About k5e
k5e runs live karaoke nights. Singers use k5e Spot on their phone to get in line, request songs and see when they're up. Hosts use k5e Cue to run the queue, the rotation and the screen for the room.
Live since May 2026: 7 nights at 2 venues, 140+ participants, 450+ songs requested.
Cue's projector display, illustrated · sample names
At a glance
- Who runs it
- k5e is built and run by a small independent team.
- Where it runs
- k5e runs anywhere with an internet connection: Spot in a phone's browser, Cue in a laptop browser. It started in North Carolina in May 2026.
- Track record
- 7 nights at 2 venues since May 2026, the latest on Fri, Oct 9, 2026. Counted by Cue as each night ran.
Status
- Launch stage
- k5e is in its soft launch. Hosting is by invitation.
- Pricing
- k5e Spot is free for singers, and hosting with k5e Cue is free during the soft launch. A host may set an entry fee or ask for tips; singers pay the host directly, by Venmo or cash, and k5e doesn't handle the money.
- Coming soon
- Announced, with no dates yet.
- Cue for macOS and Windows. The same Cue, as an app on your Mac or Windows laptop.
- k5e Player. Plays the queue's tracks under Cue's control, so managing and playing the queue happen in one place.
The apps
- k5e Spot
- For singers. Runs in the phone's browser, with nothing to download.
- spot.k5e.live
- See a night in Spot
- k5e Cue
- For hosts. Runs in a laptop browser, alongside the karaoke player the host already uses.
- cue.k5e.live
- See a night in Cue
Cue's projector display, illustrated · sample names
Contact
Write to
Singers will find step-by-step help in the Spot help guide. Hosts can see how a night in Cue runs, and how to get access, on the hosts page.
For AI agents: the same facts as plain text in llms.txt and llms-full.txt.