
By Cara Alwill
Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs has been enlisted by director and ex-boyfriend Spike Jonze to craft the soundtrack for the upcoming movie adaptation of the mysteriously whimsical book "Where the Wild Things Are."
With the help of her YYYs band mates Brian Chase and Nick Zinner, the singer has teamed up with fellow indie rockers from bands like the Raconteurs, Queens of the Stone Age and Deerhunter to deliver the album under the moniker Karen O and the Kids.
Karen O talked to MTV News UK last spring and discussed Jonze's desire to get her involved in the project. "I got involved because of Spike. I guess there is a childlike innocence about my music or my persona that he always just kind of dialed into," she said.
As for the sound, the Brooklyn native promises that the songs are raw and filled with heart. "I didn't want to make music that was hammering you over the head or go for some kind of pushbutton emotion," O says. "What I initially wanted to do was close to Cat Stevens in 'Harold & Maude' — really simple, but memorably and seamlessly woven into the movie." She's clearly enthusiastic about Jonze's work. "I think what he has accomplished with the film is basically the impossible," O said of the hotly-anticipated movie.
The first single, "All is Love," is scheduled for release on Tuesday. Fans can hear the album when it gets released on September 29, and the film hits theaters on October 16.

This place needs its own zip code. Really. It’s been a few years since I was at Lollapalooza, but this place qualifies as a small town within one of America’s biggest cities. Took a full half hour to walk the length of Grant Park this afternoon. Began the day with two sets from very different places, geographically and musically – conscience and hip-hop from Somali musician K’naan, followed by my brothers from the ATL, The Black Lips, delivering plenty of flower punk, and some gobs of spit.




