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“After The Storm” is another appetizer from Kali Uchis' highly-anticipated debut album, Isolation, released on April 6, 2018. The smooth and sultry R&B track features Uchis' frequent collaborator Tyler, The Creator and funk legend, Bootsy Collins. It was produced by BADBADNOTGOOD.
The Colombian...
[Intro: Bootsy Collins]
Ah, whatever goes around
Eventually comes back to you
So you gotta be careful, baby
And look both ways before you cross my mind
[Verse 1: Kali Uchis & Bootsy Collins]
Did you ever wonder, yeah, do you ever wonder?
What he might be going through on his own, and
The demons that he's facing alone
(Sometimes it hurts, baby)
I hate that sometimes I can't go home
And it just ain't the same on the phone, no
But everybody's gotta go on, don't they?
Yes, we do, baby
[Pre-Chorus: Kali Uchis & Bootsy Collins]
So if you need a hero (If you need a hero)
Just look in the mirror (Just look in the mirror)
No one's gonna save you now
So you better save yourself
And everybody's hurting
Everybody's going through it
But you just can't give up now
'Cause you gotta save yourself
Yeah, gotta hang on, baby
[Chorus: Kali Uchis]
The sun'll come out
Nothing good ever comes easy
I know times are rough
But winners don't quit, so don't you give up
The sun'll come out
But we've been struggling endlessly
Someday we'll find the love
'Cause after the storm's when the flowers bloom
[Verse 2: Tyler, The Creator]
Kali, what you mean? I take it offensive
'Cause I'm the hottest flower boy that popped up on the scene
Feeling better, better than ever
'Cause your umbrella, -brella (-brel-la)
Sun is beaming on me like headlights beaming on Bambi
Now let's pretend the street is the room and you are a Camry
'Cause you drive me candy, the Tito to my Randy
Now let's produce some thrillers, my chocolate wit' yo' vanilla, uh
[Chorus: Kali Uchis]
The sun'll come out
Nothing good ever comes easy
I know times are rough
But winners don't quit, so don't you give up
The sun'll come out
But we've been struggling endlessly
Someday we'll find the love
'Cause after the storm—
[Bridge: Kali Uchis]
I know it's hard
But did you even really try?
Maybe you could understand
When all you had to do was ask
And just open your mind
When everything is passing by
And all you had to do was try
Yeah, all you had to do was try
[Outro: Bootsy Collins & Kali Uchis]
Try, try, try, try, try
And all you had to do was try
Try, try, try, try
After the Storm was written by Kali Uchis & Tyler, The Creator & Bootsy Collins & Matthew Tavares & Alex Sowinski & Chester Hansen & Leland Whitty.
After the Storm was produced by BADBADNOTGOOD.
Kali Uchis released After the Storm on Fri Jan 12 2018.
I was in Canada with BadBadNotGood and I felt inspired as soon as we were in the studio, I was playing them a bunch of songs that made me feel good. I just wanted something that felt good. Something that carried an energy–that could elevate my frequency at the moment. They got right into it and they...
I was in Canada, so I was traveling a lot. I was trying to work on my album. Trying to work on a lot of different things, getting my life together, so I wasn’t home a lot. I guess that’s where the part about me wanting to go home comes from, a little bit of the sadness of what it’s like every day, h...
It was when I was working on my first project called ‘Por Vida.’ They were on a song that Kaytranada sent me, which ended up being “Rush.” That’s how I got introduced to them. Then after that whenever we were playing the same festival we played that song together. They were so amazing live, and we j...
It’s funny because I did an interview with the board and they asked me, “Who do you want to work with?” I was like, “It would be cool to work with Bootsy Collins.” Obviously he’s a legend. I could have said anyone, but at that moment I said Bootsy Collins. He reached out to me on Twitter. He DM’d me...
It’s just made sense. Long time collaborator. I love him. We always do shit together so I was like I want somebody to rap right here.
He had heard this song when I first started working on it. I had never asked him to be on there, I just showed him the song like, “Oh yeah, I have this new song, duh...
“After the Storm” was certified gold by the RIAA on September 30, 2019.