Mali-Koa Hood, often credited as Mali-Koa, is an Australian singer-songwriter based in London, United Kingdom.[1] She is the daughter of Joy and David Hood and the older sister of singer, songwriter and 5 Seconds of Summer's bassist, Calum Hood.[2]
Mali-Koa | |
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| Born | (1991-05-19) May 19, 1991 (age 31) Sydney, Australia |
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| Years active | 2016–present |
| Labels | Island Records, Honest Records |
| Website | https://www.malikoa.com/ |
In April 2012, at the age of 20, Hood competed in the first season of the singing competition series, The Voice Australia.[3] 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.[4]
On 22 December 2017, Hood released her debut solo song and promotional single, "Honest". The song received over 2 million streams.[5][6] 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.[7][8]
On 26 July 2018, Hood was featured on a remix of JP Cooper's song "All This Love".[9][10] The song received national radio play[11] and was later featured on the fifth season of the British reality series, Love Island.[12] 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.[13][14]
On 7 December 2018, Hood released "Pretend", her first song released via Island Records.[15] In May 2019, Hood performed at The Great Escape festival in London.[16] 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.[17]
In March 2020, Hood performed at the Global APRA Music Awards in London.[18] 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.[19] On 4 June 2020, Hood released the album's second single, titled "Some Things", premiering the song on Atwood Magazine.[20][21] On 9 July 2020. Hood released the album's third single, "Me Before You".[22][23] The song's music video was released on 29 July 2020.[24] In August 2020, the singer-songwriter released a cover of Robin S's "Show Me Love" [25] 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.[14][26]
She is apart of a project called AR/CO [27] with fellow musician Leo Stannard,[28] where they write songs for other artists and have recently been apart of a song called "Run Run!" with Jaded and Will Clarke.
| Title | Details |
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| Hunger |
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| Year | Title | Album | Label |
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| 2016 | "Paint Me Black"
(Ben Hazlewood ft. Mali-Koa) |
Vanta (Ben Hazlewood album) | |
| 2017 | "Numbers Game"
(H Block INK ft. Mali-Koa) |
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| "Honest" | Hunger | ||
| 2018 | "All This Love"
(JP Cooper ft. Mali-Koa) |
Raised Under Grey Skies | Island Records |
| "Pretend" | Hunger | Honest Records
Island Records | |
| 2019 | "Sorry" | Hunger | |
| 2020 | "Dancer" | ||
| "Some Things" | |||
| "Me Before You" | |||
| "Revolution" | |||
| "Hunger" | |||
| 2021 | "Higher Than Before"
(Flawes ft. Mali-Koa) |
Fawes EP: Reverie | Red Bull Records |
| Year | Title | Artist | Album | Notes |
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| 2017 | "The Beautiful & Damned" | G-Eazy | "The Beautiful & Damned" | Composer [29] |
| 2019 | "Sleeping Through Sirens" | Ben Hazlewood | Non album single | Composer |
| 2021 | "No Control" | Piero Pirupa | No Control | Composer, Vocals |
| "Run Run" | Will Clarke, Jaded, AR/CO | Composer, Vocals | ||
| "Hot Air Baloon" | Don Diablo, AR/CO | Composer, Vocals | ||
| "Check Out" | J.Worra feat. Leo Stannard | Composer | ||
| 2022 | "Under The Sun" | Franky Wah, AR/CO | Composer, Vocals | |
| "Tears In Ibiza" | The Stickmen Project, AR/CO | Composer, Vocals | ||
| "Call Me By My Name" | AR/CO | Composer, Vocals | ||
| "Night Feels" | AR/CO | Composer, Vocals | ||
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated | Result | Ref |
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| 2018 | Spark Animation Festival Awards | Best Video | "All The Love"
(with JP Cooper) |
Won | [30] |
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