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Kerli - Tuleloits / The Invocation of Fire 2019

Kerli Kõiv is an Estonian singer and songwriter. Shadow Works is her second studio album, released on 22 February 2019, and reached number 24 on the US Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart. Kerli described the album as "an exploration of (her) own shadow, it’s a collection of music designed to connect the listener to their own disowned parts and to honor their hidden self. I explore the feelings of victim-hood, co-dependence, lust, guilt and defeat. There are also frequencies that symbolize the eventual triumph over darkness. The vocal scapes that start, part and end the collection are designed to bring the listener into a meditative state so that Shadow Work can be performed."

A loits "is a sacred song in ancient Estonian witchcraft, sung to bring about anything the practitioner wishes, to worship or to thank deities and nature". Through an Instagram post, Kerli explained that she had the intention to sing a loits to "the fire spirits to harness their power of warming one's soul and cleansing outdated energies". Since she couldn't find any loits that fit her desire, she wrote a new one.

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