1. LIKE WHICH VID YOU WANT NEXT BY LIKING 1 OF THE NAMES UNDER THIS! ADD A NAME YOU WOULD LIKE IN THE NEXT VOTE BY COMMENTING ;) 2. The quotes are much easier to read now and there are the sources under the text. Sorry for the nasal tone, I will change that
ty! glad u like, it's really cool to learn how intertwined all their stories are, also how many of the people I've covered have similar influences. Spice Girls being repped a lot...
@@POPICANA Some of my fav Kelela songs are produced by Arca, i just love producers that have that specific sound that you can recognize without those producer tags. and hearing how they just met randomly and hung out is cool, like coincidences are so fascinating that.
The fact that she stopped studying at age 25 to pursue her dreams is really inspiring. It's so weird being on the other side of 20 feeling like it's too late to do stuff even though it's still the beginning of ur life. Also people often forget all the backing vocals she did on the path to hone her skills: Working with Tosin Abasi Being backing vocals for TRAM (Progressive Jazz Metal supergroup) Doing backing vocals for Sheera etc I often wonder what got her in those situations
The Sheera I am referring to is Sheera Ehrig, Kelela did backing vocals for some performances of this EP (not sure if she had writing credits also) soundcloud.com/sheera-marie-ehrig/sets/sandbox-ep-2011 Turns out Sheera also has writing credits on Guns & Synths and also did some backing vocals on TRAM. Tosin Abasi from TRAM is based in Washington so I'm location and proximity to jazz music is a big part of how these people came together
i always feel like she is self conscious of her age and thinks “its too late” KELELA NO!!! IDGAF ILY! IM 19! YOUR MUSIC IS EVERYTHING! KEEP ON GOING!!!!
Agism is real, by like 25 most young women think their life is over. I truly think we women dgaf, because when we turned that age? wouldn't we want to keep pursuing our dreams....
She’s truly inspiring; LMK and Jupiter are my favorite songs by her, and her career trajectory is always a reminder to me that hard work does pay off, even when the odds are stacked against you.
Is this the kind of length vid you want to see? Is there too much on the childhood? Is it boring when there isn’t a lot of childhood footage say for smaller artists like Kelela (the only footage/picture I could find is the one in the beginning lol)? Would you like to see more aesthetic retro kiiiiiiiind of related footage whenever possible instead of just using the artist’s interviews and live shows? Should I add more LA drop shots? mmmm…LA at night….
Yes, we'll watch either way! Personally, I like your videos because they're not "your average docu/vio". I like when you talk about the artist's childhood even if there's not a lot of footage from that part of their lives but the way you explain everything just make us the audience kind of imagine the story. Great work!
Omg, this video was so well done! I love Kelela, but I only knew the basics about her being second gen Ethiopian-American and from the DMV. It's so inspiring to see someone brave enough to take a leap and follow their dreams especially when they thought their time had come and gone. I had no idea she was almost 40. P.S. I've watched several of your videos over the past few days and my triflin ass is now subscribed
ty! Her story was so interesting to go over, it's crazy how many genres she went through and then only started making her own music in her late 20's. Really courageous to leave university because you know you can't take not being with your purpose anymore, but you only have a semester left. The experience of listening to her feels so much richer now I know how long it took and how much work she had to do just to release her first body of work
I had the pleasure of seeing her twice in DC and her parents were in the audience. She was so good and really had a great time delivering her music for the fans to the point where she went over on her set and kept going despite the venue pressing her to end the show. She’s got a fan in me!
I found kelela's music on soundcloud when I was like 16 and completely fell in love. I'm now in my mid twenties and discovered my love for music production. Feeling like it's too late but everyone has their own timing and I'm just getting started. She for sure created her own lane and I love that.
i graduated from the same high school as her in 2021, and i have to say that her vision of a bridge between different races and classes has been achieved, my best friends come from different cultural and economic backgrounds and i am more than grateful to Kelela for giving us that opportunity in changing the school’s culture
Thank you for covering my absolute favorite artist! Her music and her story really resonates with me like nothing else. The journey of feeling like you e missed out on opportunities because of your age & the sheer emotion she puts in her music that you in turn feel. It’s really so sad she so underrated. I really wish I was able to see her on her take me apart tour. What we really need now is for her to come back to us 😭
Thank you so much for making this video! I heard her music alot in shops and stuff but didn't know how she was. I properly discovered her playing pes19 on ps4. Her music elevated me a bit since then. That said she hasn't been active in media or socials. Wherever she is I really hope she's doing well and happy
idk if u know anything about cecile believe but it would be cool to see a video done about her. she was close with SOPHIE and did a bunch of the vocals for oil of every pearls un insides. she put out two albums in 2020 and is a very good artist.
