Kaina

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KAINA creates generational music that surpasses borders, a unified expression of her native Chicago, and her Venezuelan and Guatemalan heritage. This cultural fusion is best illustrated on her 2019 debut full-length album Next To The Sun—a project that established her as a leader in a movement of artists whose work hinges on identity and representation.

From her debut EP, 2016’s sweet asl. to 2018’s 4U, and Next To The Sun, KAINA has continued to push this narrative through her brand of sweet-hearted optimism, which she uses to uplift and build community. Over the years, she has crafted a sound that is gentle, yet full of intent, and built a songwriting practice that explores love, legacy, and ancestry.

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07	Could Be a Curse	Kaina	Next to The Sun			06:12
	Writer: Kaina Castillo / Composers: Sen Morimoto - Kaina Castillo
12	Golden Mirror	Kaina	It Was a Home			03:44
	Writer: Kaina - Sen Morimoto - Biako / Composers: Kaina - Sen Morimoto - Biako
01	Anybody Can Be in Love	Kaina	It Was a Home			02:57
	Writer: Sen Morimoto - Biako - Kaina / Composers: Kaina - Sen Morimoto - Itai Shapira
09	Casita	Kaina	It Was a Home			03:39
	Writer: Sen Morimoto - Luke Titus - Kaina / Composers: Kaina Castillo - Sen Morimoto
02	Lost It To Trying (Rise)	Son Lux	Alternate Forms			02:54
	Composers: Ryan Lott
01	Green	Kaina	Green			03:42
	Writer: Kaina Castillo / Composers: Sen Morimoto - Kaina Castillo
10	Apple	Kaina	It Was a Home			03:24
	Writer: Kaina - Sen Morimoto / Composers: Kaina - Sen Morimoto
01	Sing Along	Manwolves	Sing Along			03:41
	Composers: Henry Robert Wolf - Eli Patrick Cohen - James Everett McNear - Julian Shai Freeman - Michael Scott Werner - Ari Salk Garfin - Kaina Castillo - Ric Wilson
03	Good Feeling	Kaina	It Was a Home			03:11
	Writer: Brian Sanborn - Sen Morimoto - Kaina / Composers: Kaina - Sen Morimoto

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Discography

Albums

℗ 2022 City Slang: 04-03-2022

It Was a Home

01	Anybody Can Be in Love	Kaina	It Was a Home			02:57
	Writer: Sen Morimoto - Biako - Kaina / Composers: Kaina - Sen Morimoto - Itai Shapira
02	It Was a Home	Kaina	It Was a Home			03:35
	Writer: Kaina - Sen Morimoto / Composers: Kaina - Sen Morimoto
03	Good Feeling	Kaina	It Was a Home			03:11
	Writer: Brian Sanborn - Sen Morimoto - Kaina / Composers: Kaina - Sen Morimoto
04	Sweetness	Kaina	It Was a Home			03:12
	Writer: Kaina - Sen Morimoto - Ryan The Person / Composers: Kaina - Sen Morimoto
05	In My Mind	Kaina	It Was a Home			03:09
	Writer: Kaina - Sen Morimoto / Composers: Sen Morimoto - Kaina
06	Ultraviolet	Kaina	It Was a Home			02:47
	Writer: Sen Morimoto - Kaina / Composers: Sen Morimoto - Kaina - Corin Tucker - Carrie Brownstein
07	Come Back as a Flower	Kaina	It Was a Home			04:16
	Writer: Stevie Wonder - Syreeta Wright / Composers: Stevie Wonder - Syreeta Wright

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℗ 2019 Audiotree Music: 02-10-2019

KAINA (Audiotree Live)

01	Waiting On a Day (Audiotree Live)	Kaina	KAINA (Audiotree Live)			02:52
	Writer: Kaina Castillo / Composers: Kaina Castillo
02	Ghost (Audiotree Live)	Kaina	KAINA (Audiotree Live)			03:05
	Writer: Kaina Castillo / Composers: Kaina Castillo
03	Next to The Sun (Audiotree Live Version)	Kaina	KAINA (Audiotree Live)			03:46
04	Happy (Audiotree Live Version)	Kaina	KAINA (Audiotree Live)			04:01
05	Could Be a Curse (Audiotree Live)	Kaina	KAINA (Audiotree Live)			06:10
	Writer: Kaina Castillo / Composers: Kaina Castillo
06	What's a Girl (Audiotree Live)	Kaina	KAINA (Audiotree Live)			03:34
	Writer: Kaina Castillo / Composers: Kaina Castillo
07	Green (Audiotree Live)	Kaina	KAINA (Audiotree Live)			03:50
	Writer: Kaina Castillo / Composers: Kaina Castillo

