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California Screamin’ cover artwork showing four friends running through warm rain on the Golden Gate Bridge beneath an amber break in storm clouds

Kieran Simkin · Electronic press kit

California Screamin’

Warm, cinematic pop/electro with laid-back South Coast UK-rap storytelling—turning a rain-soaked Golden Gate Bridge memory into shared release.

Forthcoming single · 15 January 2027
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The story

Noise, warm rain and an unfinished crossing

Four friends set off running across the Golden Gate Bridge. The wind, cables and traffic were so loud that open-mouthed screams disappeared into the noise. Halfway across, huge drops of unexpectedly warm rain began to fall.

They turned back towards the minivan soaked and laughing, gesturing towards Alcatraz across the bay. What began as a joke about primal-scream therapy became a small, joyful lesson in letting go.

California Screamin’ puts that memory inside melodic female hooks and a bright electronic-pop centre, with relaxed South Coast UK-rap verses carrying the detail and humour.

Never made the other side.
Still felt like we arrived.
Release facts

At a glance

ArtistKieran Simkin
ReleaseSingle
Release date15 January 2027
Duration3:32
Primary soundPop / electro
CrossoverLaid-back UK rap
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California Screamin’ releases on 15 January 2027. DistroKid has not supplied a release time, so this is an all-day event.

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Editorial angles

More than California scenery

A true travel-memory transformation: an abandoned plan became the part of the trip that lasted.

Pop and rap as complementary viewpoints: the female melodic sections carry the emotional lift while the rap passages keep the physical detail, British voice and self-deprecating humour.

A visual world already inside the lyric: humming bridge cables, traffic noise, warm rain, wet reflections and Alcatraz create a specific setting without claiming Bay Area identity.

Kieran Simkin seated with an electric guitar beside a black cat

Photograph © Kieran Simkin.

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Artwork, audio and words

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Lost in the noise, with nothing to explain, Screaming in the California rain. Me and Sam and a couple of mates, Running full tilt on the Golden Gate. Wind in the wires and the traffic roared, Whole bridge humming like a power chord. She let out a scream; I was screaming too, Mouth wide open, not a sound got through. Halfway across, then down came the rain, Huge round drops — and we screamed again. Let it out, let it out, Let it all come down. Screaming in the California rain, Lost in the noise, with nothing to explain. Warm on my skin, let it soak right through, Screaming in the rain with you. Screaming in the California rain, Lost in the noise, with nothing to explain. Warm on my skin, let it soak right through, Screaming in the rain with you. Back home, cold rain — a slap in the face, This wrapped round us like a warm embrace. Ran for the minivan, soaked to the skin, Couldn’t stop laughing, couldn’t keep it in. Alcatraz out there, grey in the bay, Waved to the ghosts as we splashed away. No choir of angels, no light from above, Just traffic and rain, but it felt like love. Let it out, let it out, Let it all come down. Screaming in the California rain, Lost in the noise, with nothing to explain. Warm on my skin, let it soak right through, Screaming in the rain with you. Screaming in the California rain, Lost in the noise, with nothing to explain. Warm on my skin, let it soak right through, Screaming in the rain with you. Primal screaming? “Not my scene. Cali hippy nonsense — know what I mean?” Now I’m soaked, and the joke’s on me: Maybe they knew how to feel this free. Let it out, let it out, Let it all come down. Screaming in the California rain, Lost in the noise, with nothing to explain. Warm on my skin, let it soak right through, Screaming in the rain with you. Screaming in the California rain, Lost in the noise, with nothing to explain. Warm on my skin, let it soak right through, Screaming in the rain with you. Lost in the noise, with nothing to explain, Screaming in the California rain. Never made the other side. Still felt like we arrived.