (tracks 6, 11)
  • Akon – production (track 7)
  • Giorgio Tuinfort – production (track 7)
  • Mark "Exit" Goodchild – recording (track 7)
  • Tony Ugyal – recording (tracks 7–9, 11); vocal production (track 11)
  • Gene Grimaldi – mastering
  • will.i.am – executive production

Artwork

  • Lauren Dukoff – photography
  • Julian Peploe Studio – art direction, design

Charts

Chart (2011) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[71] 35
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[72] 36
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[85] 50
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[73] 94
UK Albums (OCC)[70] 129
US Billboard 200[76] 134
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[75] 6
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[74] 1

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Edition Label Ref.
Austria 1 April 2011
Standard Universal [22]
France Digital download [86]
Germany
  • CD
  • digital download
 [23]
Switzerland [24]
Poland 13 May 2011 CD [25]
Australia 9 August 2011 [87]
Canada 16 August 2011 [27]
Digital download
  • Standard
  • deluxe
 [80][82]
United States CD Standard
[26]
Digital download
  • Standard
  • deluxe
 [81][83]
United Kingdom 19 September 2011
  • CD
  • digital download
 Standard Polydor [29][84]

Notes

  1. ^ Tracks 1 and 7–9
  2. ^ Tracks 2, 4 and 10
  3. ^ Track 2
  4. ^ Tracks 3, 5, 12 and 13
  5. ^ Tracks 6 and 11
  6. ^ a b Track 7
  7. ^ Track 14

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perfectionist, album, perfectionist, debut, studio, album, english, singer, teddy, sinclair, under, name, natalia, kills, released, april, 2011, will, music, group, cherrytree, records, konlive, interscope, records, despite, having, started, actress, sinclair,. Perfectionist is the debut studio album by English singer Teddy Sinclair under the name Natalia Kills It was released on 1 April 2011 by will i am Music Group Cherrytree Records KonLive and Interscope Records Despite having started out as an actress Sinclair later became a rap artist and released a single in 2005 however her label went bankrupt Songwriting remained her principal activity until 2008 when she was signed by will i am and started recording the album PerfectionistStudio album by Natalia KillsReleased1 April 2011 2011 04 01 StudioCherrytree Santa Monica California a American Dream b The Hive North Hollywood California c Enormous Los Angeles California d Paradise Hollywood California e 11th Street Atlanta Georgia f Chalice Hollywood California f The Boom Boom Room Burbank California g GenreElectropop synth popLength50 21Labelwill i am Cherrytree KonLive InterscopeProducerAkon Jeff Bhasker The Ron Feemster Fernando Garibay Martin Cherry Cherry Boom Boom Kierszenbaum Giorgio TuinfortNatalia Kills chronologyPerfectionist 2011 Trouble 2013 Singles from Perfectionist Mirrors Released 10 August 2010 Wonderland Released 12 April 2011 Free Released 24 June 2011 Kill My Boyfriend Released 10 January 2012Sinclair worked with musicians including Fernando Garibay Jeff Bhasker and Martin Kierszenbaum and created a concept album based on perfectionism Its lyrical content contains references to love sex and money complemented by a sonority rooted in electropop and synth pop Perfectionist received mixed reviews from music critics who asserted that the singer s visual projects were superior to her music The album performed moderately on international record charts reaching the top 50 in select European countries In the United Kingdom and United States the set attained chiefly low positions in the latter it had sold 14 000 copies as of September 2013 The album spawned four singles Mirrors Wonderland Free and Kill My Boyfriend which were generally successful in Europe and were accompanied by music videos Mirrors managed to peak within the top five of the US Hot Dance Club Songs In association with Guillaume Doubet Kills produced a web series titled Love Kills xx in order to promote the album based on her secret thoughts and desires Consisting of 10 episodes it features Sinclair seeking revenge and hurting men Contents 1 Background 2 Recording 3 Composition 4 Release and promotion 4 1 Singles and music videos 4 2 Love Kills xx 4 3 Tour 4 3 1 Tour dates 5 Reception 6 Track listing 6 1 Notes 7 Personnel 7 1 Musicians 7 2 Technical 7 3 Artwork 8 Charts 9 Release history 10 Notes 11 ReferencesBackground Edit will i am the album s co executive producer