KAINA

Sat. Feb 1, 2020 at 8:00pm CST
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KAINA creates generational music that surpasses borders, a unified expression of her native Chicago, coupled with her Venezuelan and Guatemalan heritage. This cultural fusion is best illustrated on the lead single “Green” from her debut full-length album Next To The Sun.

KAINA is a first-generation Latina, born and raised in Chicago. Apart from her parents and brother, she didn’t grow up around any other blood family in her hometown, which ultimately led to a detachment from her cultural identity. “I think ‘Green’ is the piece that connects it all for me,” she says. “I feel alone a lot, but I also know that it took so many people for me to exist and collectively, us as generations have seen many days and times and ‘moons.’ I am always connected even when I’m literally far away, or even lineages away -- or my history has been taken from me, or I didn't get to learn it.” While lineage has always been at the root of KAINA’s music, “Green” marks a pivotal moment for the 23-year-old; a moment where she finds peace with her sense of self.

From her debut EP, 2016’s
sweet asl. to 2018’s 4U, and her album Next To The Sun, KAINA has continued to push this narrative through her brand of sweet-hearted optimism, which she uses as a means to connect with and lift her listener’s spirit. From collaborating with peers like Saba, The O’My’s, and Sen Morimoto, and through multidisciplinary work around the city with various organizations, she has found a sound for herself that is gentle, yet full of intent.

Songwriting has thus become a vital aspect of KAINA’s personal canon. “I don't write songs until I feel it coming up,” she says. “I don't really edit my songs either; I feel like I said what I said and meant it the way I said it.” A listener can feel the intimacy resonating in her lyrics, as she pens odes about love, legacy, and ancestry, and how those concepts become more complex as one grows older.



www.sub.iastate.edu/mshop | www.kaina.live


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The Maintenance Shop ISU Memorial Union - 2229 Lincoln Way
Ames, IA 50011