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" It's difficult as an artist sometimes. There's a lot of pressure when it's your first album. You want to make something that's meaningful and timeless, not something that's trendy. "

Kali Uchis

Want

You

Artist

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Kali Uchis

Work

Myself

" Music is your way to change the frequencies of everything around you and move your own body, move your whole environment. "

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Kali Uchis

Growing

Music

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Kali Uchis

You

Doing

" I wasn't into social media at all, but when I decided I was going to put out my own music, I said, 'Okay, I'm just going to post it.' And that's when it started its rounds on the Internet, and people started to take an interest in me. "

Kali Uchis

Music

People

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Kali Uchis

Really

Natural

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" I was really grateful for the photography classes, the art classes, and the video classes. They would let me skip all my other classes and stay and work on my projects. "

Kali Uchis

Art

Grateful

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Kali Uchis

Creative

Got

" The first time I did a show, I definitely didn't get any money. My friend just let me do this show. I was so nervous: my mic didn't work, and I was like, 'Urgh.' It was terrible. It was a dingy club off of the highway, but all these people came. It was packed out. "

" I don't really use any face products anymore because they make me break out. I like natural remedies. I usually put honey on my face. Sometimes, I put sugar in it so it's an exfoliant, too. I add raw coconut oil, which is good as a face wash and a moisturizer. "

Kali Uchis

Oil

Sometimes

" I used to love to look at cover art for vinyls. "

" I made music just for myself. "

" Aliens are definitely real. "

Kali Uchis

Definitely

Real

" I was kicked out of the house, and I was really difficult as a kid. I'm happy it happened because I was able to grow so much from it, you know? It's always hurtful to feel that you can't be on the same page with people that you love as much as your family. Sometimes they don't know how to deal with all the things that are coming at them. "