The Colombian-American singer Kali Uchis doesn’t follow the herd. After making a breakthrough with her 2018 album Isolation and raising her profile with guest spots singing for Gorillaz, Kaytranada and Tyler, the Creator, she released a follow-up sung almost entirely in Spanish. Today, just after Bad Bunny’s Spanish language album Un Verano Sin Ti was named 2022’s biggest album worldwide, she’s singing in English again.
In any case, it doesn’t seem to matter how the 28-year-old communicates. Her last album overcame its language barrier and some confusing song titles – //aguardiente y limón %áµâ¿â¿áµ%, anyone? – to produce her biggest hit. Thanks to TikTok, Telepatía now has more than double the Spotify streams of any of her other songs, approaching 800 million.
