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Kelela

December 2023

  • images of four artists Anonhi, Renée Rapp, Kelela, Christine and the Queens

    From Renée Rapp to Anohni – the year in queer pop

    LGBTQ+ artists dominated in 2023, with club tracks, protest songs and gay anthems

June 2023

  • From left: Yaeji, Jessie Ware, Lil Yachty, Everything But the Girl, Lankum.

    Best culture of 2023 so far
    The best albums of 2023 so far

    From the unique sonic world of Yaeji to the dark folk music of Lankum, here are our picks of the best LPs from the first half of the year

February 2023

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    Kelela: Raven review – between the dancefloor and the bedroom

    The US singer’s long-awaited second album embraces the Black female experience with a mix of drum’n’bass and sensuous, unfurling soundscapes

November 2022

  • ‘I’m not seeking to be a bridge’ … Kelela.

    ‘Why did I feel rusty? White supremacy’: Kelela on writer’s block, outsiderdom and her long-awaited second album

    The US singer and producer received mass acclaim for her debut album in 2017, then vanished. After a battle with perfectionism, she’s back with renewed self-assurance and one eye fixed firmly on the dancefloor

April 2019

  • Lil Nas X; Kelela; Solange; Cardi B

    Fight for your right to yeehaw: Lil Nas X and country’s race problem

    With Old Town Road at No 1 in the UK, a new wave of music stars are redefining what it is to be a cowboy

October 2018

  • PopColumn

    Cash-in or creative rebirth: why are MGMT and Kelela remixing their albums?

    The average remix is just a marketing tool – a way to get money for old rope. But in the right hands and with the best intentions, it can be sublime

January 2018

  • Gallagher at California’s Cal Jam festival, October 2017.

    Liam Gallagher, Skepta and the xx to headline Manchester's Parklife festival

    Big-name pop, rap and R&B stars flock to Heaton Park weekender, with Lorde, NERD and J Hus also joining the bill

December 2017

  • Icy synths and classic structures … Kelela

    Best music of 2017
    The best albums of 2017, No 9: Kelela – Take Me Apart

  • trail-albums

    Best music of 2017
    The best albums of 2017: the full list

October 2017

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    Kelela: ‘I know deep down I’m a star’

    The R&B singer talks about epiphanies, privilege and eliminating old friends
  • Kelela, "LMK"

    Kitty Empire's album of the week
    Kelela: Take Me Apart review – sultry, shape-shifting R&B

    The LA-based singer fuses old-school vocals with cutting-edge music on her alluring debut
  • Kelela - Press Shot 2 [credit Dicko Chan]

    Kelela: Take Me Apart review – future-facing glitchy R&B with traction

April 2016

  • Kelela

    The crush
    Why I love… Kelela

    Her voice has a uniquely intimate quality. Everything sounds like she’s telling it to you in confidence

October 2015

  • Kelela performs at 2015 The Armory Party at Museum of Modern Art on March 4, 2015 in New York CityYeh/FilmMagic)

    What you should hear this week
    Why you should hear Kelela's Hallucinogen this week – video review

    The LA vocalist is still finding gold in the weird area between R&B and experimental electronica, says Alexis Petridis

May 2015

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    Kelela review – ‘If you ain’t shaking your ass, I don’t know what you’re doing’

    Using minimal effects, Kelela transforms a midweek gig into a sweaty club night, perfectly showcasing her off-kilter R&B

November 2014

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    Kelela review – a backstreet autopsy on pop

    Deliberately distorted, desecrated R&B is not always exciting in Kelela’s hands – but is still morbidly fascinating, writes Mark Beaumont

May 2014

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    The Guardian's Music Podcast
    Music Weekly podcast: the Manics, Kelela – plus should Glastonbury show the World Cup?

    It's a bumper Singles Club, with tracks from Manic Street Preachers, Kelela, Raul Midón and Years and Years

February 2014

  • Bok Bok

    New music
    Bok Bok – Melba's Call feat Kelela: New music

  • Singer Kelela backstage at the Fader Fort 2013

    Kelela and Klaxons confirmed for For Festival 2014

January 2014

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    Kelela: 'Sometimes I have to put my hand in the fire'

    Kelela's hotly tipped mutant R&B bagged a slot in the Guardian critics' albums of 2013. Not bad for someone who calls herself her own worst enemy
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