--- description: Find out how Kali Uchis is shaping the future and defining the next generation of leadership. title: 2023 TIME100 Next: Kali Uchis image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta0b1bf5231f7fbe1/698a3ffadb298743fd269495/time100-next-kali-uchis-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Sep 13, 2023 # Kali Uchis by Diane Guerrero  Kali Uchis Kali UchisChristopher Polk—Variety/Getty Images My mom used to call me _muñeca._ When I hear Kali Uchis sing, _“Veo una muñeca cuando miro en el espejo kiss kiss,”_ what comes instantly to mind is the love I have for myself, summoned through this enchantment. Yes, Kali is the first Latin female artist to reach a billion streams. But it’s the attunement to love’s power that we connect with through Kali’s artistry. And the joy we witness through the integrity of her self-expression. --- ### More from TIME --- Label executives told Kali that reaching both English and Spanish audiences with her songs would be hard. But she wrote the [music](https://time.com/6241899/most-anticipated-albums-2023/ "undefined") that spoke to her, and she won over those audiences nonetheless. She represents so much of what many of us feel but haven’t been able to express. Her layered talents—lyricism, production, performance, filmmaking—demand our attention. Yet her work is never forced. Kali Uchis is not of this world. She just parked her spaceship here, and all we did was wake up lucky enough to have her. _Guerrero is an actor_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2023/6308489/kali-uchis/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2023/6308489/kali-uchis/"},"headline":"Kali Uchis","datePublished":"2023-09-13T11:00:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:19:06.151Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2023/6308489/kali-uchis/","keywords":["TIME 100 Next","sponsorshipblock","time100nextartists23"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta0b1bf5231f7fbe1/698a3ffadb298743fd269495/time100-next-kali-uchis-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta0b1bf5231f7fbe1/698a3ffadb298743fd269495/time100-next-kali-uchis-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2023/6308489/kali-uchis/","name":"Kali Uchis"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"See Everyone on the TIME100 Next List","description":"TIME100 Next, our annual franchise recognizing the rising leaders in health, climate, business, sports, the arts and more.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/QxIk3IJu/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2023-09-13T11:00:00.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/QxIk3IJu.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2023/6308489/kali-uchis/","duration":"PT1M58S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2023/6308489/kali-uchis/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```