Even Uchis’ vocal range has flourished since her last project, with soul-clenching contraltos on “la luna enamorada” and shimmering high notes on tracks like “vaya con dios.” Uchis invites you to kindly refrain from putting her in any type of box, a clear departure from earlier days of consistently marketable mainstream hits.
On Sin Miedo, Uchis now demands respect not only in her relationships but in the ranks of American R&B stardom. Uchis declares on the song’s chorus, “Mando, aquí yo mando, si quieres conmigo vete acostumbrando,” translating in English to, “I command, here I call the shots, if you want to be with me get used to it.” Gone are the “Loner”-era days of solitude and introversion in love. On the track “¡aquí yo mando!” Uchis makes her inviolable confidence known with the help of a bilingual feature from rapper Rico Nasty. She gives us a velvety cover of “Que te pedí,” La Lupe’s most famous work from the 1960s, while also infusing elements of neoperreo, a burgeoning experimental subsect of reggaetón, on tracks like “la luz(Fín)” and “te pongo mal(prendalo).” Uchis’ roots in pop and R&B are not lost on Sin Miedo either, with infectiously fun synth ballads “telepatía” and “aguardiente y limón” and the luxuriously seductive “vaya con dios.” It’s evident that Uchis is becoming a savant of a variety of different sounds, all the while developing a self-assured voice absent on earlier works like Por Vida. Her ability to master both traditional Latin sounds and newly developing ones is further testament to Uchis’ artistic growth since Isolation. i hope it brings you any bit of the joy it has brought me.” Growing up in both Alexandria, Virginia and Pereira, Colombia, Uchis has fully embraced her multicultural upbringing on Sin Miedo, citing influences like Panamanian reggaetón group La Factoría and Cuban bolero singer La Lupe.
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With the project’s release in mid-November, Uchis tweeted, “this album is full of so many genres that made my childhood & i am very proud of its range of emotions & nostalgia. “la luna enamorada” sets the tone for the rest of the project, as Uchis presents the listener with a microcosm of modern Latin music, incorporating everything from reggaetón to bachata into the soulful R&B pop that made Uchis famous. Bolero, a type of slow-tempo music first popularized in 19th century Cuba, is just one of many different Latin genres that make an appearance on the album. Yet opener “la luna enamorada” may be surprising to some fans, both for Uchis’ uncharacteristically deep register and the song’s bolero-style structure. Known for her sultry California-glam aesthetic, Uchis’ lush vocals feel right at home on her latest project. On Sin Miedo, Uchis reminds us that good music transcends these bounds of language.
It represents a larger issue in our industry, which though steadily diversifying, has only just warmed up to breakout multilingual acts like Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny and Korean boy band BTS. Seemingly in response to these concerns, Uchis tweeted with the release of single “la luz” in October, “today i drop another song in spanish which i know means another day of disappointment for my english speaking fans who do not wish to make the attempt to listen to music in languages they can’t understand.” Despite the R&B princess’ unabashed celebration of Latin language and culture on prior projects like Por Vida (2015) and Isolation (2018), many of her American listeners are still resistant to embracing foreign-language music. Though highly anticipated by the majority of her fanbase, some English-speaking fans voiced their apprehension for the project - they felt it would fail to remain relatable and personally meaningful in a different language. Kali Uchis wants you to know that a language barrier doesn’t prevent you from enjoying her music.Įarlier this month, the 26-year-old Colombian American singer released her first Spanish-language album, Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios).
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