signed Kills in November 2008 Kills was introduced to singing and dancing at the age of 3 and until she was 12 she studied in the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art Kills initially pursued an acting career appearing in some TV series including All About Me and The Archers however in her hometown of Leeds she developed an interest in hip hop music She subsequently entered various rap battles for which she started writing lyrics and in 2003 Kills won a BBC Radio 1 sponsored MC Battle From there on she began writing songs for artists and film soundtracks 1 Kills released her first single on 21 February 2005 titled Don t Play Nice under the moniker Verbalicious and with label All Around the World it peaked at number 11 on the UK Singles Chart 2 She was also recording for her debut studio album then scheduled for an Easter 2006 release 1 However the label entered bankruptcy causing her record deal to be dissolved and the album shelved 3 4 Kills continued to work in the music industry mainly as a songwriter with the alias of Verbz In 2007 she relocated to Los Angeles 5 the next year she lent guest vocals to French artist M Pokora s song They Talk Shit About Me and changed her stage name to Natalia Cappuccini under which she self released an extended play EP titled Womannequin 6 7 One of Kills demos Shopaholic was remixed by the Remix Artist Collective After it was posted in American blogger Perez Hilton s blog Kills MySpace received a high number of views and she reached the top of the social network s unsigned artists chart 3 While shopping she was noticed by a man due to her clothing and gave him her website address he subsequently introduced her to a DJ who took Kills to the American musician will i am s house In November 2008 she signed a contract with the latter s record label then an imprint of Interscope 8 Recording Edit Kid Cudi co wrote Free Kills started to prepare material for Perfectionist after establishing her record deal with will i am who served as an executive producer for the album 5 During the recording sessions Kills prominently worked with producers Jeff Bhasker Fernando Garibay the album s second executive producer Martin Kierszenbaum and Theron The Ron Feemster Akon and Giorgio Tuinfort co produced Mirrors in collaboration with Kierszenbaum Bhasker was responsible for the entire album s songwriting and engineering and mixed Zombie Feemster and Tuinfort provided instrumentation along with Zach Kasik Carlos Keery Fisher and Robert Horn More artists including Robert Horn and Tony Ugyal were commissioned for engineering 3 9 Most of Perfectionist s songs were recorded at Cherrytree Recording Studios or Enormous Studios the latter served as the recording location for songs produced by Bhasker Break You Hard and Superficial were produced at the American Dream while Wonderland was produced at that studio and at The Hive Kills recorded Love Is a Suicide and Broke at Paradise Studios Mirrors at Chalice Recording Studios and If I Was God at The Boom Boom Room 3 Kills described working with will i am it s almost difficult having a normal conversation with him because he s firing out ideas all the time His entire life revolves around creativity and that s something I could really relate to 10 Kierszenbaum praised Kills work ethic during the recording sessions stating that she would focus simultaneously on the melodic and lyrical structure of song as well as its soundscape He went on to say that she influenced the timbre of the sound and assisted the production as if she s making a movie 3 Composition EditI m sure everyone relates to the idea of achieving perfection but emotionally I may be subject to the darker grasps of it obsession doubt desperation Kills to Elle 11 Perfectionist is a concept album which focusses on how perfectionism influences Kills All the songs revolve around my ambition celebrations frustration and disappointments of being a perfectionist she stated I think we re all perfectionists we re all looking for the best to fulfil our ideologies and dreams 12 Kills was also inspired by women s obsession with fashion in general 11 She described the album s sound as dark pop due to its opinionated and confrontational lyrics which according to her differ from mainstream music 12 13 The lyrical content is occasionally comical and uses metaphors frequently 14 Perfectionist is an electropop and synth pop album characterised by driving rhythm sections and