Kali Uchis Sings Gwen Stefani, Billie Holiday, and "Dead to Me" in a Game of Song Association | ELLE

When #KaliUchis titled her debut album "Isolation" back in '18, she had no idea she was predicting the future. Isolation, however, has proven to be no hurdle for the Colombian-American vocalist - releasing an EP, an album, and topping the Billboard charts during this time. Tune in today on #SongAssociation as she sings #DeadtoMe, Billie Holiday and Gwen Stefani in a race against the clock! For more ELLE: • CNCO is Back for Round...
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[@sasukechan5909]

Nobody promoting kali like kali

[@kirbysbigmouth2052]

Please this comment is so funny😭😭

[@brookeb1753]

I came to the comments for this😭😂 I never saw somebody sing their own music this much in song association hahaha 💀😭

[@dorianb4001]

Jajajajajaja

[@krispykim9637]

@@brookeb1753 I mean she wrote them so might as well

[@Terry_Bell]

The vocals The self promotion The visuals She's a diamond

[@preposteroussvideos]

the confidence

[@patrick3616]

agh yes

[@axlrose1962]

My queen🔥😎🇨🇴

[@mari-ub7fm]

Hmmmmmmm yes

[@queenv4340]

Yesss

[@vibez998]

SHE SANG HER SONGS CUZ YALL SLEEP .

[@KarenGarcia-wl4dm]

Nah fr tho

[@callmeroberth6591]

PERIODT

[@bubeudeh]

^^^^

[@Luke-qi6pf]

fax

[@escvlvnte]

facts are facts

[@random-lx8uh]

she really said “no one else exists just me”

[@laug1576]

I mean her personality screams that

[@devilvalii]

As she fricking should

[@sherlynsarabia4979]

Main character vibes

[@preposteroussvideos]

@@devilvalii facts

[@maryisaac9439]

Egggggoooo

[@forevermiia]

she just gave us a whole concert

[@tear4049]

FOR FREE!

[@bubeudeh]

as she should

[@hiall9188]

she doesn’t finish her own concerts so she owes it to her fans HAHAHAH

[@eyesawstarz]

@@hiall9188 pfttttttt

[@Thiccalinda]

There's NO ONE who sings or sounds the way she does. She is her own genre

[@esmesal6006]

Yesss

[@L.Lavender]

Is her vocal style jazzy? I really can’t tell

[@tiannaharris6269]

@@L.Lavender that’s the thing we don’t know. She is so versatile

[@patrick3616]

yesss

[@FelipedePaulaLima]

Actually when she sings in English sounds like Yukimi Nagano from Little Dragon, and I love both

[@ANTHA69]

She really said ... lemme just sing ma songs 😍

[@michaelburton2400]

as she should

[@rnan4842]

QHHAHAHAHAAAHAAHAHAHHA

[@ANTHA69]

Wow I have a lot of likes 😗🥳😍😍

[@JoseRodriguez-vf1rm]

We love it !!!!

[@preposteroussvideos]

as she mfuckin should

[@imdaniok]

She sounded like a siren with that vocal warmup😂

[@Bubba.mitchell4603]

There’s siren warm ups though

[@isaiahs6697]

those warms ups are actually called sirens lol spot on

[@Trentvn]

as she shoulddd

[@OMGxITZxPACMAN]

She sounded like a siren enchanting sailors to shipwreck halfway in the video too lol

[@la_rosalia5541]

Aall I heaar is siiireeens

[@lucymoon]

here voice is unreal

[@TheNinjapancake14]

Hello there!

[@beebeetee2926]

Yes she has a nice voice.

[@axlrose1962]

Perfect🔥🇨🇴😎

[@wasay1589]

Her*

[@fleurgeneration]

Yes, about time y'all bought the queen on

[@Newjeans_Bunny23]

thats what im saying

[@chastee]

Right

[@tifzu_]

Purrr!

[@thalialeon7306]

Facts, she deserves recognition🥺

[@mirandapereira6406]

she opened her eyes a grand total of two times throughout the whole video lmao

[@Ant_0n_y0u]

She’s giving herself chills with her singing

[@AnthonyAlexanderonYT]

If she was a material, she would be a silk Very soft tone yet so elegant and has its unique style

[@blackfire1146]

I feel like cashmere suits the vibe better than silk tbh--luxurious and soft but still has texture and warmth :)♡

[@ipsilonia]

i feel like she'd be suede

[@isaryavilez8318]

Furrrr

[@bubeudeh]

^

[@willowboughs5111]

And silk is a super strong material, and it’s so ethereal

[@k_96]

Her tone and control is very powerful 😌

[@Bbspiice]

Not her forgetting the lyrics to la luna enamorada 😭😭

[@Bbspiice]

And every song after that

[@unpezconpatas1355]

right? She broke my heaaaaaart.

