Mali-Koa Hood
Australian singer-songwriter
Mali-Koa Hood, often credited as Mali-Koa, is an Australian singer and songwriter based in London, England.
History
In April 2012, at the age of 20, Hood competed in the first season of the singing competition series, The Voice Australia. 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.
On 22 December 2017, Hood released her debut solo song and promotional single, "Honest". The song received over 2 million streams. 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.
On 26 July 2018, Hood was featured on a remix of JP Cooper's song "All This Love". The song received national radio play and was later featured on the fifth season of the British reality series, Love Island. 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.
On 7 December 2018, Hood released "Pretend", her first song released via Island Records.
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