Latest Release
- OCT 17, 2024
- 1 Song
- Freudian · 2016
- Flower Boy · 2017
- Red Moon In Venus · 2023
- SI NO ES CONTIGO (REMIX) - Single · 2024
- Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios) ∞ · 2020
- ORQUÍDEAS · 2024
- Isolation · 2018
- Isolation · 2018
- Por Vida · 2015
- Isolation · 2018
Essential Albums
- Kali Uchis’ second full-length album had to clear some hurdles before it was released; when the Colombian-American bedroom-R&B crooner signed her record contract in the mid-2010s, Spanish-language albums weren’t part of the deal. But Uchis persisted, telling execs that she wanted to fully represent herself on record—and the resulting album, Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios), was yet more proof of Uchis’ singular artistic vision. While Uchis retains the drowsy feel and fuzzed-out productions of her previous releases on Sin Miedo, the textures lurking beneath give her music extra bite, and the moments when she reaches into Spanish-language music’s past—including “que te pedí//,” a stretched-out reinterpretation of the bolero made famous by Cuban belter La Lupe—reveal even more of the influences that made Uchis’ music sound fully realized from her earliest releases. Sin Miedo opens with “la luna enamorada,” a windswept guitar ballad on which Uchis dips into her velvet-lined lower register, calling on the moon to assist her dreams; her alto, framed in heaven-sent “oh-oh-oh”s, sounds serious and knowing. From there, Uchis explores the world of Latin pop on her terms: The Rico Nasty-assisted “¡aquí yo mando!,” co-produced by the reggaetón hitmaker Tainy, adds the snare fills and spaced-out synth stabs of trap to her heady mix, while she faces off with the Puerto Rican duo Jowell & Randy on the beat-heavy “te pongo mal (préndelo),” holding her own amid their snappy boasts. “telepatía,” a plush bilingual ballad produced by Tainy, wound up being a breakthrough for Uchis in the U.S., becoming her first single to reach the Top 40. It hovers in a space between glittery Quiet Storm, heart-on-sleeve Latin pop, and dreamy R&B, its longing lyrics channeling those brave, beautiful moments when desire fully overcomes any bashful feelings—and its crossover success shows how Uchis’ vision for her art is as finely tuned as it is thrilling.
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- 2023
- 2023
- 2023
- 2022
Artist Playlists
- Blurring boundaries with a clever, genre-fluid pop singer.
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- The artist discusses her album ORQUÍDEAS.
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- Kali Uchis talks her latest single "NO HAY LEY."
- The artist on her single "NO HAY LEY.”
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About Kali Uchis
Throughout the 2010s, the line between indie and mainstream continued to blur, rap and R&B melted into each other, and American pop music went urbano. Standing in the middle of all these changes was Kali Uchis, a pancultural pop polymath who’s effortlessly adapted to many contemporary styles while playing the foil to some of the biggest names in hip-hop and R&B. When the Colombian American singer from Virginia (born Karly Marina Loaiza in 1994) dropped her first EP, Por Vida, in 2015, she seemed like a retro-soul stylist in the Amy Winehouse mold. But through a series of high-profile features and collaborations—like her heartbreaking cameo on Daniel Caesar’s “Get You,” smoldering, dancehall-dipped duet with Jorja Smith on “Tyrant,” and sassy turn on Gorillaz’s future-shocked “She’s My Collar”—she developed a reputation as one of pop’s most stylistically varied performers. Her 2018 debut full-length, Isolation, revealed the full scope of her vision, presenting a heady fusion of reggaetón romántico, indie-R&B jams, synth-infused psych pop, and Tropicália with a genre- and generation-spanning guest list that included Bootsy Collins, Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker, and Tyler, The Creator. As Uchis told Apple Music, this epic statement was a mere teaser of what’s to come. “I want to keep growing,” she said. “I want to keep progressing at a faster rate.” Uchis has since doubled down on her Latin roots. For her 2020 all-Spanish release, Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios), she enlisted reggaetón icons Jhayco and Jowell & Randy, claiming her rightful place on the frontlines of urbano’s stateside takeover. Three years later, Red Moon In Venus arrived as a return to R&B form, with high-femme aesthetics and silky guest spots from Omar Apollo and Summer Walker, also yielding the throbbing and massively viral hit “Moonlight.” Uchis kicked off 2024 with a head-turning double drop, not only releasing her hotly anticipated ORQUÍDEAS LP, but also announcing her pregnancy with the music video for single “Tu Corazón Es Mío.”
- HOMETOWN
- Alexandria, VA, United States
- BORN
- July 17, 1994
- GENRE
- R&B/Soul