Kali Uchis Writes Love Letters On New Album ‘Sincerely’

Grammy-winning singer Kali Uchis has undergone quite a personal journey over the past year. She became a mom last year following the release of her Spanish album Orquídeas, and in recent months in the lead-up to her new album Sincerely, the Colombian-American singer lost her own mother.

On her fifth studio album, out now, Uchis opens her heart and bares her soul as she shares some of the most intimate parts of her world today, namely her son and her family. While her previous English album, 2023’s Red Moon in Venus, featured a mix of sounds and rhythms, Sincerely is largely driven by ballads and heartfelt emotional tracks, first signaled by singles “Sunshine & Rain…” and “ILYSMIH” and later on songs like “Heaven Is a Home…,” “For: You,” and “Daggers!”

After releasing three albums three years in a row, Uchis confessed to Angie Martinez on her IRL podcast that she’s deciding how to spend her time moving forward. “I’m in a place where I’m trying to figure out what am I going to dedicate myself to after this besides my son,” she said, groaning at “the whole idea of just having to sell and promote something.”

“I’m just really excited that I finally wrapped this album. I’m finally able to close this chapter of my life and kind of move forward into whatever is the next [thing].”

Still, she noted that she isn’t falling out of love with what introduced her to millions around the globe. “I love making music. I love making art. I love creating,” she said, explaining that she doesn’t care for the public aspects of being a musician. “That’s my outlet. I just naturally, when I’m [going through] whatever I go through, I feel like it’s part of what I am to use my art and whatever it is that I make to kind of get through whatever it is that I’m going through, and make some type of beauty or whatever pain or whatever stresses. It’s my relief.”

When people asked Uchis how she had time to finish Sincerely while balancing new motherhood and personal grief, she noted that making music is “second nature” to her. “That’s part of who I am,” she stated plainly. “It’s like breathing to me.”