Rising Stars: Meet Kordelya

Today we’d like to introduce you to Kordelya.

Hi Kordelya, please kick things off for us with an introduction to yourself and your story.
I’m a Mexican-American artist and producer who released her debut album Mal Hecha in 2020. My greatest love as a kid was writing songs on my piano. It was my diary and my cheap therapy. When I could find the courage to talk to someone or admit how I was feeling, I always turned to the piano. As I grew and learned how to produce, I became obsessed in creating my song’s own little world where my secrets and my lyrics could live.

My debut album and singles have not only seen success on Latin Spotify-curated playlists such as New Music Friday Latin, Editor’s Picks Mexico, Vibras and Academia Pop, but also huge US playlists like US Latin New Music Friday and Fresh Finds. The only Latin song featured on a US playlist such as Golden Hour. I’ve been lucky to be featured as the cover artist on Tidal’s Sentimiento playlist a few times, New Latin Now on Pandora, Latin Pop Rising Spotify, Radar US Latin Spotify and more!

I feel incredibly happy by how my music had been received by publications such as Remezcla, NPR, and Earmilk with quotes such as “nearly flawless, meticulously executed vision…” – NPR ALT Latino. Her single, s a l u d o s, was featured on Grammys.com front page as well.

This year has great things in store with a new album coming and my track “Hear Me Out” will be re-released along with the Rebelde reboot out on Netflix Jan 5.

We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
it was definitely tough at first for my family accept me going into this career because it is tough to make a living of of music. Finding paying gigs is tough when you first start out. There were a few times where I would use my food or even rent money to finish mixing and mastering my songs. I quite literally put my blood, sweat and tears into my work and I don’t regret it for a second.

Appreciate you sharing that. What else should we know about what you do?
I’m an artist, singer and producer who released her debut album Mal Hecha in 2020.

My debut album and singles have not only seen success on Latin Spotify-curated playlists such as New Music Friday Latin, Editor’s Picks Mexico, Vibras and Academia Pop, but also huge US playlists like US Latin Fresh Finds. The only Latin song featured on a US playlist such as Golden Hour. I’ve been lucky to be featured as the cover artist on Tidal’s Sentimiento playlist a few times, New Latin Now on Pandora, Latin Pop Rising Spotify, Radar US Latin Spotify and more!

I feel incredibly happy by how my music had been received by publications such as Remezcla, NPR, and Earmilk with quotes such as “nearly flawless, meticulously executed vision…” – NPR ALT Latino. Her single, s a l u d o s, was featured on Grammys.com front page as well.

I’m so proud of incredible brands that I’ve been involved and collaborated with such as Smashbox, Buchanan’s, Gibson, KRK, the Ikea festival, Instax by Fuji and lately Triller was the official sponsor of my latest release party by Al Tun Tun of my single Torero.

A great milestone of my career happened at the end of 2021 when I was signed by BMG as an artist, writer and producer. It is the top publisher in the world, and I’m just lucky to be part of their amazing roster.

If you had to, what characteristic of yours would you give the most credit to?
Resilience has really played a part. I put my entire soul and life into what I do no matter how tough it gets, and luckily my listeners have noticed and have kept listening.

Contact Info:

• Website: kordelyamusic.com
• Instagram: instagram.com/kordelyaa
• Facebook: facebook.com/kordelyamusic
• Twitter: twitter.com/kordelyamusic
• Youtube: youtube.com/kordelya

Image Credits
Mike Anderson