[@matheusduart5557]

RIGHT? THE SONG HAS LIKE 3 SECONDS HAHA

[@giancarlone]

Yeeeees, like girl that song has 3 phrases it's not that hard 😭😭😭

[@Victorismy]

Duele duele duele

[@TheSkinnyZ]

She looks like a better version of what it could’ve looked like when Trina (from Victorious) pretended to be a celebrity.

[@laurenpippa]

omg I just realized she does 😂

[@randomperson7721]

Omgosh frr lmao

[@DatVo-tl2dw]

Kali vega 😍😍

[@adymuneven]

SHEKAGOOOOOO SHEKAGOOOOO 🤣

[@aquaae]

wait lmaoooo, she really does!!!

[@lalisagrande]

SIS IS OUT HERE JUST VIBING AND SAAANGING

[@andreavillazon9549]

I Was thinking same hahahah

[@nicolasbuitrago1801]

No one: Kali at the beginning: 🚨🚑 🚨 🚑

[@thinkjaded]

💀💀💀

[@love23music1]

Lol

[@anacanti2021]

Okay but the RAW VOCALS 😭😭😭💕🌟

[@ELLE]

And shot AT HOME?! Kali is IT! x

[@corijaiden]

its funny cus normally everyone forgets their own songs but she said "nope I remember each and every one of them".

[@no-gf9tc]

kali: me, myself and I

[@jalensera]

They don’t forget they just don’t wanna cop out and sing their songs every time lmao

[@brandonneal9884]

that's how you know she wrote every single one of em 😌

[@KayleeANNAytbe]

Her voice seems like amy whinehouse and adele she is like a jazzwoman. She is so talented

[@VonnyM480]

When I first heard her I said the same thing!!!

[@bodo887]

Nothing about her sounds like Amy Winehouse or Adele to me. She sounds more like a modern Sade with her very smooth sultriness or Aaliyah in the higher more sweet sounding parts. Also you can hear her inspiration for Billie Holiday a lot. Amy once said Billie Holiday is overrated and she prefers singers like Sarah Vaughan, which you can hear in her singing.

[@afteryou21]

Agreed. Nothing unheard of. Everyone’s trying to sing like this now a days.

[@lanagaga7504]

yes omg!!!!!

[@vliciouss]

Imagine some jazzy songs from her 😻 or Latin jazz

[@brittanyp9334]

Number 4, "worry", should have counted. I think if they start singing the song, even if they haven't sang the actual word yet before the timer runs out, it should still count.

[@amelabali3439]

I think that too for every singer! If they start singing the song that has the word in it they should count it!🙁

[@niccotorres]

What is the name of the song?

[@duarrr8969]

whats the name of the song??

[@popmusicguru]

agreed

[@CallHerChristian]

Agreed

[@anklyophobia]

You better apologize to her for not providing the sound equipment that her vocals deserve

[@liabstract1403]

it was shot at home ❤️

[@anklyophobia]

@@liabstract1403 i could tell the first time thx ❤️

[@danielrios1695]

And yet she STILL DID THAT

[@liliswan207]

It wasn’t shot at home, and the sound quality is great, what are you talking about?

[@random-lx8uh]

she really said “me myself and i”

[@daniellasalazar7295]

so were just not going to talk about her singing WHITNEY

[@z0ranz0ran]

Riiiight I want a full version and I want it now

[@notyou666]

and forgetting the lyrics

[@Bro-cz8bj]

@@notyou666 ok and lmao💀

[@plutodestroyedme]

@@notyou666 she’s human... humans forget things...

[@oliverjade594]

did y’all think she would think of another song with mejor in the title

[@depikarabitilover]

MY EXACT THOUGHTS HDHDBDJSJS

[@-maya-6498]

they’re giving it to her on purpose so she can promote her songs LMAO

[@shaina8947]

elle clearly did that on purpose lol

[@ellenschaper6305]

Her speaking voice is so quiet in comparison to her singing voice 😯

[@abil5438]

She designed the glasses y'all 💕💕

[@tafflewaffle5925]

where are they from

[@Yourrrr]

Sin miedo is a TOP TIER album with no skips 🗣🗣🗣

[@esmesal6006]

Yes😍

[@emi-ye2hy]

its amazing

[@jaachelyn]

her whole discography.

