Kadhja Bonet

Bonet grew up in Los Angeles, California, as the middle child of seven siblings and studied classical music from an early age, playing the violin.{{cite news |last= Beswick |first= Katie |date=February 24, 2017|title=Kadhja Bonet – the Los Angeles artist conjuring that 1940s Disney feeling |url=https://www.loudandquiet.com/interview/kadhja-bonet-los-angeles-artist-conjuring-1940s-disney-feeling/ |work=Loud and Quiet |access-date=June 2, 2018}} Her father, Allen Bonet, was an opera singer and her mother also a musician. She taught herself guitar and other instruments. The actress Lisa Bonet is her half-sister.{{cite news |title=Forty Five Ten Brings Some Texas Swagger to Hudson Yards |url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/the-scene/parties/g27344211/forty-five-ten-hudson-yards-shop/ |access-date=February 10, 2022 |work=Town & Country |date=May 3, 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Rogovoy |first1=Seth |title=Lenny Kravitz pays loving tribute to his Jewish grandparents — and their kasha varnishkes |url=https://forward.com/culture/456257/lenny-kravitz-pays-loving-tribute-to-his-jewish-grandparents-and-their/ |access-date=February 10, 2022 |work=The Forward |date=October 13, 2020}}

Bonet's debut, the single "Tears for Lamont" was produced by Itai Shapira and released in 2014. Later that year, while participating in the Red Bull Music Academy program in Tokyo, she collaborated on and released "Late Night Munchies."{{cite web|last=Monger|first=Timothy|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/kadhja-bonet-mn0003435164/biography|title=Kadhja Bonet: Artist Biography|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=June 3, 2018}}

The mini album The Visitor EP was first self-released in September 2015,{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2016/12/20/506190842/kadhja-bonets-quarter-life-crisis-led-her-home-to-music|title=Kadhja Bonet's Quarter-Life Crisis Led Her Home – To Music|date=December 20, 2016 |publisher=NPR|access-date=June 2, 2018}} then re-released with new bonus tracks under the name [https://kbonet.com/album/the-visitor The Visitor] in October 2016, as a partnership between two independent record labels, Fat Possum Records and Fresh Selects,{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-visitor-mw0002969443|title=Allmusic: Kadhja Bonet – The Visitor|last=Kellman|first=Andy|date=October 21, 2016|website=AllMusic Guide|access-date=March 15, 2022}} receiving critical praise{{Cite web|url=https://twistedsoulmusic.org/2015/09/15/kadhja-bonet-the-vistor-ep/|title=Album Of The Week: Kadhja Bonet – The Visitor EP|last=Smith|first=CF|date=September 15, 2015|website=Twisted Soul Music|access-date=December 23, 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22550-the-visitor/|title=Pitchfork Review: Kadhja Bonet – The Visitor|last=Dowling|first=Marcus K.|date=November 8, 2016|website=Pitchfork Media|access-date=March 15, 2022}} and extensive radio air play.

Her second album, Childqueen, written while touring abroad, was released on June 8, 2018.{{cite web|last= Murray|first= Robin|url=http://www.clashmusic.com/news/kadhja-bonets-mother-maybe-has-a-global-reach|date= March 4, 2018|title=Kadhja Bonet's 'Mother Maybe' Has A Global Reach|work=Clash|access-date=June 2, 2018}}

She has also appeared on albums from other musicians, including Anderson .Paak,{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/oxnard-mw0003222453|title=Allmusic: Anderson .Paak - Oxnard|last=Kellman|first=Andy|date=November 16, 2018|website=AllMusic Guide|access-date=March 15, 2022}} SiR,{{cite web|url=https://thesource.com/2019/08/28/sirs-chasing-the-summer-album-to-feature-lil-wayne-smino-jill-scott-and-more/|title=SiR's 'Chasing The Summer' Album to Feature Lil Wayne, Smino, Jill Scott and more|last=Grant|first=Shawn|date=August 28, 2019|website=The Source|access-date=March 15, 2022}} Bonobo,{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/fragments-mw0003604721|title=Allmusic: Bonobo - Fragments|last=Simpson|first=Paul|date=January 14, 2022|website=AllMusic Guide|access-date=March 15, 2022}} Khruangbin,{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2152133/khruangbin-announce-mordechai-remixes-album/music/|title=Khruangbin Announce Mordechai Remixes Album|last=Helman|first=Peter|date=June 24, 2021|website=Stereogum|access-date=March 15, 2022}} Free Nationals,{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/free-nationals-mw0003336490|title=Allmusic: Free Nationals - Free Nationals|last=Kellman|first=Andy|date=December 13, 2019|website=AllMusic Guide|access-date=March 15, 2022}} and more.

Bonet's music has been described as psychedelic soul{{cite news |year=2018 |title="Delphine" by Kadhja Bonet |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/kadhja-bonet-delphine/ |work=Pitchfork |access-date=June 2, 2018}} while, for other critics, it "amalgamates folk, jazz and soul,"{{cite web|url=http://xpn.org/world-cafe/world-cafe-next/item/4887-world-cafe-next-kadhja-bonet|date= March 4, 2018|title=World Cafe Next: Kadhja Bonet|publisher=World Cafe Next|access-date=June 3, 2018}} or evokes "Billie Holiday, whisky, and 1940s Disney" in a "genre-defying" way.

Clash magazine wrote that her second album "places Kadhja Bonet in a league of her own." The single "Delphine" from the album was described as "spellbinding"{{cite web|last=Hakimian |first=Rob |url=https://www.thefourohfive.com/music/article/kadhja-bonet-shows-her-class-on-the-spellbinding-delphine-152|date= April 25, 2018|title=Kadhja Bonet shows her class on the spellbinding 'Delphine'|publisher=TheFourOhFive|access-date=June 3, 2018}} and the album itself as "proof of her idiosyncratic genius."{{cite web|last=Moon |first=Tom |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/05/31/614967412/first-listen-kadhja-bonet-childqueen|date= May 31, 2018|title=First Listen: Kadhja Bonet, Childqueen|publisher=NPR|access-date=June 3, 2018}}

;Studio albums

• The Visitor (2016)
• Childqueen (2018)

;Extended plays

• Childqueen Outtakes (2018)
• California Holiday (2022)

;Singles

• "Remember the Rain" (2015)

• "Delphine" (2018)
• "Mother Maybe" (2018)
• "Delphine" (2018)
• "Another Time Lover" (2018)
• "For You" (2021)
• "One Of A Kind Love Affair" (2023)

;Collaborations

• "On Sight", with Free Nationals, JID and MIKNNA (from the album Free Nationals (2019)).
• "New Sky", SiR (from the album Chasing Summer (2019)).
• "Plans We Make", Son Lux (from the album Tomorrows III (2021)).
• "We Forgot Love", Nicolas Godin (from the album Concrete and Glass (2021)).
• "NOTHING TO ME", Darius (2021).
• "Day by Day", Bonobo (from the album Fragments (2022)).
• "Psilocybae", Childish Gambino (from the album Atavista (2024))

{{Reflist}}

• [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b2xs97 Interview] by Mary Anne Hobbs (2018)

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Category:21st-century American musicians

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Category:1988 births

Category:Place of birth missing (living people)