Watch The Kooks' stripped-back performance of their Naïve single on Radio X
27 March 2025, 16:45 | Updated: 27 March 2025, 17:09
The Kooks - Naive (Radio X Live Session)
Celebrate 19 years since the release of the single with this delicate throwback performance.
It's been 19 years since Luke Pritchard and co unleashed their Naïve single on unsuspecting indie kids on 27 March 2006.
Whether you were busy wallowing over unrequited love or preferred to be out to-tapping on the dance floor, there's no denying the impact The Kooks had on teenagers in the 2000s.
Almost two decades later, and Naïve still manages to have a place on the airwaves as much as it does in people's hearts, so why not celebrate it with an extra-special version of the track from the band themselves.
Back in 2018, frontman Pritchard and lead guitarist Hugh Harris visited Radio X HQ for a session of tracks from Let's Go Sunshine, their album released on the same year, alongside some of their biggest hits.
One such track was this memorable ballad, which you can watch in these sumptuous visuals above.
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It won't be long 'til we hear The Kooks release their forthcoming album, Never/Know on 9th May.
So far the band have released two singles from the new record, including its title track and Sunny Baby, which is an ode to frontman Luke Pritchard’s two children and family life as a whole.
Watch the sun-trenched video for the single below:
The Kooks - Sunny Baby (Official Video)
Never/Know, which is the band's seventh studio album - following 2006's Inside In/Inside Out, 2008 Konk, 2011's Junk of the Heart, 2014's Listen, 2018's Let's Go Sunshine, and 2022's 10 Tracks to Echo in the Dark - is available to pre-order here.
Get the full tracklist for The Kooks' Never/Know:
1. Never Know
2. Sunny Baby
3. All Over The World
4. If They Could Only Know
5. China Town
6. Compass Will Fracture
7. Tough At The Top
8. Arrow Through Me
9. Echo Chamber
10. Let You Go
11. Talk About It
The Kooks have also announced a Never/Know exclusive album preview and live Q&A on 23rd April 2025 at the Dolby Screening Room in London's Soho.
Fans can pre-order their new album by 10am on Friday 28th March for pre-sale access to the limited tickets, which will include a meet and greet and a full listen to the record in Dolby Atmos.
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