Moss Kena

Moss Kena
Birth name	Thomas McKenna
Born	1998 or 1999 [1] London
Genres	RnB pop electronic [2]
Occupation	singer-songwriter
Years active	2016–present [3]
Website	www.mosskena.com

Thomas McKenna ^[4] (born 1998 or 1999), better known by his stage name Moss Kena ^[5] is a British singer-songwriter.

Early life and career

Moss Kena grew up as son of a record store-owner in London. He left school at 15 and started as singer-songwriter in coffeeshops und malls. Influenced by the music of Amy Winehouse, his career began in 2016 with a cover of Kendrick Lamar's song These Walls from the album To Pimp a Butterfly, wich attracted the attention of the rapper. ^{[1] [3]}

It was followed by the EPs One+One and Found You in 06. ^[5] He followed Rita Ora during her Phoenix UK-tour in 2019 and published the track You and Me together with Miraa May and the rapper Buddy over Ministry of Sound. ^{[3] [6]}

He managed the breakthrough in 2021 with the song Fireworks by Purple Disco Machine feat. The Knocks, in which the he participated as singer and songwriter. ^{[7] [8]}

In 2025 he competes at the Chefsache ESC, Germany's national final for the Eurovision Song Contest. ^[2]

Personal life

He relocated his centre of life more and more to Germany and is based in Berlin since 2024. ^{[9] [10] [11]}

Discography

Extended plays

• Found You in 06(2018) ^[1]
• One + One (2018)

• Live Acoustic Sessions(2019)

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions									Certifications
		GER [12]	AUT [13]	BEL (FL) [14]	FRA	ITA [15]	NLD	POL Air. [16]	SWE	SWI [17]
"Square One"	2018	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Reminds Me Of You" (with Toby Romeo)	2021	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Fireworks" (with Purple Disco Machine & The Knocks)	2021	32	34	36	—	42	—	5	—	83	FIMI: Platinum [18] IFPI AUT: Platinum [19] ZPAV: Gold [20]
"Forgot How to Love" (with Alle Farben)	2022	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Light it up" (with Super-Hi)	2023	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"California Lover"	2024	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released.

External links

• Official website
• Moss Kena discography at Discogs
• Moss Kena on SoundCloud

References

1. Van Nguyen, Dean (2019-03-11). "Moss Kena: Amy Winehouse was so real and raw at a time when we'd kind of lost that". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2025-02-24.
2. Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) (2025-02-15). "Wer singt für Deutschland im ESC-Finale 2025? Einer von diesen Acts fährt nach Basel". www.eurovision.de (in German). Retrieved 2025-02-22.
3. Ainsley, Helen (2019-05-21). "Rita Ora's UK tour support acts announced as Moss Kena and Four Of Diamonds". Official Charts. Official UK Charts Company (BPI/ERA). Retrieved 2025-02-24.
4. Giulia (2025-02-27). "Songcheck "Chefsache ESC 2025" (8): "Nothing Can Stop Love" von Moss Kena". ESC kompakt (in German). Retrieved 2025-02-28.
5. Music. "Moss Kena | 5 MINUTES WITH". noctismag.com. Retrieved 2025-02-22.
6. Forrest, Jo (2019-10-04). "Moss Kena Releases 'Begging' - Co-written With & Produced By Bastille's Dan Smith". TotalNtertainment. Retrieved 2025-02-22.
7. "Purple Disco Machine feat. Moss Kena & The Knocks - Fireworks". Radio Vest (in German). 2021-03-13. Retrieved 2025-02-22.
8. Kressmann, Philipp (2021-02-26). "Purple Disco Machine feat. Moss Kena & The Knocks - "Fireworks"". Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) (in German). Archived from the original on 2021-11-29. Retrieved 2025-02-22.
9. Moss Kena | Interview Chefsache ESC 2025 | Vorentscheidung Deutschland | Eurovision Song Contest . Retrieved 2025-02-22– via www.youtube.com.
10. dpa-infocom (2025-02-23). "Eurovision Song Contest: Raabs schwierige ESC-Auswahl: "Zu viele gute Leute"". Der Tagesspiegel Online (in German). ISSN   1865-2263 . Retrieved 2025-02-24.
11. Riegel, Sonja (2025-02-28). "Moss Kena: "'Nothing Can Stop Love' ist ein universelles Liebeslied"". bleistiftrocker.de (in German). Retrieved 2025-02-28.
12. "Moss Kena – Offizielle Deutsche Charts". www.offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 2025-02-22.
13. "Moss Kena". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2025-02-22.
14. "Moss Kena - ultratop.be". www.ultratop.be. Retrieved 2025-02-22.
15. "Classifiche - FIMI". www.fimi.it (in Italian). Retrieved 19 December 2020.
16. Peak chart positions for singles in Poland:
    • "Fireworks": "AirPlay Top: 17.04. – 23.04.2021" (in Polish). ZPAV. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
17. "Discographie Moss Kena - hitparade.ch". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2025-02-22.
18. "Italian single certifications – Purple Disco Machine" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Retrieved 6 November 2023. Select "Tutti gli anni" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Type "Purple Disco Machine" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Singoli" under "Sezione".
19. "Austrian certifications – Purple Disco Machine" (in German). IFPI Austria. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
20. "OLiS - oficjalna lista wyróżnień" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 18 December 2024. Click "WYKONAWCA" and enter Purple Disco Machine in the search box.