Mali-Koa | |
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 Mali-Koa (left) performs at the Aussie BBQ 2019 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | May 19, 1991 Sydney, Australia |
| Origin | London, England, United Kingdom |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 2016–present |
| Labels | Island Records, Honest Records |
| Website | https://www.malikoa.com/ |
Mali-Koa Hood, often credited as Mali-Koa, is an Australian singer and songwriter based in London, England. She is also the sister of 5SOS band member Calum Hood. [1]
In April 2012, at the age of 20, Hood competed in the first season of the singing competition series, The Voice Australia. [2] She covered "American Boy" for her blind audition and did a duet cover of "What's Up?" before being eliminated in the battle rounds portion of the show. [3]
On 22 December 2017, Hood released her debut solo song and promotional single, "Honest". The song received over 2 million streams. [4] [5] In March 2018, Hood announced that she had signed a record deal with Island Records UK and revealed that she would be releasing an album. [6] [7]
On 26 July 2018, Hood was featured on a remix of JP Cooper's song "All This Love". [8] [9] The song received national radio play [10] and was later featured on the fifth season of the British reality series, Love Island. [11] As of July 2020, the song's official music video has received over 15 million views on Youtube and over 9 million streams on Spotify. [12] [13]
On 7 December 2018, Hood released "Pretend", her first song released via Island Records. [14] In May 2019, Hood performed at The Great Escape festival in London. [15] On 31 May 2019, Hood released a song titled "Sorry" with the track's accompanying music video being released on 12 June. The song's official music video has since received 2.5 million views on Youtube. [16]
In March 2020, Hood performed at the Global APRA Music Awards in London. [17] On 22 April 2020, Hood released "Dancer", the first single from her upcoming album, set for release later in the year. The song's accompanying music video was released the same day. [18] On 4 June 2020, Hood released the album's second single, titled "Some Things", premiering the song on Atwood Magazine. [19] [20] On 9 July 2020. Hood released the album's third single, "Me Before You". [21] [22] The song's music video was released on 29 July 2020. [23] In August 2020, the singer-songwriter released a cover of Robin S's "Show Me Love" [24] and in February 2021, a cover of the song "You're the Voice" by the Australian icon John Farnham.
Apart from releasing songs, Mali-Koa has also written songs for other artists, including G-Eazy and Sigma. [13] [25]
She is part of a rising electro duo called AR/CO [26] with fellow musician Leo Stannard. [27]
| Title | Details |
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| Hunger |
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| Year | Title | Album | Label |
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| 2016 | "Paint Me Black" (Ben Hazlewood ft. Mali-Koa) | Vanta (Ben Hazlewood album) | |
| 2017 | "Numbers Game" (H Block INK ft. Mali-Koa) | ||
| "Honest" | Hunger | ||
| 2018 | "All This Love" (JP Cooper ft. Mali-Koa) | Raised Under Grey Skies | Island Records |
| "Pretend" | Hunger | Honest Records | |
| 2019 | "Sorry" | Hunger | |
| 2020 | "Dancer" | ||
| "Some Things" | |||
| "Me Before You" | |||
| "Revolution" | |||
| "Hunger" | |||
| 2021 | "Higher Than Before" (Flawes ft. Mali-Koa) | Fawes EP: Reverie | Red Bull Records |
| 2022 | "Sparks" (MEDUZA, DEL-30 ft. Mali-Koa) | Anjunabeats | |
| 2024 | "Sorry" (Headrow, Mali-Koa) | Radiance Records (UK) | |
| Year | Title | Artist | Album | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | "The Beautiful & Damned" | G-Eazy | "The Beautiful & Damned" | Composer [28] |
| 2019 | "Sleeping Through Sirens" | Ben Hazlewood | Non album single | Composer |
| 2021 | "No Control" | Piero Pirupa | No Control | Composer, Vocals |
| "Run Run" | Will Clarke, Jaded, AR/CO | Composer, Vocals | ||
| "Hot Air Baloon" | Don Diablo, AR/CO | Composer, Vocals | ||
| "Check Out" | J.Worra feat. Leo Stannard | Composer | ||
| 2022 | "Under The Sun" | Franky Wah, AR/CO | Composer, Vocals | |
| "Tears In Ibiza" | The Stickmen Project, AR/CO | Composer, Vocals | ||
| "Call Me By My Name" | AR/CO | Composer, Vocals | ||
| "GIANTS" | Tiggi Hawke [29] | Composer, Lyricist | ||
| "Night Feels" | AR/CO | Composer, Vocals | ||
| "Supersonic L.U.V" | AR/CO [30] | Composer, Vocals | ||
| "Sparks" and "Sparks - Extended Mix" | MEDUZA, DEL-30, [31] Mali-Koa | Composer, Vocals | ||
| 2023 | "Vibration (One More Time)" | Sub Focus ft. AR/CO | Composer, Vocals | |
| "Bright Lights" | Kx5 ft. AR/CO | Composer, Vocals | ||
| "Wake N' Shake" | 220 KID, AR/CO | Composer, Vocals | ||
| "Back Around" | Tiësto, AR/CO | Composer, Vocals | ||
| "MOVE" | AR/CO | Composer, Vocals | ||
| "We Could Be Love" | AR/CO | Composer, Vocals | ||
| "All Over The World" | AR/CO | Composer, Vocals | ||
| 2024 | "Sorry" | Headrow, Mali-Koa | Vocals, Composer | |
| "Cherry Lips" | AR/CO | Composer, Vocals | ||
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Spark Animation Festival Awards | Best Video | "All The Love" (with JP Cooper) | Won | [32] |
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