Following the successful release of $kull the Album in 2020, which has racked up over 300 million streams across all digital streaming platforms, Baramey Production recording artist VannDa has established himself at the top of the Cambodian music world.
His release of the transcendent and much-lauded “Time to Rise (feat. Master Kong Nay)” in 2021 is currently at a Cambodian record-breaking 86 million views, the chart-topping hit having exploded throughout Southeast Asia with its blend of soul-piercing lyricism and Khmer instrumentation mixed with Hip Hop & Drill sounds.
VannDa has firmly established himself as Cambodia’s first champion, and today announces his intention to capitalize on this with the two-part release of his follow-up album $kull 2, which will be released in two parts, with part one arriving on May 20, and part two to follow at the end of the year.
The album’s lead single “Bok Kalo,” with an ambitious music video directed by Baramey standout Juvie Lin was released last Friday, March 18.
The $kull 2 campaign will be paired with a series of ambitious, never before seen live concert plans that would have been unthinkable in Cambodia until the rise of the Sihanoukville-born superstar.
Following the release of $kull the Album in June 2020, VannDa was not able to capitalize off of his astronomic success with live concerts due to the pandemic halting all social life. However, VannDa will in 2022 be the first Cambodian artist to go on a solo tour and sell tickets across the nation.
VannDa’s live tour begins with the $kull the Album Concert on April 9. This marks the only time VannDa will perform his classic album which fans have clung deeply to since 2020 as it comforted them from their homes as the world embraced the challenge of the pandemic.
Following this, VannDa will be headlining Hanuman Beverages Khmer New Year Concerts from April 14 to 16 in Siem Reap, the largest Cambodia celebration of the year. With $kull 2: Part One slated for release on May 13t, the domestic $kull Tour is set to begin on June 25 and extend through to the beginning of August with five tour stops in Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, Battambang, Kampong Cham, and his home town, Sihanoukville.
It will be Cambodia’s first indoor venue music tour through the rainy season, continuing VannDa’s pattern of trend-setting and modernizing the music industry in the country through his popularity.