Domino Kirke’s New Album Is a Soundtrack for Motherhood
“No one told me,” says singer-songwriter Domino Kirke, her soft, ethereal voice becoming more staccato with each word. “No one prepared me. No one is talking about it.”
The New York musician, birth educator, and mother of two—with twins on the way—is talking about the first stillbirth she experienced in her career as a doula. “It changed all my wiring,” she says of the harsh sense of injustice she felt when holding a stillborn baby for the first time. “Like birth, you never get used to it. You realize just how close we are to death, and you can’t take anything for granted after that.”
The Many Lives of Domino Kirke
The light in Domino Kirke’s Brooklyn home gives her a halo-like shimmer. It picks up the delicate and intricate henna-style designs of the tattoos on her hands. These elements track with Kirke, who brings a serenity and spirituality to her multipronged life as a singer-songwriter, author, entrepreneur, doula, and most importantly, mother.
Domino Kirke Pays Tribute to Bonus Parents with 'Stepchild' and Reflects on Pregnancy: 'I Wear the Feeling of Twins' (Exclusive)
Domino Kirke is paying tribute to the beautiful ways families take shape. With her latest single "Stepchild," the singer/songwriter and doula — who is currently expecting twins with Penn Badgley, with whom she also shares a son, and is also mom to son Cassius from a previous relationship — pens a "love letter" to her husband, 38, and to all of the bonus parents that take on these roles.
Domino Kirke to Release Album Inspired by Motherhood: ‘Parenting Is the Highest Art Form’
The musician and doula leads LP The Most Familiar Star with "It's Not There" featuring Angel Olsen
As a doula, Domino Kirke is consistently inspired by the beauty of motherhood and for her upcoming sophomore album, parenting played an influential part. The Most Familiar Star will arrive on April 18, Rolling Stone can exclusively announce. Kirke also shared the video for its lead single, “It’s Not There,” with Angel Olsen.