"Primal Heart" live

 1. "The Good War"
 2. "Top of the World"
 3. "Everybody knows"
 4. "Like They Do on the TV"
 5. "Recovery"
 6. "Human"
 7. "Lightyears"
 8. "Black Sky"
 9. "Past Love"
10. "Right Direction"
11. "Version of Me"
12. "Real Life"

1. "The Good War"

Rough Trade (New York City). April 16, 2018.

Is this the first video of Kimbra playing keyboard?:

Kimbra performing live from her home in New York on April 15, 2020, during lockdown. Live-streamed mini-concert for Spark Sessions ("NZ artists connecting Kiwis through music"). Full concert video on Spark's Facebook page.

2. "Top of the World"

Town Hall (Auckland, NZ), August 31, 2017.
Strong echoes of Meshuggah's "Do Not Look Down" in the last third of this live version.



Kimbra with Timon Martin, Spencer Zahn and Mauro Refosco performing on "Late Night with Seth Meyers" (NBC), episode 642, on January (29) 30, 2018.




Le Bain At The Standard, High Line (NYC), April 19, 2018.



Orchestral version performed by Kimbra and Nu Deco Ensemble at the Adrienne Arsht Center (Miami, FL) on April 18, 2019. Arranged by Sam Hyken. Conducted by Jacomo Bairos.

3. "Everybody knows"

SALA Puebla (Mexico City), May 9, 2019.

4. "Like They Do on the TV"

5. "Recovery"

First live performance of "Recovery". Ticketed livestream show from Kimbra's home studio, on August 4, 2020 -in pandemic times-, with Jacob Bergson on keys. Live stream platform: NoonChorus.

6. "Human"

Kimbra having lots of fun singing, pressing keys and dancing on stage at the Regency Ballroom (San Francisco), on February 13, 2018. A song so old and so fresh at the same time. A fast and slow piece. Transcendent and playful. Soulful and cold. Elegantly chaotic, tightly loose, seriously crazy. The killer guitar and the unique outro are not in the original studio version. A real bonus.



Stripped-down performance for 'Rolling Stone''s 'Take One' series. Kimbra: voice and guitar; Spencer Zahn: bass.



Baeble Music session with Zach Tenorio and Spencer Zahn, released in April 2018.

(Snippet - full performance currently not available).

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7. "Lightyears"

Paradiso Noord / Tolhuistuin (Amsterdam, Netherlands), November 27, 2017.


"Reimagined" version, with Jacob Bergson (keys) and Spencer Zahn (upright bass). Razzmatazz 2 (Barcelona, Spain), March 9, 2019.


Radio Wave Studio Session, March 14, 2019 (Prague, Czech Republic).

8. "Black Sky"

 

Fan-edited version of Radio Wave Studio Session, March 14, 2019 (Prague, Czech Republic). 

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Festival Indio Catrina, December 7, 2019 (Puebla, Mexico).



Livestream at Le Poisson Rouge (NYC) on Oct. 14, 2020. [Full concert (HD quality) at LPR.tv]

9. "Past Love"

The first live performance of this song that surfaced on YouTube was a sort of synthpop version from a gig in New Zealand. Some completely different stripped-down renditions followed. So, who could imagine that the album version, released later (April 20, 2018), would have a Motown vibe? On top of it all, we should thank Kimbra for making each performance of this song so special and unique every single time.


Town Hall (Auckland, NZ), August 31, 2017.


Paradiso Noord / Tolhuistuin (Amsterdam, Netherlands), November 27, 2017.

Watch from 25'40" onwards:
Border Crossings (Voice of America), February 20, 2019.


Radio Wave Studio Session, March 14, 2019 (Prague, Czech Republic).


Show at Prospect Park (NYC) hosted by BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn (August 2, 2019). Musicians: Spencer Zahn on bass, Jacob Bergson on keys and Vishal Nayak on drums.

10. "Right Direction"

"Right Direction" stripped down to just guitar. Rough home rehearsal session originally posted on Kimbra's Patreon (Feb. 17, 2020).

"Right Direction" performed by its co-writer

 Benjamin Lazar Davis, live at JITVHQ

 in Los Angeles (2018).

 (Listen to his studio version here).

Kimbra performing an acoustic re-imagining of "Right Direction" at Glasshaus in January 2022. Musicians: pianist Sara Goldstone, double bassist Burniss Earl Travis II, and a string quartet led by Margot on first violin, Mario Gotoh on second violin, Tia Ivonne Allen on viola, and Jessica Wang on cello.

11. "Version of Me"

Debaser Hornstull Strand (Stockholm, Sweden), Nov. 16, 2017. Primal Heart Tour, official live video.

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Live at The Bunker Studio (NYC), featuring Spencer Zahn on bass, Jacob Bergson on piano and Vishal Nayak on drums (2019).



Kimbra performing an acoustic re-imagining of "Version of Me" at Glasshaus in January 2022. Musicians: pianist Sara Goldstone, double bassist Burniss Earl Travis II, and a string quartet led by Margot on first violin, Mario Gotoh on second violin, Tia Ivonne Allen on viola, and Jessica Wang on cello. String arrangement derived from Owen Pallett (Arcade Fire).

12. "Real Life"

(San Fran, Wellington, New Zealand, July 14, 2018)