ORQUÍDEAS

Pitchfork 8.4/10 With a lavish new album, the Colombian American singer serves up lush ballads about protecting your peace and sizzling reggaeton to disturb it.

The Needle Drop 7/10 Many of ORQUÍDEAS' dance and reggaeton cuts go off.

NME 4/5 The Colombian-American's second album in the space of the year – largely in Spanish – shows an artist consistently reinventing and refining her craft.

The Line of Best Fit 8/10 Uchis is able to be refreshingly soft and tender by using a finely tuned palette, without ever being bland. Instead, the result is truly emotionally intelligent and dazzlingly timeless.

Evening Standard 4/5 Cranking up the energy, this sees the prolific star trying out new styles and shaking things up.

All Music 4.5/5 On Orquídeas, Uchis remains true to herself by restlessly expanding her music's stylistic reach, embracing the past as instructor to the present. It is as aesthetically appealing as it is musically adventurous.

The Skinny 4/5 Orquídeas is a display of bravura and an entire album of sweet spots.

Clash 8/10 Kali is the driving force keeping this mélange from becoming messy. She masterfully melds this eclectic mix of popified sounds into magic.

The Observer 4/5 The Colombian-American’s follow-up to Red Moon in Venus showcases her musical and linguistic versatility – and a steamy succession of guests.

Pop Matters 9/10 On Orquisideas, Kali Uchis yet again proves she is the Queen of Concept, delivering a clever, thoughtful album inspired by the “sensual allure of the orchid”.

The Guardian 4/5 Less hazy than her recent Red Moon in Venus, the witty Colombian American singer returns with an album centred on reggaeton, cumbia and reggae rhythms.

Spectrum Culture 77% Her second album within a year proves only that Kali Uchis has a lot of musical territory to cover and plenty of sensual, personal stories to share.

Beats Per Minute 75% It’s hard to make out the specifics of this grand happening but we can tell people are having the time of their life down there. To feed off even 10% of that energy can hopefully spark a dream of one’s own making.