Kiiara’s come up is almost too good to be true. The singer/songwriter hails from a small town in Illinois. She began gaining attention when her first single, “Gold,” was posted on SoundCloud. Within the first eight days, the track racked up over 180,000 plays two years later it has been certified 3x platinium.

While her first song was released under her legal name the acoustic pop genre elements that the song featured would not be found in her “Kiiara” music. Acoustic pop was a one-time thing, under her new name (adding an “i” to her first name), her new genre would accompany more of a techno-pop feel, with roots of hip-hop intertwined to her clean vocals. However her acoustic ability isn’t completely forgotten, it sometimes makes an appearance in some of her features, such as her feature in Bright: The Album’s fifth track “Darkside”.

While already being on Atlantic Records by the release of “Gold” the amazing success of the song landed her a record deal with EFFESS a label run by by Felix Snow, a frequent producer and songwriter.

Her debut EP, low kii savage was released in 2016, with her opening track being “Gold.” A barrage of singles followed up her successful debut (the album peaking at No.41 on the Billboard 200). The singles, though most didn’t make the album cut, led up to her newly released debut album, lil kiiwi featuring prominent artist blackbear.

Kiiara’s style makes her a perfect candidate for singles, especially those for producers, such as Cheat Codes, Felix Snow (who produces and writes most of her songs), David Guetta, and Steve Aoki.