New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Independent recording artist �KRISTOPHER� has reimagined Billie Eilish�s iconic pop song "8" with a reverent new vocal and instrumental arrangement that will release globally on the second anniversary of the original, March 29, 2021.
Originally titled �see-through�, the song was released by Eilish as track #8 on her 2019 worldwide platinum debut album "WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?" Although never released as a single, "8" charted gold and peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 shortly after the album's release.
Adapted and performed by Orlando, Florida-based singer-songwriter Kristopher Houck (�KRISTOPHER�), the cover aspires to a relatable sophistication of the track in tribute to the song�s original artistry. KRISTOPHER is the first artist to release a single of "8", under license from publishers Universal
Music and Kobalt, delivering a tribute to this stylistic song written by
Billie Eilish and her brother FINNEAS.
�I wanted to honor Billie�s music with my own interpretation of how this song impacted me personally,� Houck explains. �I chose to do �8� because the song�s mix of genuine vulnerability and maturity spoke to me in quite an intense way.� Houck also attributes his inspiration to become an indie artist to this song. �8 was the song that gave me that final inspired push to write my own music,� he stated.
As the music industry strives to adapt to a new virtual world of COVID-19, Kristopher Houck is reaching out to an international audience with songs written to help people feel and to heal. With a degree in psychology from the University of Central Florida and over a decade of musical theater and orchestral experience as a performer and multi-instrumentalist, Kristopher is devoting his songwriting to the cathartic influence of music that was so important to his own struggle for identity and love while growing up as a gay youth.
"8" is KRISTOPHER�s third record release of 2021, following his debut singles �LIAR� and �Borrowed Time�. KRISTOPHER�s debut album �LIAR�, planned for release in the spring, will bring together a collection of his originally composed emotive ballads dealing with the struggle of self-reflection amidst lovelorn relationships.
�8� by KRISTOPHER is available for Pre-Save on Spotify until its release on March 29th. KRISTOPHER�s music is published and released by Artemis Music, a Florida-based independent label on a mission to support and empower emerging artists, musicians and songwriters.
More about KRISTOPHER at: kristopher-artemismusic.com
