Though Kelela’s art proudly exists left-of-center, she’s never come off like a peculiarity or a novelty. Her influences—underground bass, turn-of-the-millennium R&B, post-dubstep chaos—meld with her ...

Alternative R&B and electronic polymath Kelela has always sounded like the future. In the last decade, the D.C.-born artist has exhibited her dedication to the avant-garde on debut mixtape Cut 4 Me, ...

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The elusive R&B singer wants to help you feel your feelings: “If you came to the club to dissociate, I’m ’bout to make you cry.” Save for some remixes and the occasional social-media missive, Kelela ...

It's rush hour in Midtown Manhattan, but Kelela is safe from the frenzy. She’s nude and lying across from me at the oasis-like Juvenex Spa in Koreatown. We’re sliding around sudsy tables as two women ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kelela is an R&B singer in the truest sense of the word, and all of her music fits squarely within the genre. But she always ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 39-year-old Ethiopian-American artist born Kelela Mizanekristos has always been openly critical of the music business, calling ...

In a performance at the 9:30 Club that was equal parts intimate and transcendent, Kelela returned to her hometown of Washington, D.C., on March 1 to share the fears, heartaches and celebrations that ...

Singer Kelela is part of Ferragamo’s “New Renaisance” fashion campaign. The “LMK” singer is featured in the campaign alongside renowned models like the South-Sundanese model Anok Yai and the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Now, she’s announced that “Washed Away” was actually the first single on her forthcoming album Raven, set to be released on ...

At long last, Kelela‘s sophomore album, Raven is upon us. Yesterday, she finally released Raven nearly six years after her critically-acclaimed debut, Take Me Apart. To celebrate this milestone, ...

Every item on this page was chosen by an ELLE editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. “Let me tell you something / I’m about to overflow,” sings Kelela, imposing both ...