Irish alt-pop artist KEHLI sees out the year with her festive offering "This Christmas (All I Want Is U)"

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PRAISE FOR KEHLI

“‘One Last Kiss’ wouldn't feel hugely out of place on Mabel's Ivy to Roses mixtape, Dua Lipa's self-titled album or Mahalia's Seasons EP - the dancehall feel makes it a fitting soundtrack for the summer months.” - OFFICIAL CHARTS

"progressive pop hit" (Ur So Cool) - WONDERLAND

"Dublin-based pop artist KEHLI is back with her touching new song “Not OK”, the latest in a long line of singles that has seen her status grow to become one of the country’s leading pop prospects." - THE LINE OF BEST FIT

“Irish pop star on the rise, KEHLI” – EUPHORIA

“cathartic anthem “Dead Body,” a punchy track led by raw but jubilant message on realizing your self-worth amid a toxic relationship. With euphoric vocals drifting smoothly over vibrant guitar lines, the track manages to weigh fun-filled vibes up against an intimate experience infused with vulnerability." EARMILK

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After returning earlier this year to deliver her captivating singles “Lose U Now”, “All Outta Love” and “Dead Body”, the latter of which picked up support on BBC Radio 1's Future Pop with Mollie King, Apple "New in Pop" playlist addition in 72 Countries, and Spotify's Fresh Finds playlist, Irish pop starlet KEHLI is now seeing out the year with her shimmering festive delight “This Christmas”.

Giving a yuletide twist to her progressive pop aesthetics on this one, “This Christmas” caps off what has easily been her most impactful year to date. With a bright and uplifting direction perfectly set to her enchanting vocal style throughout, she continues to shine across this cheery new offering.

Speaking about the new release, she said, "‘This Christmas’ is a song about love and missing that one person you love at Christmas. It's about realising that you could have absolutely everything in the world, all the presents, all the money and it still doesn't add up to spending Christmas with the one you love or your family or just anyone you feel fills your heart at Christmas time. Wishing everyone a very happy Christmas with their loved ones!"

Hailing from Dublin, 21-year old KEHLI is a vocalist and performer with a soulful, passionate and unique interpretation of contemporary pop music. She’s drawn comparisons to the likes of Mabel, Raye, Dua Lipa and Anne-Marie.

Her music journey began at the tender age of five when she started stage school. There she studied music and dance including contemporary dance, hip-hop and ballet eventually competing at world championship level. Her evolving passion for music encouraged a 14 year old KEHLI to try her hands at a couple of TV music shows (X-Factor, The Voice etc) which gave her invaluable experience and gained her a small cult online following.

Soon after, a rehearsal clip of KEHLI singing Jorja Smith’s ‘Let Me Down’ made its way onto Instagram, gaining her a small viral moment. This led to the introduction of London-based producer/songwriter MSRD who helped KEHLI hone her sound along with key collaborators such as Cameron Gower Poole (Glowie, Raye) Raheem Bale, Kali Clare and others.

Since her debut release, KEHLI has gone on to achieve many early career milestones. Her TV debut last year was on the Late Late show with Ryan Turbidy following a year where she amassed over 13 million national radio impressions in Ireland with support from the likes of RTE 2 FM, 98 FM, Spin1038, iRadio, BBC R1 and Kiss FM. She was also noted to be the only female singer in the Irish Top 20 charts at the time. Other career highlights include reaching top #5 position in three key UK club charts including Commercial Pop Charts(#4), Upfront Club Charts(#3) and Urban Charts (#3) on her debut release (One Last Kiss) as reported by Music Week.

The Official Charts UK named her ‘One To Watch’ and she has also received support from industry tastemakers like Record of the Day, The Line of Best Fit, EARMILK, CLASH, Wonderland, Nialler 9, Irish Times and many others as well as DSP support from Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music and Filtr with editorial playlisting. New Music Friday, New Pop UK, Pop remix are some of her Spotify playlist achievements with over 1.1Million cumulative streams across Spotify alone.

Her release ‘Summer Lovin’ was a hit on the Irish airwaves and a DSP favourite landing New Music Friday and 14 other Spotify editorial playlists on release day as well as charting #15 on the TikTok Music Charts on release week. The project has since gone on to garner significant major label interest in the UK and US.

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lorraine longDecember 7, 2023