edgy minor key melodies 3 15 Its opening track Perfection runs for thirty seconds and sees a robotic sounding therapist listing Kills flaws 16 Wonderland which fantasises about romance and a relationship s perfect ending includes synthesizer arrangements and choir sections 3 14 16 the line Take me to wonderland is repeated throughout the song 17 A track including a bassline piano club beats and synths Free samples Wuthering Heights by Kate Bush It was written by Kills when she worked as a waitress and discusses bailing on a budget 3 14 18 Break You Hard is an industrial pop song with hypnotic rhythms which talks about breaking a lover while Zombie incorporates electronic organs and mumbling bass in an electronic R amp B sound 14 16 17 Love Is a Suicide follows detailing the self destruction that comes with love as Kills sings It s so surgical how you dissect every mistake I make you re like an animal you bite me hard 3 17 Disco pop track Mirrors references sadomasochist sexual practices while portraying Kills with a dominatrix like persona it contains electric guitars and a bassline which Robert Copsey from Digital Spy compared to that of Eurythmics Sweet Dreams Are Made of This The song s chorus features Kills singing in a falsetto note 16 19 Writing for Consequence of Sound Alex Young opined that the song discusses the duplicity of identity hubris and objectification 3 20 Not in Love is styled in electronica and influenced by acid house AllMusic writer Jon O Brien wrote that it provides a welcome respite from the album s constant floor filling leanings 16 On Acid Annie Kills plots a revenge on an ex boyfriend while on the synthpop track Superficial she confronts her consumptive impulses and appreciation of finer things 3 14 16 Broke sees Kills talking about money Nothing Lasts Forever is a duet with Bhasker who performs under the alias of Billy Kraven It was noted by O Connor for its prominent use of Auto Tune 16 17 Perfectionist closes with If I Was God in which Kills asks her partner if he would love her if she were poor 3 For musicOMH Blair Kelly likened its chorus melody to that of Bush s Running Up That Hill 17 Release and promotion EditThe cover art for Perfectionist which depicts Kills sitting on an exam chair with a red cross covering her eyes was unveiled by Cherrytree on 11 March 2011 21 In Austria Germany and Switzerland the album was released by Universal Music as a CD and digital download on 1 April 22 23 24 while in Poland it was issued on 14 April 25 The US release proceeded on 16 August 26 as well as for Canada 27 That day Kills performed songs from the album at the New York City based building Atlas accompanied by a keyboardist 28 On 19 September it was released in the United Kingdom 29 Singles and music videos Edit Zombie was selected as Perfectionist s first promotional single and was released on 21 December 2009 30 Its music video which features Kills being tortured in a laboratory was released on 16 March of the following year 31 The song was used in the sixth episode of the first season of the Syfy reality television series Face Off aired 2 March 2011 32 Despite not having been included in the album Activate My Heart was released as its second promotional single on 13 April 2010 while an accompanying visual was uploaded on 17 December 33 34 Mirrors was digitally released as the album s lead single on 10 August 2010 while a CD single was issued six months later in Germany 35 36 An accompanying music video was released on 1 December 2010 featuring Kills being dragged into a mirror and subsequently exploring the concepts of vanity control and sex 37 The song charted Wonderland followed as the second single from Perfectionist and was available for purchase on 25 April 2011 38 It only charted in Austria and Germany respectively at number 55 and 45 39 40 Doubet was commissioned to direct its music video which sees Kills being forced into a mansion being fed a cooked heart and ultimately climbing up a table leading to chaos and violence inside the house 41 Selected as the album s third single a remix of Free with guest vocals from will i am was released on 24 June 2011 with an accompanying visual being released ten days later 42 43 It obtained top 20 positions in Germany and Austria 39 40 A video for Kill My Boyfriend was released on 10 January 2012 It was filmed in France and depicts Kills attempting to murder her boyfriend by drowning him in a tub of milk 44 45 Despite not