Latest Release
- AUG 16, 2024
- 1 Song
- wannabewithu · 2016
- Lo Que Siento - Single · 2017
- Bossa No Sé (feat. Jean Carter) - Single · 2019
- wannabewithu · 2016
- Chiquito - EP · 2018
- Search (feat. Cuco & Lil Rob) - Single · 2019
- Chiquito - EP · 2018
- Drown - Single · 2018
- Para Mí · 2019
- Songs4u · 2017
Albums
- 2016
- 2024
- 2024
- 2023
Artist Playlists
- A bedroom-pop daydreamer makes the leap to the spotlight.
Live Albums
Appears On
- 1999 WRITE THE FUTURE & Rich Brian
- GOON DES GARCONS*
- Dillon Francis & Shakewell
More To Hear
- "Make It Hot" and "Feelings" are both World Records.
- The artist on “Hydrocodone,” plus half•alive and Jai Waetford.
About Cuco
Cuco was still in high school when he recorded his debut mixtape, 2016’s Wannabewithu, but his lo-fi appeal is hardly limited to teenagers: The wistful depth of feeling captured in the Los Angeles singer/songwriter’s music has universal resonance. Born to Mexican immigrants in Inglewood, California, in 1998, Omar Banos—his alias “Cuco” translates to “cuckoo”—got his start playing house shows around L.A.; his first brush with viral fame was a slide-guitar cover of ’50s rock ’n’ rollers Santo & Johnny’s “Sleepwalk.” But it was his 2017 single “Lo Que Siento” that made him famous, netting millions of plays and laying the groundwork for the seven-figure Interscope deal leading to his debut album, 2019’s Para Mi. Those sorts of numbers might seem out of proportion for a style so understated; informed by bedroom pop, chillwave, and cloud rap, Cuco’s music favors slow tempos, woozy keys, and lots of reverb, while his sing-speaking delivery is extremely low key. But the vulnerability of his heart-on-the-sleeve love songs is refreshing, while his bilingual lyrics and dedication to his family—when he signed his deal, he bought a home just five doors down from his folks’ place—have inspired growing legions of immigrant kids who see Banos’ life mirroring their own. (His super-fans even have a name for themselves: Cuco Puffs.) As Banos revealed to Apple Music, he finds that interaction with his followers incredibly moving: “My main goal as an artist, I wanna create an impact…. But it means a lot when somebody tells me, ‘Yo, thank you.’ That means the world to me.”
- HOMETOWN
- Inglewood, CA, United States
- BORN
- June 26, 1998
- GENRE
- Alternative