Editing Jamiroquai (section)

=== Stage and visuals ===
[[File:Jamiroquai Lovebox 2006 (197956097) (cropped).jpg|thumb|A montage of Kay dancing on stage in 2006]]
While critics said the group tended towards 1970s funk and soul archetypes in their performances, Kay's presence received praise, with critics noting his strong vocals and energetic dance moves on stage.<ref name="Hillburn-1997" /><ref>{{cite web|last=Ali|first=Lorraine|author-link=Lorraine Ali|date=3 June 1995|title=Pop Music Review : Jamiroquai Adds Funk to Lively Jazz-Lite|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-06-03-ca-8924-story.html|access-date=7 January 2020|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|language=en-US|archive-date=1 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801230544/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-06-03-ca-8924-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Clay|first=Jennifer|date=21 November 1997|title=Jamiroquai|url=https://variety.com/1997/music/reviews/jamiroquai-1200451805/|access-date=26 April 2020|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|archive-date=28 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828024034/https://variety.com/1997/music/reviews/jamiroquai-1200451805/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Hollingsworth|first=Chauncey|date=12 September 1995|title=Jamiroquai Rolls Hip-hop, Horns into A Soulful Sound|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1995/09/12/jamiroquai-rolls-hip-hop-horns-into-a-soulful-sound/|access-date=17 July 2018|archive-date=17 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717100221/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1995-09-12/news/9509120006_1_jay-kay-space-cowboy-acid-jazz|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Gittins-2011" /> [[Robert Hilburn]] said Kay "establish[es] a rapport with the audience" and has a "disarming sense of humor".<ref name="Hillburn-1997" /><ref name="hillburn">{{cite web |last=Hillburn |first=Robert|date=21 November 1997|title=Irresistibly Fresh Jamiroquai Is a Wonder|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-nov-21-ca-56003-story.html|access-date=13 September 2019|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|archive-date=1 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801230440/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-nov-21-ca-56003-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Helen Brown of ''The Telegraph'' was more critical, writing of a 2011 concert that there was no "deeply personal emotion" in its set list or in Kay's vocals, and "much of the material is exhilarating in the moment, forgettable thereafter".<ref>{{cite web|last=Brown|first=Helen|date=18 April 2011|title=Jamiroquai, O2 Arena, review|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/live-music-reviews/8458320/Jamiroquai-O2-Arena-review.html|url-access=subscription|url-status=live|access-date=22 February 2021|website=The Telegraph|language=en-GB|archive-date=24 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110424113619/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/live-music-reviews/8458320/Jamiroquai-O2-Arena-review.html}}</ref>

With their visual style being described as "sci-fi and futuristic",<ref>{{cite web |last=Williams |first=Harrison |title=Jamiroquai shares sci-fi inspired teaser video for first album in seven years |url=https://mixmag.net/read/jamiroquai-shares-sci-fi-inspired-teaser-video-for-first-album-in-seven-years-news/|url-status=live |website=Mixmag |date=17 January 2017 |access-date=6 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215080340/https://mixmag.net/read/jamiroquai-shares-sci-fi-inspired-teaser-video-for-first-album-in-seven-years-news |archive-date=15 December 2020}}</ref> Jamiroquai's [[Virtual Insanity#Music video|music video of "Virtual Insanity"]] made them "icons of the music-video format", according to Spencer Kornhaber from ''[[The Atlantic]]''.<ref name="Kornhaber-2017">{{cite news |last=Kornhaber |first=Spencer |title=Escape to the Future With Missy Elliott and Jamiroquai's New Videos |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/01/missy-elliott-im-better-jamiroquai-automaton-videos/514736/|url-status=live|date=27 January 2017|work=[[The Atlantic]]|access-date=11 May 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=15 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215080406/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/01/missy-elliott-im-better-jamiroquai-automaton-videos/514736/}}</ref> It was directed by [[Jonathan Glazer]], and depicted Kay "perform[ing] in a room where the floors, walls and furniture all moved simultaneously."<ref>{{cite web|last=Scheerer|first=Mark|date=5 September 1997|title=Beck, Jamiroquai big winners at MTV Music Awards – September 5, 1997|url=https://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9709/05/mtv.music.awards/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215080341/http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9709/05/mtv.music.awards/|archive-date=15 December 2020|access-date=20 January 2018|publisher=CNN}}</ref>

Kay has worn elaborate headgear, some he designed himself.<ref name="Hillburn-1997" /><ref name="washingtonpostfeb1997">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1997/02/05/jamiroquai-wonders-never-cease/0aba1126-62cf-4a3b-9eb4-eaf6a1cab7ad/|title=Jamiroquai: Wonders Never Cease|last=Bass|first=Holly|date=5 February 1997|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=28 May 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=15 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215080412/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1997/02/05/jamiroquai-wonders-never-cease/0aba1126-62cf-4a3b-9eb4-eaf6a1cab7ad/|url-status=live}}</ref> He said that the headgear give him a spiritual power described by the Iroquois as "[[orenda]]".<ref name="Dawes-1993" /> The illuminating helmet that appears in the music video for "[[Automaton (song)|Automaton]]" was designed by [[Moritz Waldemeyer]] for Kay to control its lights and movements and to portray him as an endangered species.<ref name="Waldemeyer">{{cite news|url=https://www.dezeen.com/2017/03/22/moritz-waldemeyer-design-3d-printed-light-up-headgear-jamiroquai-frontman/|title=Moritz Waldemeyer creates 3D-printed light-up helmet for Jamiroquai frontman|last=Morby|first=Alice|date=22 March 2017|work=[[Dezeen]]|access-date=7 August 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=15 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215080359/https://www.dezeen.com/2017/03/22/moritz-waldemeyer-design-3d-printed-light-up-headgear-jamiroquai-frontman/|url-status=live}}</ref> Kay has also worn Native American head-dresses, in which he was accused of culturally appropriating sacred regalia of the First Nations.<ref>{{cite web|date=9 June 2012|title=13 Rock Stars Who've Worn Native Headdresses (and Probably Shouldn't Have)|url=https://indiancountrytoday.com/archive/13-rock-stars-whove-worn-native-headdresses-and-probably-shouldnt-have|access-date=8 December 2022|website=[[Indian Country Today]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.abc.net.au/listen/doublej/music-reads/features/jamiroquai-harvest-rock-review-2023/103036550 | title=Jamiroquai came to Australia for one night only – here's what happened | website=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] | date=29 October 2023 }}</ref>