SoKo put up “I’ll Kill Her” at her MySpace for some friends in November 2006. This version, which she recorded in her bedroom, isn’t really that much to her liking. Telling Courier Mail: “Say you want to do a huge painting, and you make a little black and white sketch on a napkin and you’re like, ‘I want to do that with a lot of colour and really big’. Then people are like, ‘Oh no, this one on the little napkin is really good, we should put in in a museum’. But that’s not what you want to do.”
Breaking Trough
SoKo first shot at fame was in Denmark when radio program “The Black Boy Scouts” started hyping the “I’ll Kill Her” song. It reached number one on the chart of the Danish version of the iTunes Store and was the number one song in rotation on radio, resulting in some sell out concerts.
In august, Australian broadcaster Triple J started spinning the track as well and within days it had become one of the station’s most requested songs. SoKo than added the plea “Fly Me To Australia” to her homepage, hopeful promoters would pick up on her popularity. “I did that for Denmark when they put me on the radio. I wrote: ‘Fly me to Denmark’, and they did”. “I’ll Kill Her” ended up landing a number 9 spot on the yearly “Triple J Hottest 100″ chart in January 2008.
In October 2007 the song was also used for Stella McCartney’s show (video) at the Paris Fashion Week. It was chosen by retired British radio D.J. Tony Farsides, who did most of Stella’s shows in the past 5 years.
In November 2007, SoKo posted a new song to her MySpace called “I Will Never Love You More”. This song was picked up by BBC DJ’s Tom Robinsons and Rob da Bank. It caused some rumble but didn’t really put SoKo on the map yet.
Then, January 2008 came and big things started happening to SoKo. “I’ll Kill Her” was picked up by Belgian radio station “Studio Brussel” followed by other Belgian stations as well. This resulted in SoKo’s first official chart entry later on that month. One week later, she is on number 4 in the Ultratop chart.
In January there were also several sold out show in The Netherlands. DJ Rob Stenders then started playing and promoting the song in his very populair radio program, causing a small stir in Holland. Other DJ’s on the 3FM station followed his example. It didn’t make the charts but she definitely received some fame.
LYRICS ~I'LL KILL HER!
So, of course, you were supposed to call me tonight
you were supposed to call me tonight
we would have gone to the cinema
and, after, to the restaurant, the one you like in your street
we would have slept together, have a nice breakfast together
and then a walk in a park together, how beautiful, and then
you would have said “i love you” in the cutest place on earth
where some butterflies are dancing with the fairies
i would have waited like a week or two
but you never tried to reach me
no, you never called me back
you were dating that bleach-blonde girl
if i find her, i swear, i swear…
i’ll kill her, i’ll kill her
she stole my future, she broke my dream
i’ll kill her, i’ll kill her
she stole my future when she took you away
i would have met your friends, we would have had a drink or two
they would have liked me, ’cause sometimes i’m funny
i would have met your dad, i would have met your mum
she would have said “please, can you make some beautiful babies?”
so we would have had a boy called tom and a girl called susan, born in japan
i thought it was a love story, but you don’t want to get involved
i thought it was a love story, but you’re not ready for that …
me neither. i’ll kill her
she stole my future, she broke my dream
i’ll kill her, i’ll kill her
she stole my future when she took you away
she’s a bitch you know, all she’s got is blondeness
not even tenderness, yeah, she’s cleverless
she’ll dump your arse for a model called brendan
he will pay for beautiful surgery ’cause he’s full of money
i would have waited like a week or two
but you never tried to reach me
no, you never called me back
you were dating that bleach-blonde girl
if i find her, you know, i swear, i swear, i swear …
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