Candace Lee Camacho, known professionally as duendita is an American musician. She is based in Queens, New York. She has released a studio album direct line to My Creator (2018) and an extended play the mind is a miracle (2024).
Candace Lee Camacho was born and raised in Jamaica, Queens, New York. [1] She went to Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School then participated in New York University's Future Music Mogul program. [2]
Her moniker duendita came from her high school nickname which was a play of duende, a concept explored by Spanish writer Federico García Lorca. [2]
duendita released a single "one of one" in 2014. In May 2017, she released a single "yikes!" as the lead single of her upcoming debut studio album. [3] Her debut studio album, direct line to My Creator, was released on November 9, 2018. [4] It served as her senior thesis project from New York University Tisch School of the Arts. [5] Following its release, duendita took a hiatus from music due to mental health crisis. [6]
In March 2024, duendita presented an audiovisual performance about resilience on the East River that was recorded in riverside Puerto Rican communities across New York City, Sound River, at the Abrons Arts Center. [7] In September 2024, she released an extended play the mind is a miracle. [8]
| Title | Album details |
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| direct line to My Creator |
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| Title | Album details |
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| the mind is a miracle |
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| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "One of One" | 2014 | Non-album single |
| "yikes!" | 2017 | direct line to My Creator |
| "Another Time (World$Tar Money)" (Simon Eng with duendita) | Non-album singles | |
| "Let Me Live" | 2020 | |
| "Mind" | ||
| "Yaya My Favorite" | ||
| "Us (How Sweet It Was)" (Ricky Reed with Jim James and Duendita) | The Room | |
| "Open Eyes" | 2021 | Non-album singles |
| "bio" | ||
| "feel" (featuring Joy Guidry) | 2022 | the mind is a miracle |
| "planetary" | 2024 | |
| "born with power" | ||
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "On a Warm Spring Night You Stunned Me" (Zugzwang featuring duendita) | 2016 | Non-album singles |
| "Paradise" (AKATSUKI featuring duendita) | 2018 | |
| "Onsite" (Bakery featuring duendita) | 2019 | |
| "How Beautiful (she is)" (Salt Cathedral featuring duendita) | 2020 | |
| "Lethal" (Noah Becker featuring Isaiah Barr and duendita) | 2022 | |
| "RUNNIN" (polarboiyeahz featuring duendita) | 2023 |
| Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| "angel" | 2018 | Odunsi the Engine | rare. |
| "I Will Go Until No End to Feel Your Heart Beat Next to Mine" | 2019 | cxltgod | The Freakshow of the Century, Pt. 1 |
| "#memories" | MIKE | Tears of Joy | |
| "Different cloth." | Remy Banks | did this in detroit. | |
| "Promises" | Wiki | Oofie | |
| "Paint Ain't Mine" | 2020 | Zelooperz | Gremlin |
| "Glitch" | Black Noi$e | OBLIVION | |
| "Still Here" | 2021 | Wiki | Half God |
| "Time Is" | 2022 | Zelooperz | Get WeT.Radio |
| "Tiny Garden" | 2023 | Jamila Woods | Water Made Us |
| "Miss U" | 2025 | MIKE | Showbiz! |
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