Kali Uchis is a 4-time Grammy award-winning American songwriter, singer, record producer and music video director. In early May of 2025, Uchis released her album “Sincerely,” which debuted at number 2 on Billboard charts. “Sincerely,” has a hidden meaning, according to Uchis. She explains it as a collection of letters to herself, friends and loved ones; however, she says it has taken on a deeper meaning since Uchis gave birth to her first child and processed her mother’s recent death. A day before “Sincerely,” was released, an interviewer named Leslie Ambriz spoke with Kali Uchis.
“I really did make the music that I needed for my grieving process, for just the place that I’m at in my life right now,” states Uchis. “I wanted to immortalize her in the project,”. “Sincerely,” is a 14 track album that has many meanings in every single, like “Daggers!,” where Uchis encourages close friends to practice self-love. one of her first singles she released before the album, “Sunshine & Rain…,” includes a clip of Uchis’ mother saying, “Good morning, sunshine.”
“I thought it was just a beautiful way to open the album,” Uchis said. During the interview with Leslie, she shares that when writing the single “ILYSMIH,” she was recovering from labor and her son was sleeping next to her.
“I was still in my hospital bed when I got this idea for this song and started it, started recording it on my phone, started writing some lyrics down. …” Uchis said.
Another one of her songs named “All I Can Say,”was fully written during the car ride to the studio.“… I try to just make beauty out of all of my experiences,” Uchis said.“Thematically, nature is kind of a recurring theme in my music because I am so inspired by nature, and I feel nature is where God exists, and nature is where a lot of my creativity just thrives,” Uchis said. After Uchis’s mother’s passing, one of the first things she did was go through all of the audio messages that her mother had ever sent her. She listened to all of her mother’s messages over and over, wanting to only hear her voice. Once she heard the perfect audio message, Uchis thought of how perfect it was for the song “Sunshine & Rain…,” and added the voice message of, “Good morning, sunshine.”
”I thought it was just a beautiful way to open the album, considering that it’s dedicated to her.” Uchis said.
”Sincerely,” is now my newest top favorite albums she has made. This album was the band-aid across her torn-apart heart. The passing of her mother and the birth of her baby boy were such triumphant events. In this album, my personal favorites are “Sunshine & Rain…”, “Daggers!”, “Angels all Around Me”, and “Sugar! Honey! Love!” This album brings such a nature-like vibe— a sincere album, by Kali Uchis. A+
“Sincerely” is out now.
