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Mali-Koa
Mali-Koa (left) performs at the Aussie BBQ 2019
Background information
Born	(1991-05-19) May 19, 1991 (age 33) Sydney, Australia
Origin	London, England, United Kingdom
Occupations	Singer Songwriter Musician
Years active	2016–present
Labels	Island Records, Honest Records
Website	https://www.malikoa.com/

Mali-Koa Hood, often credited as Mali-Koa, is an Australian singer and songwriter based in London, England. She is also the sister of 5SOS band member Calum Hood.

History

In April 2012, at the age of 20, Hood competed in the first season of the singing competition series, The Voice Australia. She covered "American Boy" for her blind audition and did a duet cover of "What's Up?" before being eliminated in the battle rounds portion of the show.

On 22 December 2017, Hood released her debut solo song and promotional single, "Honest". The song received over 2 million streams. In March 2018, Hood announced that she had signed a record deal with Island Records UK and revealed that she would be releasing an album.

On 26 July 2018, Hood was featured on a remix of JP Cooper's song "All This Love". The song received national radio play and was later featured on the fifth season of the British reality series, Love Island. As of July 2020, the song's official music video has received over 15 million views on Youtube and over 9 million streams on Spotify.

On 7 December 2018, Hood released "Pretend", her first song released via Island Records. In May 2019, Hood performed at The Great Escape festival in London. On 31 May 2019, Hood released a song titled "Sorry" with the track's accompanying music video being released on 12 June. The song's official music video has since received 2.5 million views on Youtube.

In March 2020, Hood performed at the Global APRA Music Awards in London. On 22 April 2020, Hood released "Dancer", the first single from her upcoming album, set for release later in the year. The song's accompanying music video was released the same day. On 4 June 2020, Hood released the album's second single, titled "Some Things", premiering the song on Atwood Magazine. On 9 July 2020. Hood released the album's third single, "Me Before You". The song's music video was released on 29 July 2020. In August 2020, the singer-songwriter released a cover of Robin S's "Show Me Love" and in February 2021, a cover of the song "You're the Voice" by the Australian icon John Farnham.

Apart from releasing songs, Mali-Koa has also written songs for other artists, including G-Eazy and Sigma.

She is part of a rising electro duo called AR/CO with fellow musician Leo Stannard.

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Song credits

Awards

References

1. "Introducing: Mali-Koa". EUPH. 14 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
2. "The Voice Australia". 18 March 2012. Archived from the original on 4 April 2016.
3. Williams, Jacqueline (22 April 2012). "Jolts or faults: Has foul play hit The Voice?". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
4. "Mali-Koa liberates debut promotional single "Honest"". Hamada Mania. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
5. Skope. "MALI-KOA – New Video". Retrieved 17 July 2020.
6. "Mali Koa via Twitter-Island Records". Twitter. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
7. "Mali-Koa". Island Records. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
8. "JP Cooper releases new version of 'All This Love' with Mali-Koa". CelebMix. 28 July 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
9. Odutola, Tayo (31 July 2018). "JP Cooper is brimming with "All This Love" [Video]". EARMILK. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
10. "JP Cooper - All this love - Radio Box". OnlineRadioBox.com. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
11. "What songs were on Love Island tonight? The music from the Love Island 2019 soundtrack". PopBuzz. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
12. "JP Cooper - All This Love ft. Mali-Koa - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
13. ^ "Mali-koa". triple j Unearthed. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
14. "Mali-Koa Releases New Single "Pretend"". CelebMix. 10 December 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
15. "Sounds Australia puts spotlight on Aussie music at UK's Great Escape". The Music Network. 9 May 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
16. "Premiere: Mali-Koa Says "Sorry" in Heartbreaking New Single". Atwood Magazine. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
17. "London performers revealed for first Global APRA Music Awards". The Music Network. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
18. "Video of the Week: Mali-Koa challenges the status quo with 'Dancer'". Tone Deaf. 31 May 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
19. "'Some Things' We Love About Mali-Koa". The Honey POP. 4 June 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
20. "Premiere: Mali-Koa Explores Change in Heartfelt, Reflective Music Video for "Some Things"". Atwood Magazine. 4 June 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
21. "Mali Koa shares uplifting pop banger "Me Before You"". TotalNtertainment. 11 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
22. Komonibo, Ineye. "New Music To Know: Sad Girl Season Makes A Comeback, And 2020 Still Really Sucks". www.refinery29.com. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
23. "Mali-Koa's 'Me Before You' Carries A Message Of Healing". Clash Magazine. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
24. "Mali-Koa Shows Us Love In Cover of 'Show me Love'". The Honey POP. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
25. "Mali-Koa Hood | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
26. AR/CO | Instagram
27. Leo Stannard | Instagram
28. The Beautiful & Damned - G-Eazy | Credits | AllMusic, retrieved 23 February 2021
29. Tiggi Hawke | Spotify
30. AR/CO | Spotify
31. DEL-30 | Spotify
32. "Spark Animation Festival 2018- Winner". We Are Broken Antler. Retrieved 17 July 2020.

External links

• Official website

• 1991 births
• Living people
• 21st-century Australian women singers
• Australian people of Māori descent
• Singers from Sydney
• Cook Islanders
• Cook Islands musicians
• Australian people of Scottish descent