having been released as a single it peaked at number 19 on the Flanders Ultratip chart 46 Love Kills xx Edit To promote the album a web series titled Love Kills xx was written produced and directed by Kills and Guillaume Doubet The episodes feature the former as their protagonist Akon Far East Movement and Colette Carr appear as guests According to Kills the series are mostly devoid of dialogue in order to center on emotion and action She also said that the visuals were an expression of her secret thoughts regrets and desires Each episode contains an instrumental of a song from Perfectionist and most videos contain narration from Kills 47 Far East Movement appear on the third episode of Love Kills xx The first episode starts with Kills furiously walking with a revolver in direction of a blonde man she later ties him up on a bed as he screams and tries to resist Kills calls a friend whose name is not revealed and asks him for help 48 During the second episode Kills assassinates another man and takes his photograph 49 the next episode she is arrested by a group played by Far East Movement who threaten her She manages to strangle the leader of the group and later leaves a message for her anonymous friend warning him that her face is being distributed on wanted posters 50 The fourth episode begins with Kills and a man involving in sexual activity By the morning the latter wakes up while Kills is asleep and steals her passport and revolver Kills is surprised to see that he has left and gets angry after realizing that she was robbed 51 During the 1970s exploitation film inspired fifth episode a victim of Kills denounces her to a detective revealing that she left him in a desert 52 53 In the following episode Kills runs over the man who robbed her two episodes earlier with her convertible and retrieves her passport 54 As the seventh webisode begins Kills argues with her new boyfriend who slaps her Kills meets with him a week later telling him that she s not angry however she hits him with a baseball bat 55 In the eighth episode set in a hotel Kills wins a checkers game between her and a man played by Akon who carries a black box she exits the hotel carrying the box 56 The box which contains a list of men names is opened by Kills during the penultimate episode She takes the list and crosses the name Jeremy off it The camera shifts to a field where Kills makes a man jump from a cliff by playing a game of cold warm and hot with him 57 The last episode sees Kills and a friend of hers interpreted by Carr burning the car of the latter s boyfriend 58 Tour Edit To further promote the album Kills went on a 58 date promotional tour starting from 24 June 2011 and concluding on 22 November 2011 Tour dates Edit Date City Country VenueEurope 59 60 61 62 24 June 2011 A Paris France Stade de France25 June 2011 A26 June 2011 B London England Dance Village28 June 2011 A Dusseldorf Germany Esprit Arena1 July 2011 C London England Hyde Park3 July 2011 D Birmingham O2 Academy Birmingham11 July 2011 D Manchester O2 Apollo Manchester13 July 2011 D London HMV Hammersmith ApolloNorth America 63 64 13 August 2011 New York City United States Webster Hall17 August 2011 Miami Mansion19 August 2011 Atlanta Masquerade Music Park21 August 2011 E Rosemont Allstate Arena23 August 2011 E Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center26 August 2011 San Diego Hard Rock Hotel28 August 2011 Hollywood Sunset Junction1 September 2011 E Guadalajara Mexico Telmex Auditorium3 September 2011 E Mexico City Palacio de los Deportes5 September 2011 E Monterrey Arena MonterreyEurope 63 65 12 September 2011 Germany Berlin Lido13 September 2011 Cologne Luxor14 September 2011 Hamburg Knust16 September 2011 Austria Vienna Szene Vienna17 September 2011 Germany Munich Backstage Werk20 September 2011 Switzerland Zurich PlazaSouth America 66 25 September 2011 E Sao Paulo Brazil Chacara do Jockey27 September 2011 E Buenos Aires Argentina Estadio G E B A North America 67 12 October 2011 F Ft Lauderdale United States Culture Room13 October 2011 F Orlando Firestone Live14 October 2011 F Pensacola DeLuna Festival16 October 2011 F Anaheim House of Blues18 October 2011 F Salt Lake City In The Venue19 October 2011 F Denver The Gothic Theater21 October 2011 F Minneapolis Fine Line Music Cafe22 October 2011 F Chicago The Vic Theater23 October 2011 F Cincinnati The Mad Hatter24 October 2011 F Cleveland The Beachland26 October 2011 F Toronto Canada The