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Kehlani on the 2025 AMA Awards
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Key Takeaways:
- “(un)Folded” presents a uncooked, a cappella reinterpretation of Kehlani’s earlier single “Folded.”
- The video’s laundromat setting and look by Kehlani’s daughter add layers of intimacy and symbolism.
- Isaia Huron’s harmonies carry a brand new emotional dimension to the stripped-down observe.
Just some weeks after releasing “Folded,” Kehlani has returned with the a cappella rendition of their first solo single of 2025.
On Wednesday (July 30), “(un)Folded” arrived with the Oakland singer’s vocals remoted with each breath and break intact. The stripped-down model peeled again the unique manufacturing and launched new harmonies from Isaia Huron, who made a welcome look on the refrain.
Fittingly, the accompanying black-and-white video is ready at a laundromat — echoing the unique’s setting at “Nini’s Fluff & Fold” dry cleaners — and options Kehlani alongside their daughter, Adeya Nomi. “I do know it is getting chilly out, however inform me that it is not frozen / So come decide up your garments,” the artist croons. Take a look at the Metropolis James-directed visible under.
After “(un)Folded” dropped, Kehlani took a second to present Huron his flowers. “[You] actually sprinkled in and made this particular. I like you, your reward, your sight, [and] your infinite mind,” they wrote by way of their Instagram Tales. “I can’t wait to inform the world, ‘I instructed you so.’”
Thus far, Kehlani hasn’t confirmed whether or not “Folded” is a component of a bigger physique of labor, although they’re notably coming off of a busy 2024 that included two initiatives and a world tour. The singer launched CRASH that June, adopted by Whereas We Wait 2 in August. The latter launched a few remixes of songs from their fourth studio album and new fan favorites like “Garments Off” and “When He’s Not There.”
Kehlani has been doing numerous options these days. On Valentine’s Day (Feb. 14), the artist joined forces with kwn for his or her remix of “worst habits.” Since then, they’ve additionally popped up on Fridayy’s “Saving My Love,” DESTIN CONRAD’s “BAD B**CHES!” Leon Thomas’ “DIRT ON MY SHOES,” and, extra not too long ago, Mariah Carey’s “Sugar Candy.”