"Can life be a paradise on earth? /Are we going through hell?" Kali Uchis asked in the opening remarks of her fifth album Sincerely, Ask a question of a documented paper statement. "Paradise is a Home", the overture with the strings of the movie is reminiscent of the same Hollywood feeling Lana del Rey begins born to Die With the promise, “A story of a girl/has been imprisoned by her own thoughts.” Before shaping the many events of the record, writing “Paradise is a Home” introduced a series of references that would parry the challenges of Colombian American pop innovator on maternity, her own childhood, and the opposing truths with the same care.
Her last album 2024 after balancing Bolero, Reggaetón, Merengue and other styles orchid',,,,, The record is almost entirely singed in English and takes a narrower retro pop approach. Still, the album has many icons of Uchis' sound, evoking organic silk and rose body oils, and features a signature blend of kisses and universe, jazz, R&B, as well as Dream-Pop Pop Breakdowns, La Cocteau Twins. Emphasizing all these complex musical impulses, especially in repertoire, such as “I Can Say,” focuses on accepting the contradiction between self and accepting this acceptance, is a primitive, fantastic 50s and early sixties sensitivity. It's a voice that can go back to Uchis' early Doo-Wop influence while also thinking of an era of family, innocence and slow living, and the fantasy of security and stability that these things imply. She is the executive producer of the album, she is her first, and has received co-writing honors on each track.
Golden Easter eggs are everywhere Sincerely: When Elvis Presley sang "Walk Like an Angel/Sometimes I May Walk Like an Angel" sings on "Territory" which is responded by the delicious singing "Te Falto El Respeto", which is a bit like "It's Ours", which resembles the Beatles' "The Beetles of My Life" and is under the title of Brenda Lee's album. With the help of the songbird's tremolo, the main key flows to the langlen worm made of small keys and gauze, a suitable framework that illustrates the family peace that Uchis seeks for a long time, even if the feeling of singing should be too big for these sweet melodies.
She previously talked about her turbulent growth - "Kicked out the house as a teenager/ but I looked longer by myself." "Love is a gun/I will bite bullets/Isn't that enough for you?" She sang resentfully for "for: you." Then she folded it and said, "Yes, if you can/I'll bite the bullet."
One of the album's alternative covers is the masked Uchis and her son. On “The Angels Around Me” she reached out with a call to “Let’s Pray.” In April, Uchis shared the news of his mother's death, and his voice turned on "Sunlight and Rain..." from the song Uchis called "Epiphany": "All of us need someone/make the earth feels in heaven/baby, I'll be someone."
The recognition that Uchis found in the second half of the album was not the chaos and insecurity she sang earlier. It's all there: love and hurt, heaven and earth, birth and loss. These contradictions reached a full deification on "Ilysmih" representing "I love you so much, it hurts" and dedicated to her son: "He showed me my life is really worth / on Earth / on Earth / on Earth / on Earth / on it, it hurts, it hurts." His giggling "Mom" closes the album, which is also the first word.