Opera House27 October 2011 F Montreal Club Soda29 October 2011 F Quebec City Imperial30 October 2011 F Boston United States Royale1 November 2011 F Philadelphia Union Transfer2 November 2011 F Brooklyn Music Hall of Williamsburg4 November 2011 F New York City Webster Hall5 November 2011 F Washington D C Black Cat7 November 2011 F Atlanta The Masquerade9 November 2011 F Houston Fitzgerald s10 November 2011 F Dallas Granada Theater11 November 2011 F Austin La Zona Rosa12 November 2011 F El Paso Tricky Falls13 November 2011 F Tempe Marquee Theater15 November 2011 F Pomona Glass House16 November 2011 F Los Angeles The Wiltern17 November 2011 F San Diego SOMA18 November 2011 F Ventura Ventura Theater19 November 2011 F San Francisco The Warfield21 November 2011 F Seattle Neptune22 November 2011 F Vancouver Canada Commodore BallroomA Marked dates supporting The Black Eyed Peas on their The Beginning Massive Stadium Tour B This concert was a part of the Glastonbury Festival 2011 C This concert was a part of the Wireless Festival 2011 D Marked dates supporting Kesha on her Get Sleazy Tour E Marked dates supporting Katy Perry on her California Dreams Tour F Marked dates supporting The Sounds on their 2011 tour Reception EditProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 16 AltSounds54 68 Canoe ca3 5 69 Consequence of SoundD 20 Digital Spy 14 musicOMH 17 Upon release Perfectionist received mixed reviews from music critics Jon O Brien from AllMusic summarised it as formulaic and gimmicky and observed that the music was secondary to Kills attempts of establishing a mature image 16 AltSounds staff member Jack Stevin deemed it disappointing and unfocused writing that Kills was not in control of the album and that she had an air of pretension around her Stevin additionally said that Kills was stronger as a visual artist 68 Darryl Sterdan of Canoe ca rated Perfectionist with three out of five points Comparing it to the music of Lady Gaga Kesha and Robyn he opined Guess that s why it s not called Innovator 69 Writing for Consequence of Sound Alex Young noted that Kills expressed herself better as a musician through music videos and surmised that not all the songs on Perfectionist hit their mark 20 Digital Spy s Lewis Corner described it as finely tailored and exciting and gave it four stars out of five 14 musicOMH writer Blair Kelly characterised the album as imperfect uninspired unoriginal and obvious while negatively comparing it to the works of American singer Lady Gaga 17 In Europe the album achieved moderate chart success On the chart issue dated 1 October 2011 it entered the UK Albums Chart at number 129 70 In Austria and Canada the album respectively reached number 35 and 36 while on the German and Swiss charts it peaked at numbers 50 and 94 71 72 73 Perfectionist managed to top the US Heatseekers Albums chart and reach number six on the Dance Electronic Albums chart despite entering the main Billboard 200 chart at number 134 74 75 76 By August 2013 it had sold 14 000 copies in the United States 77 In Canada the album reached number 36 72 Kills credited the success of the album and its singles with changing her life commenting I had nowhere to live got on a plane to LA and then two years later I had sold over 800 000 singles I wrote 14 songs and that s what happened I would never have thought this I would have probably thought I was dead by now 15 Kills discussed Perfectionist during 2013 interviews She revealed that after having lived a deplorable life in London her ambitions and dreams influenced the album s lyrics I was not as aware of how I was she stated I almost had a bit of fear where everybody wants to be loved everybody wants to be understood in a way that s not full of judgment or blame So I put all of myself into the album and then kept bits out 77 That year Corner hailed Perfectionist as one of the most underrated pop collections in recent memory and Idolator s Sam Lansky opined that although it had killer choruses the album suffered from excessive similarities to other artists 15 78 Track listing EditNo TitleWriter s Producer s Length1 Perfection Natalia KillsMartin Cherry Cherry Boom Boom Kierszenbaum0 322 Wonderland KillsMichael Warren The Ron FeemsterFeemster3 313 Free KillsJeff BhaskerScott MescudiDion WilsonBhaskerDion No I D Wilson a 3 574 Break You Hard KillsFeemsterFeemster4 225 Zombie KillsBhaskerBhasker3 196 Love Is a Suicide KillsFernando GaribayWarrenGaribay3 577 Mirrors