The scene in NY around 2013 was so good! Going to Fade to Mind / Night Slugs club nights at the sadly now defunct venue Steel Drums felt like finding my tribe, and Kelela (still somewhat unknown during this time) would jump on the mic to sing over their metallic other worldly beats, which reminded me of Timbaland's most adventurous and lethal productions during the late 90's & early 00's ("Enemy" is a perfect example of this). This would turn out to be songs from her debut mixtape. I just remember thinking "this is IT! This is everything I could want in an r&b/pop artist!"
i love ur videos so much ! i love seeing how my faves got to where they are right now and it inspires me to keep going as a small artist in the process :) i hope you do dorian electra!
1. LIKE WHICH VID YOU WANT NEXT BY LIKING 1 OF THE NAMES UNDER THIS! ADD A NAME YOU WOULD LIKE IN THE NEXT VOTE BY COMMENTING ;)
2. The quotes are much easier to read now and there are the sources under the text. Sorry for the nasal tone, I will change that
1.Cupcakke
2. Kim Petras
3. A.G Cook
4. Hannah Diamond
@@POPICANA sis drop ur insta
We need her to come back now more than ever...
Agree!
💯
a year later and i still NEED it lmao
SHE'S BACK!!!
Raven is coming Feb 10th 2023
Her connection to Little Dragon makes me so happy.
rightttt
OMG EVER SINCE WATCHING UR ARCA VID, IVE LOVED UR LIL DOCUMENTARIES, I LOVE KELELA SO MUCH!
ty! glad u like, it's really cool to learn how intertwined all their stories are, also how many of the people I've covered have similar influences. Spice Girls being repped a lot...
@@POPICANA Some of my fav Kelela songs are produced by Arca, i just love producers that have that specific sound that you can recognize without those producer tags. and hearing how they just met randomly and hung out is cool, like coincidences are so fascinating that.
I would love one done on Florence Welch (Florence and the Machine) 🤍
The fact that she stopped studying at age 25 to pursue her dreams is really inspiring. It's so weird being on the other side of 20 feeling like it's too late to do stuff even though it's still the beginning of ur life. Also people often forget all the backing vocals she did on the path to hone her skills:
Working with Tosin Abasi
Being backing vocals for TRAM (Progressive Jazz Metal supergroup)
Doing backing vocals for Sheera etc
I often wonder what got her in those situations
I 100% agree, I relate to feeling like I’m too old for certain artistic adventures but this video helped me realize it never too late! truly inspiring
exactly. shes proof that its never too late. and she should definitely keep going 🥺
The Sheera I am referring to is Sheera Ehrig, Kelela did backing vocals for some performances of this EP (not sure if she had writing credits also) soundcloud.com/sheera-marie-ehrig/sets/sandbox-ep-2011
Turns out Sheera also has writing credits on Guns & Synths and also did some backing vocals on TRAM.
Tosin Abasi from TRAM is based in Washington so I'm location and proximity to jazz music is a big part of how these people came together
her name is pronounced kuh-luh-lah.
@Isla Darling think harder?
this is all you have to say..?
@@saphirosh what’s wrong with correcting someone
Her music made a fundamental difference in my life
thank you for this! Kelela is such an underrated artist that deserves to be in the spotlight! her debut album is a masterpiece
take me apart is fucking phenomenal. one of my favorite albums to DATEEEEE
i always feel like she is self conscious of her age and thinks “its too late” KELELA NO!!! IDGAF ILY! IM 19! YOUR MUSIC IS EVERYTHING! KEEP ON GOING!!!!