[@minombre4659]

if u need a hero just look in the mero

[@aileensalido6169]

😭😭😂😂😂😂

[@nathalia7652]

💀💀💀

[@rachaelaguariavwodo8848]

😂 lyrical license

[@MsDiva96]

She is just such a vibe

[@hazelsouttakes]

she really is

[@deku9808]

Kali Uchis: h Me: yes at all, an actual piece of art, lets pray

[@CarissaJenkins]

🤣🤣🤣

[@suhanirathi5779]

Her entire look is such a vibe

[@felipem.a.12]

The best song association by far, she literally served us a mini concert with flawless vocals for days, and also, I think that rich girl really suits her

[@johnnyboooy21]

she singing her own songs in a song association is the confidence level I need in my life

[@SenaVEVO]

i freaking love kali but this is the most awkward song association game i've ever seen ahahahah HER VOCALS ON POINT THO

[@linzyc4696]

AGREE 100%

[@ckarndusunme4394]

Ok I agree but I don't find it awkward in an uncomfortable way, but in a rlly funny way

[@badguy565]

It ain’t awkward she’s just vibing 😌😌

[@evelyndelarosa1787]

Was trying to find a comment bringing this up cause I didn’t want to lmao

[@gioovannabp]

THE TALENT. THE AUDACITY. THE LOOK. she is so underrated it bothers me. She is a gem ✨🥺

[@DARIUSAA1]

I wouldn’t be mad if Kali only thought of and sung Kali songs as everyone should be listening to Kali songs. Ps she gets a point back for ‘worry’ because in this video we’re all running on Kali’s time gracias y buena noche

[@lynncristinne]

Periodt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@avrilkanas572]

what is the name of the song that includes the word "worry"?

[@yahaelt290]

Buenas noches *

[@miacalmet2245]

Her vocals have improved so much i love her

[@MR-zz3zb]

when the singer actually sounds like the singer: ugh I love her

[@fabiodiaz7706]

it's those angelical vocals for me

[@milosummers2779]

They just giving her words from her own songs💀💀

[@maikysolorzano5224]

That’s the challenge lol

[@ilikethewordyeahsoyeahyeah6209]

Not really, no. Normally they get various random words lol. It doesn't have to always be a word from their own songs.

[@cainthings]

@@ilikethewordyeahsoyeahyeah6209 (fue) mejor and (la) noche (enamorada). Bruh.

[@gangreen.toenails]

The way I search for Kali like 1000 times a day and this comes up in my recommendations days late, I'm mad

[@Cass_i]

Same! After I found telepatía 4 days ago it was over. She's all I listen to

[@Sea_witch_]

Kali singing like 😴🎶🎶🎶 Is mood!

[@fernandourbina2838]

SHE INVENTED ALL THE DICTIONARY.

[@jhordanyel]

yasss

[@Luvandrockettes]

she had to sing her songs cause y'all sleeping on her. Stream Sin miedo!

[@bradyswanson2883]

why didn't she answer any questions like literally every other person on song association???

[@minukarodrigo]

Probably this video was done in Spanish

[@TheYolo88]

Sis was trynna win I guess lolll

[@valentinasalcedojimenez4370]

I think it's because she is doing it from home, so probably no one was there to ask questions

[@irvingfonseca7889]

Yeah, these are being recorded form their own homes, just listen to the echo, thats something that never used to happen, cause these videos used to be recorded from the ELLE studio, now they just aren´t anymore. The same happened with Melanie when she recorded a song association video last month

[@crysvdz]

They might have not asked any

[@veryserioususer4941]

"dead to me by me ✨"

[@jessecastro8246]

yall gave her too many words of her songs smh

[@jamiefredrickson4029]

Like how many songs have mejor and enemy

[@linzyc4696]

@@jamiefredrickson4029 Uhhhhh a lot 😭

[@nataliaflores1398]

That's the point. Idk if you've noticed but every episode they give the artists words from their songs so they challenge themselves to not use their own songs

[@babidibibidi8778]

@@nataliaflores1398 looks like she dgaf about the challenge 💀

[@anonimo3012]

@@jamiefredrickson4029 u know that people make songs in spanish right

[@ChannelLauraReis]

her voice is so clear and beautiful

[@samanthakellie1740]

2:55 is so magical she sounds incredible, I wish more of her own songs featured those kind of high notes

[@nickstendal6562]

she KILLED it but why did they edit this video so badly??! like it’s so dry put some RESPEK on her name

[@avocadoobrigado1448]

she has such an incredible and unique voice i love her

[@carloscarrillo1169]

I found this artist in 2014 and not only did she save me from the world at the time, but she saved me from myself. She is in the three reign of my top Queens...Sade,Amy, and Kali👸👸👸

[@christelleilmet3601]

Her voice is so unique and beautiful. Thank y’all for having her. Love this 💙

[@Mike-gt6xy]

her voice makes me feel I like I've slept 8 hours straight , what a blessing 💕💕💕💕💕💕

[@DanielPerez-pw1sr]

her vocal control and tone is so unique. very impressive range as well! gorgeous.

