Alessia De Gasperis Brigante (born March 17, 1990), known professionally as Kai, is a Canadian singer and songwriter from Toronto, Ontario. She is currently signed to Warner Music Canada and is currently working on her first EP expected to be released in 2016.

Career

In 2012, Kai teamed up with Montreal dubstep group Adventure Club for the popular track "Need Your Heart", which features Kai's vocals and writing. The song has been remixed by several artists, including Minnesota, Cry Wolf, and Candyland. The track peaked at number 2 on the iTunes Electronic music chart in Canada.

Kai also collaborated with Diplo on his EP Revolution, co-writing and featuring on the title track "Revolution".

Kai's vocals have also been featured on the track "Crawl" from Childish Gambino's album Because the Internet.

In 2014, Kai wrote the Diplo-produced "Sweet Talker", the title track from Jessie J's third studio album released in October 2014.

In 2015, Kai wrote and was featured on Skrillex and Diplo's Jack Ü album on a track entitled "Mind".

In 2016, Kai was featured on the track "Never Be Like You" by Australian electronic musician Flume. It reached number one in Australia.

References ^ "Artist: Kai on CBC music". CBC. Retrieved 18 December 2012.  ^ "Adventure Club - Need Your Heart ft. Kai". thissongissick. Retrieved 29 December 2012.  ^ "Minnesota Remixes "Need Your Heart"". earmilk.com.  ^ Ryan, Gavin (February 13, 2016). "ARIA Singles: Flume 'Never Be Like You' Is No 1". Noise11. Retrieved February 13, 2016.  Authority control MusicBrainz: 42c8f9b1-60b5-4b0e-9036-f9a9596695c1