Agism is real, by like 25 most young women think their life is over. I truly think we women dgaf, because when we turned that age? wouldn't we want to keep pursuing our dreams....
True. Fuck ageism. Age has nothing to do with good music. Plus, Kelela looks younger than most current artists anyway.
@@rachaelflores5602 exactly. its all society telling people over a certain age that its “too late” but whos stopping you?? no one.
@@What-pr5yz period
Same I'm 20 and already feel late in producing etc.
Can you please do Kilo Kish or Yeule? I’m already hooked on your vids so far 🥲😊
omfg yes. both are so good.
Kilo Kish YES
She’s truly inspiring; LMK and Jupiter are my favorite songs by her, and her career trajectory is always a reminder to me that hard work does pay off, even when the odds are stacked against you.
This makes me want to cry tears of joy, so inspiring as an artist
Is this the kind of length vid you want to see? Is there too much on the childhood? Is it boring when there isn’t a lot of childhood footage say for smaller artists like Kelela (the only footage/picture I could find is the one in the beginning lol)? Would you like to see more aesthetic retro kiiiiiiiind of related footage whenever possible instead of just using the artist’s interviews and live shows? Should I add more LA drop shots? mmmm…LA at night….
It's whatever either way I'll still watch
@@smash5551 But it will be a better watch at thaaat! Put JEsus on thy name, deuces up \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/
Yes, we'll watch either way! Personally, I like your videos because they're not "your average docu/vio". I like when you talk about the artist's childhood even if there's not a lot of footage from that part of their lives but the way you explain everything just make us the audience kind of imagine the story.
Great work!
i actually like the longer videos!!! i really like learning about their backgrounds
I like the longer videos sis! I like learning about their childhood. Its interesting. But obv I'll watch either way! Xo
Omg, this video was so well done! I love Kelela, but I only knew the basics about her being second gen Ethiopian-American and from the DMV. It's so inspiring to see someone brave enough to take a leap and follow their dreams especially when they thought their time had come and gone. I had no idea she was almost 40. P.S. I've watched several of your videos over the past few days and my triflin ass is now subscribed
ty! Her story was so interesting to go over, it's crazy how many genres she went through and then only started making her own music in her late 20's. Really courageous to leave university because you know you can't take not being with your purpose anymore, but you only have a semester left. The experience of listening to her feels so much richer now I know how long it took and how much work she had to do just to release her first body of work
I had the pleasure of seeing her twice in DC and her parents were in the audience. She was so good and really had a great time delivering her music for the fans to the point where she went over on her set and kept going despite the venue pressing her to end the show. She’s got a fan in me!
YOU ARE MY FAVE CHANNEL RN
ty!
please do caroline polachek!!
not fitting under a Kelela video LOL
@@DV-su5fj omfg i forgot😭😭😭😭
@@DV-su5fj lmaoo asdfghjkl
Yesssss!
@@DV-su5fj Why lol?
I found kelela's music on soundcloud when I was like 16 and completely fell in love. I'm now in my mid twenties and discovered my love for music production. Feeling like it's too late but everyone has their own timing and I'm just getting started. She for sure created her own lane and I love that.
YAS like thank you why is she so underrated?? There is literally no sane reason. 😭
Also her aquaphoria mix is the best!!!!!!
Can you also make one on ABRA?
i graduated from the same high school as her in 2021, and i have to say that her vision of a bridge between different races and classes has been achieved, my best friends come from different cultural and economic backgrounds and i am more than grateful to Kelela for giving us that opportunity in changing the school’s culture
I LOVE HER ALBUM SO MUCH THANK YOU!!!
It's sad bc her music truly is for the future:((
I love this! I have loved her for a long time and really feel her music as authentic!