KillsKierszenbaumAkonGiorgio TuinfortAkonTuinfortKierszenbaum3 168 Not in Love KillsKierszenbaumKierszenbaum3 239 Acid Annie KillsKierszenbaumKierszenbaum3 3710 Superficial KillsFeemsterFeemster3 1711 Broke KillsGaribayWarrenGaribayRobert Orton b Kierszenbaum b Tony Ugyal b 4 0812 Heaven KillsBhaskerBhasker4 4913 Nothing Lasts Forever featuring Billy Kraven KillsBhaskerBhasker3 3014 If I Was God KillsFeemsterFeemster4 43 German iTunes Store bonus tracks 79 No TitleLength15 Mirrors Live at The Cherrytree House 3 4516 Zombie Kleerup Remix 4 0217 Mirrors Tonka Dynamix Remix 5 4118 Mirrors Live at The Cherrytree House video 3 47 US and Canadian edition 26 27 No TitleLength1 Wonderland 3 312 Free featuring will i am 4 283 Break You Hard 4 224 Zombie 3 195 Love Is a Suicide 3 576 Mirrors 3 167 Acid Annie 3 378 Superficial 3 179 Broke 4 0810 If I Was God 4 43 US and Canadian iTunes Store bonus track 80 81 No TitleLength11 Free 3 57 US and Canadian iTunes Store deluxe edition 82 83 UK edition 29 84 No TitleWriter s Producer s Length1 Perfection 0 322 Wonderland 3 313 Free featuring will i am 4 284 Kill My Boyfriend KillsJunior CalderaJulien CarretCalderaCarretKillsTony Ugyal3 315 Break You Hard 4 226 Zombie 3 197 Love Is a Suicide 3 578 Mirrors 3 169 Not in Love 3 2310 Acid Annie 3 3711 Superficial 3 1712 Broke 4 0813 Heaven 4 4914 Nothing Lasts Forever featuring Billy Kraven 3 3015 If I Was God 4 43 iTunes Store bonus trackNo TitleLength16 Free 3 57 Notes Edit a signifies a co producer b signifies a vocal producerPersonnel EditCredits adapted from the liner notes of Perfectionist 9 Musicians Edit Natalia Kills vocals Dr Orton voice track 1 Robert Horn guitars track 2 The Ron Feemster guitars track 2 all other instruments tracks 2 4 10 14 background vocals tracks 2 10 14 Carlos Keery Fisher guitars tracks 4 10 Zach Kasik guitars track 4 Giorgio Tuinfort all instruments track 7 Martin Cherry Cherry Boom Boom Kierszenbaum all instruments tracks 7 9 background vocals track 8 Heather Kierszenbaum 911 operator track 9 Jeff Bhasker vocals track 13 Christopher Simila background vocals track 14 Kristle Simila background vocals track 14 Technical Edit Martin Cherry Cherry Boom Boom Kierszenbaum production tracks 1 7 9 recording track 1 vocal production track 11 executive production Robert Orton mixing tracks 1 4 6 14 vocal production track 11 The Ron Feemster production tracks 2 4 10 14 Zach Kasik recording tracks 2 4 10 14 Robert Horn recording track 2 Jeff Bhasker production recording tracks 3 5 12 13 mixing track 5 Dion No I D Wilson co production track 3 Anthony Kilhoffer recording tracks 3 13 Fernando Garibay production recording tracks 6 11 Akon production track 7 Giorgio Tuinfort production track 7 Mark Exit Goodchild recording track 7 Tony Ugyal recording tracks 7 9 11 vocal production track 11 Gene Grimaldi mastering will i am executive production Artwork Edit Lauren Dukoff photography Julian Peploe Studio art direction designCharts EditChart 2011 PeakpositionAustrian Albums O3 Austria 71 35Canadian Albums Billboard 72 36German Albums Offizielle Top 100 85 50Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 73 94UK Albums OCC 70 129US Billboard 200 76 134US Top Dance Electronic Albums Billboard 75 6US Heatseekers Albums Billboard 74 1Release history EditRegion Date Format s Edition Label Ref Austria 1 April 2011 CDdigital download Standard Universal 22 France Digital download 86 Germany CDdigital download 23 Switzerland 24 Poland 13 May 2011 CD 25 Australia 9 August 2011 87 Canada 16 August 2011 27 Digital download Standarddeluxe 80 82 United States CD Standard will i amCherrytreeKonLiveInterscope 26 Digital download Standarddeluxe 81 83 United Kingdom 19 September 2011 CDdigital download Standard Polydor 29 84 Notes Edit Tracks 1 and 7 9 Tracks 2 4 and 10 Track 2 Tracks 3 5 12 and 13 Tracks 6 and 11 a b Track 7 Track 14References Edit a b Clayton Emma 7 April 2006 Natalia s rapping delight Telegraph amp Argus Retrieved 23 June 2014 Don t Play Nice Single by Natalia Kills iTunes Store United Kingdom January 2005 Retrieved 23 June 2014 a b c d e f g h i j k l Cantor Paul 2 July 2011 Imperfect Storm Billboard Vol 123 no 26 p 33 ISSN 0006 2510 via Google Books O Brien Jon Natalia Kills Artist Biography AllMusic Retrieved 23 June 2014 a b Belz Leigh 1 December 2010 Natalia Kills on Her Album Perfectionist and Lady Gaga Teen Vogue Archived from 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