NU POD Interview: KITTIE is as surprised about their resurgence as anyone

At Louder Than Life 2023, Morgan and Mercedes Lander from Kittie sat down with Joshua Toomey and Nu Pod to discuss the return of Kittie, their loyal fans and playing both Sick New World and When We Were Young Fests.
Morgan dives into the absence making the fans want Kittie to return and Mercedes adds that they saw an uptick in fans when the documentary was released. They also started to see support on TikTok and other social media platforms. Mercedes speaks on seeing familiar faces in the crowd and they both take the Nu Metal Bracket Challenge.
0:12 - The resurgence of Kittie
1:28 - Nu Metal Bracket Challenge
3:15 - Touring with Slipknot in the early days
5:35 - Kittie's special relationship with their fans
7:06 - The difference between Sick New World and When We Were Young
8:50 - End
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[@confessorsedai]

Most down-to-earth people, including Tara and Ivy. Kittie is special in a number of ways- they are arguably the most improved band to come out of this metal genre. Their music technicality and the way they play so cohesively live proves them to be great musicians. The way they respond to ALL fans on their social media sites, liking/♥️’ing fan’s comments, and just how far they will go out of their way for their fans proves them to be great people. They’ve been underrated for far too long, so I LOVE seeing the resurgence in interest for them & their music. ♥️

[@jasonwilliam1604]

Morgan is more beautiful than ever. Wow.

[@maddog7999]

“there’s Kittie… then there’s no Kittie…. then there’s Kittie again…”
my life in a nutshell

[@kcsnuggles8542]

I hear you brother. Times are tough

[@tyloryoung100]

I love that kittie's getting more mainstream attention and love again. They're one of my favorite heavy metal underdog stories of all time. Here's hoping for a new album.

[@jeniferholly]

Love these ladies. Hope to see them live again soon! 🖤

[@BADMR.98z28]

So happy there back. New music RIP Trish Doan bassist from kittie

[@angelpatton3851]

RIP Trish 💔🙏✝️💔

[@mattmunro3754]

All hail Kittie!!!

[@jeffb2550]

FWIW, I missed you guys and was sad that I never got a chance to see you live so maybe I’ll still get a chance to do that! 🤘🏼

[@andreemurray7039]

Great to see you young ladies back ripping it again metal fans are a loyal bunch

[@good_thrifts]

The fact that they picked Deftones over all just makes me love them even more. So excited they are coming back into the spotlight! PS- If you haven't been listening to Mercedes' band White Swan go do it NOW!

[@user-lv7zf6cu4d]

Man, I'm so glad Kittie is back from hiatus......the world is in balance again!

[@denverrandy7143]

Saw slipknot first at the La vida loca tour.Also,when they were the first band to play on the side stage at Ozzfest in 99' Was life-changing.
Ive seen Kittie 5 times.👍

[@sherman1476]

Hell yeah, Deftones and Kittie all the way!

[@DigitalBath306]

deftones 💯

[@Oldassmetalhead]

Morgan and Mercedes are still my metal crushes after all these years! And they are still slaying. Can't wait for the new album

[@BEEFSERPENT]

love mercedes and can't wait for the new album

[@mvfkdorlvm1480]

I love Kittie❤️

[@heathenpriest5292]

Deftones. Yes.

[@cliffanderson7544]

Deftones for the win!!!!

[@alexmrprodigyproductor7541]

mi bella Morgan se lo merece, el regreso de kittie a pedido de sus nuevos fans jovenes, y los antiguos tambien me pone muy feliz , A QUEMAR EL MUNDO KITTIE !!!

[@dustcircle]

Talena was my favorite Kittie girl.

[@kodi7024]

When you're middle-aged and your teenage crush appears on a random suggested TH-cam video:

[@kevinsmith7-7-7]

Nice Toomey

[@d3mist0clesgee12]

HEP PE, underrated best Nu Metal of them all!!!!

[@korn6668]

Nah

[@d3mist0clesgee12]

@@korn6668 Original lineup live, great live act, Korn is bad too but HED real underrated,

[@jimlotus]

THE EARTH IS FLAT

[@kw9801]

I agree with everything up to the point where they picked deftones over Slipknot 😅 but im still fine with that. Deftones are for sure the second best band and totally different from Slipknot

[@TsutajyaVlard]

Why do ppl care so much about what band is better nu metal is a great genre with wide range of great and different bands so obviously they will appeal to different ppl with different tastes

[@cyberghost4043]

Morgan Lander is my crush🥹❤️🌹They are so badass and yet so feminine and humble🥹

[@williamcozart8158]

Hell's yes ladies, System of a Down over Linkin Park any day.

[@TsutajyaVlard]

Hybrid theory and meteora were sick in my opinion i love both

[@angelpatton3851]

Well these 2 are like more metal heads... Linkin park was amazing and heavy, but they also had that rap element that lot of more purist metal heads couldn't get into back when they were first out... mysekd included even tho I did enjoy the Crawling music video.. but in time I've grown to broaden my tastes a bit, and now I love those first 2 records and listen to em all the time they are epic.... even tho I didn't purchase em back in the day either, like exactly how Morgan states so I feel what she's saying. RIP Chester 💜

[@williamcozart8158]

@@angelpatton3851 Hybrid theory was okay, idk I just can't get into LP.

[@Politely_Indifferent]

I liked these girls, until they said Deftones were better than KoRn 😒

[@Theshark15z]

They way morgan stands out, is she has no tats.

[@angelpatton3851]

I know right 😏

[@MarkSmith-ln8oz]

Love this band...