Can you do Eartheater next?!?
true omg
thx for suggestion! lemme check them out
My favourite artist hands down
Thank you for covering my absolute favorite artist! Her music and her story really resonates with me like nothing else. The journey of feeling like you e missed out on opportunities because of your age & the sheer emotion she puts in her music that you in turn feel. It’s really so sad she so underrated. I really wish I was able to see her on her take me apart tour. What we really need now is for her to come back to us 😭
I LOVE KELELA
I miss her sm 😭😭😭 mother where are u
Her cover of softest place sends me into orbit
Thank you so much for making this video! I heard her music alot in shops and stuff but didn't know how she was. I properly discovered her playing pes19 on ps4. Her music elevated me a bit since then. That said she hasn't been active in media or socials. Wherever she is I really hope she's doing well and happy
idk if u know anything about cecile believe but it would be cool to see a video done about her. she was close with SOPHIE and did a bunch of the vocals for oil of every pearls un insides. she put out two albums in 2020 and is a very good artist.
When the world needed her the most, she vanished! How dare she /:
I thought it was pronounced like "luh-luh"
Can’t wait for her to come back been craving new music
Same!
Raven was my AOTY in 2023
Thank you so much for this video ! i appreciate you speaking on nonwhite artists because some of these pop culture pages only speak on white girls
Kelela is QUEEN!
Can you do Rochelle Jordan? 🥺
do one on sevdaliza!!
A love the sound that kelela creates
I love Kelela so much, she was a huge part of my growth. I'm really glad you did this man keep up the good work! You get a sub from me :)
I love her! I’m grateful for hearing Rewind played at my old job at Ulta. Since then, I am forever a fan.
The scene in NY around 2013 was so good! Going to Fade to Mind / Night Slugs club nights at the sadly now defunct venue Steel Drums felt like finding my tribe, and Kelela (still somewhat unknown during this time) would jump on the mic to sing over their metallic other worldly beats, which reminded me of Timbaland's most adventurous and lethal productions during the late 90's & early 00's ("Enemy" is a perfect example of this). This would turn out to be songs from her debut mixtape. I just remember thinking "this is IT! This is everything I could want in an r&b/pop artist!"
Please do one on Kim Petras!
love her! saw her once live and it was refreshing
I would love to see you do Kim Petras Documentary
We need Caroline Polachek!
She is so good
Please do Tei Shi next!!
Love to see it !
Love her work ! Never knew her story she’s amazing 😻
Deus abençoe grandemente a vida de Kelela Mizanekristos
PLEASE do a Mitski one
feel like pure shite m8, just want her back😭
At least pronounce her name right, it’s kuh luh luh
I love this woman 💛💛💛💛
Your videos are so good omg
Can you make one about Sevdaliza please
second this. shabrang was my favourite album from 2020
yessss
just got into her music! I might put her in the next vote
@@POPICANA please listen ISON!
@@crysta11ine will do! thx for rec ;)
WAKE UP KELELA POSTEDDDDDDDDD
I’m loving these videos! there very informal and inspiring as well
i love ur videos so much ! i love seeing how my faves got to where they are right now and it inspires me to keep going as a small artist in the process :) i hope you do dorian electra!
GREAT JOB MAN
Do Rochelle jordan
I really hope you reach 1 million views
Very good video, love Kelela. Congrats
the accent is so annoying... 12:00 wth did you say?
on the run is such a BOP
Yup...She went off with that one
do eartheater and kali uchis next 🙏
I MISS HER SO MUCH, I CANNOT LEAVE CUT 4 ME AND TMA ALONE
Pls do bjotk
Oh HELL YEAH
i feel like shit just want kelela back
i love her sm
Your work is amazing!!!!
I miss her :(
these videos are so good. thank you!
I love her so much 😍😍😍😍
“and- I can’t pronounce that” wow way to disrespect that random producer
u just disrespected the producer by calling them random lmao
great pick!!!!
Who was the artist who Kelela was inspired by after seeing her perform?
Amel Lerrieux
Love her!
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Thas not how you pronounce her name. 😘
Please! The Story Of Viktoria Modesta.
Not you mispronouncing her name..
Plzzz do a vid on greyson chance and troye sivan plzzzz
please please please do “the story of caroline polachek”😭😭
could you do a documentary about sky ferreira pleaseeee??
youre pronouncing her name wrong
At least say her name right...
didn’t know that she got in that accident wow
RAVEN COME SOON. ❤
any news about her second album ??
Wow I love her were did she goo?
iamamiwhoami next please
do the story of solange
Great video
11:30 LMAO