Karly-Marina Loaiza (born July 17, 1994), known professionally as Kali
Uchis (/ˈuË tʃis/ OO-chees), is a Colombian-American singer and
songwriter. She debuted in the music industry with her 2012 mixtape,
Drunken Babble, which was described as "genre-defying". She released
her first EP, Por Vida, in 2015 to further recognition. Her debut
studio album, Isolation, was released in 2018 to widespread
acclaim.Karly-Marina Loaiza was born on July 17, 1994 in Alexandria,
Virginia. Her father moved from Pereira, Colombia to the United
States, fleeing the conflict in Colombia. He met Karly's mother in the
United States during the early 1990s. Her mother had children from a
previous marriage. Karly is their only child together. Her father
moved back to Colombia when Karly was in high school in order to take
care of his mother, who had fallen ill. Uchis stayed in Colombia with
her father and aunts during the summer. While growing up in an
immigrant and working-class home, her home life was often filled with
hard manual labor. In high school, she learned to play piano and
saxophone. Uchis participated in a jazz band, before her graduation
from T. C. Williams High School. Uchis often skipped classes to spend
time at the photo lab, making experimental short films. Her interest
in photography led to her creating mix-tape cover art. Skipping class
and breaking the curfew set by her parents led to her being kicked out
of her home in her adolescence. During this time, she lived in her car
and wrote songs on her keyboard which would later come in the form of
her lo-fi mixtape, Drunken Babble. She also wrote poetry, songs and
music, but did not initially intend to sing, being rather more
interested in directing films than being in the spotlight. She was
given the nickname "Kali Uchis" by her father.She is openly bisexual.
Uchis (/ˈuË tʃis/ OO-chees), is a Colombian-American singer and
songwriter. She debuted in the music industry with her 2012 mixtape,
Drunken Babble, which was described as "genre-defying". She released
her first EP, Por Vida, in 2015 to further recognition. Her debut
studio album, Isolation, was released in 2018 to widespread
acclaim.Karly-Marina Loaiza was born on July 17, 1994 in Alexandria,
Virginia. Her father moved from Pereira, Colombia to the United
States, fleeing the conflict in Colombia. He met Karly's mother in the
United States during the early 1990s. Her mother had children from a
previous marriage. Karly is their only child together. Her father
moved back to Colombia when Karly was in high school in order to take
care of his mother, who had fallen ill. Uchis stayed in Colombia with
her father and aunts during the summer. While growing up in an
immigrant and working-class home, her home life was often filled with
hard manual labor. In high school, she learned to play piano and
saxophone. Uchis participated in a jazz band, before her graduation
from T. C. Williams High School. Uchis often skipped classes to spend
time at the photo lab, making experimental short films. Her interest
in photography led to her creating mix-tape cover art. Skipping class
and breaking the curfew set by her parents led to her being kicked out
of her home in her adolescence. During this time, she lived in her car
and wrote songs on her keyboard which would later come in the form of
her lo-fi mixtape, Drunken Babble. She also wrote poetry, songs and
music, but did not initially intend to sing, being rather more
interested in directing films than being in the spotlight. She was
given the nickname "Kali Uchis" by her father.She is openly bisexual.
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