You're listening to Song Exploder, where musicians take apart their songs, and piece by piece, tell the story of how they were made.

I'm Rishi Kesh Hirwe.

Kalela is a singer and songwriter based in Los Angeles.

In 2015, she released Hallucinogen and landed on critics lists in the New York

Times, The Washington Post, pitchfork, and more. In this episode, Kolella takes apart her song,

Rewind. To make the track, she worked with five different producers, picking and choosing each

for what they could best contribute to her overall vision for the song. This interview was

recorded live in San

Francisco at Fusion's Real Future Fair. Now here's Kolella on Song Exploder.

I take my chances, I know that I'm falling the best when I'm next to you, because I'm

heating up all you're waiting my mind. I know that I'm stolen. Don't leave me behind.

I had the intention to make a Miami-Base-inspired song that gave me butterflies

or that made me feel romance, but something light and fun.

It's like I wanted that Ghost Town DJ's feel.

At night, I think of you.

I want to be your lady, baby.

If your game is on, give me a call boo.

If you're loving strong, let I give my all to you. I received a track from a producer who goes by Obie City.

He sent me a whole collection of instrumentals, and this one just jumped out at me. It was actually the baseline that I couldn't get off of.

I just sort of fixated on that I couldn't get off of. I just sort of fixated on that. And so I kept trying to sing over the track as is over and over and over again. And I didn't get anywhere. I left it alone. And then one day I came back to it with my friend Nugget.

He's also a writer, so I think that the advantage of working with somebody who produces and writes is that, you know,

the idea doesn't have to come out disjointed.

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