She’s all dolled up and ready to dance in the moonlight – it’s just the high feminine mystical energy that we’d expect from Kali Uchis.
The Grammy-winning American-Colombian superstar returns with another taste of her new album Red Moon In Venus dropping an opulent track overflowing with hedonist desires: ‘Moonlight’. Ultra-buttery, blissful, and smoky, on the bilingual single Kali romantically yearns to get high with her lover serenading us in Spanish and English. The single was released on the 24th February but fans heard a sneak peek of the track when it was teased by Kali on her TikTok account back in November.
It’s the second single from Red Moon in Venus which will drift between soul, R&B, pop, and música urbana according to the singer. On the album “Love is the message,” Uchis explains, “Red Moon In Venus is a timeless, burning expression of desire, heartbreak, faith, and honesty, reflecting the divine femininity of the moon and Venus. The moon and Venus work together to make key aspects of love and domestic life work well. This body of work represents all levels of love—releasing people with love, drawing love into your life and self-love. It’s believed by many astrologers that the blood moon can send your emotions into a spin, and that’s what I felt represented this body of work best”. Uchis reportedly went into the recording process intending to create an album that felt timeless, one that can be enjoyed any time and any place and will remain meaningful throughout the years to her and her fans. You can hear this fiery yet soft LP on 3rd March.
“Red Moon In Venus is a timeless, burning expression of desire, heartbreak, faith, and honesty, reflecting the divine femininity of the moon and Venus.”
Kali Uchis on Red Moon in Venus
In an interview with Pitchfork Kali spilled that the 15-track album includes a couple of Spanish-language tracks, but that they are “conceptually and sonically” different from the songs on her next Spanish album she’s releasing later this year. “When I think of Red Moon in Venus, I think of being on a bike ride, or laying in the sun listening on my headphones,” she said. Her next album will be more upbeat exploring her “bitchier side” according to the artist. “Being multidimensional, there’s all these different sides of me that I need to show”.
The new track follows previous Red Moon In Venus offering the delicate and ethereal sad girl tune ‘I Wish You Roses’, which arrived alongside a dreamy rose-tinted video directed by Cho Gi-Seok.
Her US tour supported by RAYE starts in April and is already sold out – we’re hoping that UK and EU dates will be dropping close behind the release of the album. She’s also set to be playing a few festival dates this Summer including Coachella and Lollapalooza.
Raised between Virginia and Colombia, though it’s hard to believe now Kali Uchis was originally more interested in making films than being in the spotlight. Her 2012 debut mixtape Drunken Babble was praised for its genre-defying nature the singer having pulled influence from R&B, 50s doo-wop, and reggae. She caught widespread attention with her debut EP Por Vida in 2015, and even more fame followed with her 2018 debut album, Isolation. Uchis has collaborated and shared stages with SZA, Tyler the Creator, Gorillaz, Jorja Smith, Diplo, Major Lazer, Snoop Dogg, Kaytranada, Leon Bridges, and boyfriend Don Toliver. Last year, Uchis achieved more success winning three Billboard Latin Awards, two Billboard Music Awards and an American Music Award.
Words by: Molly Sutherland
Header Image: Kali Uchis