[@austinq3151]

her voice could be described as soulful, jazzy, and a turbulent blend of powerful and whispery vocals. I mean that in the best of ways lol

[@sofiadelcastillo5639]

the vocals are everyting

[@abrown5526]

'Rich Girl' really fits her. She should remake it!

[@TheOrangeneck]

KALI SINGING BILLIE HOLLIDAY I REPEAT KALI SINGING BILLIE HOLLIDAY

[@327outkast]

RIGHT? I LOVE THEM BOTH SO MUCH ❤️

[@larissarodrigues1234]

that took me out of this Planet for a moment 😥💞

[@Emily-ie4zw]

Her voices gives me chills and goosebumps. She is unique and not for everyone 💫🌱❤️

[@thecorruptedcat989]

She sounds like the women in 40/50s. 😩

[@Marcelino44]

She deserves so much recognition!!

[@ivonnenievicz]

girl was really enjoying the room acoustics

[@Bunnypop54]

omg imagine being her kid and hearing her voice echoing through the halls in the morning

[@Hawk259]

Definitely should have gotten that point for “worry”... 😒 Gorgeous voice and gorgeous girl!!! 🙌🏽❤️

[@user-ld1px2us7d]

Could you please tell me what's the name of the song she sang for "worry"?

[@oliviamintz8149]

YES KALI VOCALSSSSS I love how much power and energy she put into literally everything she sang

[@tristensullivan5602]

I’m obsessed her Voice is just getting better and better 😍🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@valeriavazquez5222]

“Ya no contesta ni el t e l e f o n o” was epic☠️

[@DANNYst309]

Quedé en shock😮😮😮

[@strawberryswing7433]

her voice is unbelievable . so talented

[@mamalee2631]

I could listen to her voice 24/7 and never get tired of it

[@Shewhowrites]

I get chills with her singing she’s so healing 💖

[@amanichabikuli7125]

myyy sister has been CHEWING THE VOCALSSSS

[@totallyslutz]

Her voice so angelic🧚

[@zoeonyoutubeduh]

her voice is so lovely omg 🥺

[@indigocat3184]

her voice is hallucinate and u just can't get enough of it

[@damiansanchez429]

just picturing the camera crew sitting there while shes doing an almost flawless vocal performance of mostly her own songs

[@mothastrud]

kali’s voice is so ethereal both in real life and on her tracks

[@farfalles2665]

I love her so much ! Her energy is everything 😩

[@aracelydiezcanseco6848]

HER VOICE IS SO NATURAL BYE😳💓

[@sunztirade6493]

Can we just get a playlist of Kali doing covers. I wouldn’t mind at all.

[@wavy918]

Omg I was so happy when I saw the notification 🤍

[@alexandrasmith492]

THIS WAS MY FAVORITE! luv me some Kali and this new album of hers is the absolute best💕

[@lamb4life327]

Dude I have always thought that Kali reminded me of Kelis! Love this! And love her! She's such a vibe!

[@katdevona6127]

Her voice is angelicccccc

[@DouglasAlmeida-hp5jk]

she sounds like an angel omg

[@christopherallenpoblete6281]

She is so chill and I'm lovin' it! 💖

[@hadi6978]

her vocals are so stable and so beautiful

[@octaviacervantes8979]

She puts a lot of soul in her music like Amy I love it 🥰

[@valeriam8824]

she so fire and sooo underrated

[@ok-so7ob]

I’ve been waiting for this one! *turn it up*

[@dovechinje8320]

I’ve been waiting for this one. I love this woman

[@moraalcubo]

No sabía que necesitaba este vídeo hasta hace un minuto

[@renannogueira6366]

Wow. I've never heard of her before. But I'm glad now that I now her. Such an incredible voice.

[@emi-ye2hy]

her voice is so beautiful

[@everythingnkanyezim]

I BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE 😍

[@alexandria9870]

AND THIS IS THE WOMAN WHO GAVE US DRUNKEN BABBLE IFYKYK!!! So grateful to follow her entire career it's crazy!!!

[@dayalovesyou3306]

WHAT A QUEEN 😩😩❤️

[@dahmeatislong6313]

Listening to her sing literally gives me chills ,,,🥰

[@mahaliathompson1009]

Omg her voice gives me chills!