KALI UCHIS

MUSICIAN

Born in Virginia to Colombian immigrants, Uchis grew up bouncing between the U.S. and Colombia before settling in L.A. around 2015. Yet in her polyglot music, the 28-year-old singer and songwriter has never stopped roaming: “Isolation,” her 2018 full-length debut, moved easily between glossy psychedelia and crinkly oldschool soul, while 2020’s Spanish-language “Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros

Demonios)” — a “dream space,” per Uchis’ description, where she can sound “like some type of otherworldly creature” — took in reggaeton and the classic boleros she heard as a kid. Last year her single “Telepatía” blew up on TikTok then found a home on Top 40 radio; this year she toured arenas with Tyler, the Creator and covered “Desafinado” for the latest “Minions” movie. — M.W.