"Never Be Yours" is a song by American singer Kali Uchis. It was originally released as a track from her debut mixtape, Drunken Babble (2012).[1] Uchis later released a re-recorded version of the song as a single on June 21, 2024, due to strong demand from fans. The song also serves as her first release under Capitol Records.[2]
| "Never Be Yours" | ||||
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| Single by Kali Uchis | ||||
| Released | June 21, 2024 | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 3:16 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
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| Producer(s) | John Crocker | |||
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Background
editDuring Uchis’ high school years, she learned to play the piano and saxophone, leading her to participated in her school's jazz band. She later began to skip class to spend time at her school's photo lab, making experimental short films.[3] Skipping class and breaking the curfew set by her parents led to her being kicked out of her home. During this time, she lived in her car and wrote songs on her keyboard which would later appear on her debut mixtape, Drunken Babble (2012).
A year after releasing her debut mixtape, Uchis uploaded separate tracks of the mixtape on her SoundCloud account, leading to the song and mixtape quickly gaining attention online, attracting notable figures such as Tyler, The Creator and Snoop Dogg.[4] In the following year, Uchis deleted the mixtape from the internet out of dissatisfaction with the project's quality.[5]
Live performances
editOn May 14, 2014, a video of Kali Uchis performing the song was uploaded on YouTube by the Kinda Neat Podcast. As of June 2024, the video has surpassed 24 million views.[6]
References
edit- ^ Horvath, Zachary (2024-06-22). "Kali Uchis Officially Releases The Long-Awaited Fan-Favorite "Never Be Yours"". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
- ^ "Kali Uchis – "Never Be Yours"". Stereogum. June 21, 2024. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
- ^ "How Kali Uchis went from living out of a car to pop stardom". July 31, 2018. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
- ^ Leight, Elias (February 3, 2015). "Kali Uchis Talks 'Por Vida,' Working With Snoop & Tyler, The Creator & Twitter Stalking Bootsy Collins". Billboard. Retrieved 2024-06-30.
- ^ Smyth, David (October 16, 2020). "Kali Uchis interview: 'My career has been full of mistakes'". Evening Standard. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
- ^ "Kali Uchis Drops 'Never Be Yours,' First Track Since Maternity Leave". UPROXX. 2024-06-23. Retrieved 2024-07-30.