2019 Sooper Records: 12-07-2019

Next to The Sun

01	House	Kaina	Next to The Sun			03:05
	Writer: Kaina Castillo / Composers: Sen Morimoto - Kaina Castillo
02	Ghost	Kaina	Next to The Sun			03:10
	Writer: Kaina Castillo / Composers: Sen Morimoto - Kaina Castillo
03	Next to The Sun	Kaina	Next to The Sun			03:22
	Writer: Kaina Castillo / Composers: Sen Morimoto - Kaina Castillo
04	What’s a Girl	Kaina	Next to The Sun			02:54
	Writer: Kaina Castillo / Composers: Sen Morimoto - Kaina Castillo
05	Waiting on a Day	Kaina	Next to The Sun			02:38
	Writer: Kaina Castillo / Composers: Sen Morimoto - Kaina Castillo
06	Joei’s Secret	Kaina	Next to The Sun			02:49
	Writer: Kaina Castillo / Composers: Sen Morimoto - Kaina Castillo
07	Could Be a Curse	Kaina	Next to The Sun			06:12
	Writer: Kaina Castillo / Composers: Sen Morimoto - Kaina Castillo

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Singles

℗ 2023 City Slang: 26-09-2023

Good Feeling (Aja Grant of Phony Ppl Remix)

01	Good Feeling (Aja Grant of Phony Ppl Remix)	Kaina	Good Feeling (Aja Grant of Phony Ppl Remix)			02:46
	Writer: Kaina - Sen Morimoto / Composers: Brian Sanborn - Sen Morimoto - Kaina
02	Good Feeling	Kaina	Good Feeling (Aja Grant of Phony Ppl Remix)			03:11
	Writer: Kaina - Sen Morimoto / Composers: Brian Sanborn - Sen Morimoto - Kaina

Pàl: 09-03-2022

Beyond The Long Night

01	Beyond The Long Night	Osteoleuco	Beyond The Long Night			05:02
	Writer: KEISUKE SAITO / Composers: Osteoleuco

℗ 2022 City Slang: 19-01-2022

Apple

01	Apple	Kaina	Apple			03:24
	Writer: Kaina - Sen Morimoto / Composers: Kaina - Sen Morimoto

℗ 2022 City Slang: 02-11-2021

Anybody Can Be in Love

01	Anybody Can Be in Love	Kaina	Anybody Can Be in Love			02:57
	Writer: Sen Morimoto - Biako - Kaina / Composers: Kaina - Sen Morimoto - Itai Shapira

℗ 2021 City Slang: 15-09-2021

Casita

01	Casita	Kaina	Casita			03:39
	Writer: Kaina Castillo - Sen Morimoto / Composers: Sen Morimoto - Kaina Castillo

℗ 2021 City Slang: 10-08-2021

Come Back as a Flower

01	Come Back as a Flower	Kaina	Come Back as a Flower			04:16
	Writer: Stevie Wonder - Syreeta Wright / Composers: Stevie Wonder - Syreeta Wright

2019 Sooper Records: 10-06-2019

Could Be a Curse

01	Could Be a Curse	Kaina	Could Be a Curse			06:12
	Writer: Kaina Castillo / Composers: Sen Morimoto - Kaina Castillo

2019 Sooper Records: 13-05-2019

Ghost

01	Ghost	Kaina	Ghost			03:10
	Writer: Kaina Castillo / Composers: Sen Morimoto - Kaina Castillo

2019 Sooper Records: 12-04-2019

Green

01	Green	Kaina	Green			03:42
	Writer: Kaina Castillo / Composers: Sen Morimoto - Kaina Castillo

2018 KAINA: 23-08-2018

f*cked up

01	f*cked up	Kaina	f*cked up			03:24
	Writer: Kaina

2018 KAINA: 16-03-2018

4u

01	cry	Kaina	4u			03:37
	Writer: Kaina
02	happy	Kaina	4u			04:24
	Writer: Kaina
03	4u	Kaina	4u			03:06
	Writer: Kaina

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(P) 2018 Saba Pivot, LLC: 05-04-2018

CARE FOR ME

01	BUSY/SIRENS	Saba	CARE FOR ME			05:29
	Composers: Zarif Wilder - Tahj Malik Chandler - Dylan Frank - Daoud Anthony
02	BROKEN GIRLS	Saba	CARE FOR ME			04:37
	Composers: Tahj Malik Chandler - Dylan Frank - Daoud Anthony
03	LIFE	Saba	CARE FOR ME			02:42
	Composers: Tahj Malik Chandler - Dylan Frank - Daoud Anthony
04	CALLIGRAPHY	Saba	CARE FOR ME			03:04
	Composers: Tahj Malik Chandler - Dylan Frank - Daoud Anthony
05	FIGHTER	Saba	CARE FOR ME			04:42
	Composers: Tahj Malik Chandler - Dylan Frank - Daoud Anthony
06	SMILE	Saba	CARE FOR ME			03:28
	Composers: Tahj Malik Chandler - Dylan Frank - Daoud Anthony
07	LOGOUT	Saba	CARE FOR ME			02:30
	Composers: Chancellor Bennett - Tahj Malik Chandler - Dylan Frank - Daoud Anthony

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