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Mali-Koa Hood
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.[1] HistoryIn April 2012, at the age of 20, Hood competed in the first season of the singing competition series, The Voice Australia.[2] 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.[3] On 22 December 2017, Hood released her debut solo song and promotional single, "Honest". The song received over 2 million streams.[4][5] 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.[6][7] On 26 July 2018, Hood was featured on a remix of JP Cooper's song "All This Love".[8][9] The song received national radio play[10] and was later featured on the fifth season of the British reality series, Love Island.[11] 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.[12][13] On 7 December 2018, Hood released "Pretend", her first song released via Island Records.[14] In May 2019, Hood performed at The Great Escape festival in London.[15] 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.[16] In March 2020, Hood performed at the Global APRA Music Awards in London.[17] 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.[18] On 4 June 2020, Hood released the album's second single, titled "Some Things", premiering the song on Atwood Magazine.[19][20] On 9 July 2020. Hood released the album's third single, "Me Before You".[21][22] The song's music video was released on 29 July 2020.[23] In August 2020, the singer-songwriter released a cover of Robin S's "Show Me Love" [24] 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.[13][25] She is part of a rising electro duo called AR/CO [26] with fellow musician Leo Stannard.[27] DiscographyStudio albums
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