Artist profile
Kelela is an electronic artist working in trap and future bass, known for atmospheric production and vocal-focused compositions that blend experimental and contemporary R&B influences.
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Kelela is a moderate-energy — mostly instrumental artist.
Unusually low brightness for Trap / Future Bass.
Across 16 analysed tracks, Kelela averages 52% energy — gentler than 66% of individual Trap / Future Bass tracks — and 46% groove, groovier than 60%.
Measured against 8,278 Trap / Future Bass tracks on 11 August 2026.
Most tracks sit between 87–160 BPM with a median of 116 · predominantly minor keys (88% minor) · most common key: 12A (C♯ Minor) with 4 tracks.
How Kelela’s production has shifted across their catalog. The radar overlays earlier and recent eras as one shape, the year-by-year chart shows every metric move, and the tempo trend tracks the BPM migration against the typical Trap / Future Bass tempo.
Across Kelela's catalog, tempos have climbed from ~94 to ~122 BPM.
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We scored every transition between Kelela’s 16 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 3 catalogues clear the bar — a transition counts at 80 chemistry or above, the same number you’ll see on any track page. The 3 with the widest margin over chance are below.
Chance is measured, not assumed: 0.573% of transitions between two randomly drawn tracks by different artists in this catalogue reach 80. Listed alphabetically — the set is reproducible, the order inside it is not.
15 of the 640 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.7. They come from 8 different Kelela tracks.
11 of the 640 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.7. They come from 7 different Kelela tracks.
LMK → Lemon - Drake Remix · 2B → 2A · −5 BPM · 82 chemistry
Chemistry weighs harmonic, rhythmic, energy, groove, mood and vocal compatibility. Tempos are as analysed from the recording — where a genre is habitually detected an octave down, this is how we handle it. Different measurement from the audience-overlap list further down the page.
DJs and producers closest to Kelela by audience overlap — the artists their listeners also play. It’s a taste signal, not a measured key-and-tempo match: good for shortlisting crates when you’re prepping a set around Kelela, then check the chemistry on the pair you actually mix. Eligible names link to their own page.
Similarity data from Last.fm. BPM, key and energy on this page are measured from the recordings in our catalog.
Kelela's tracks in our catalog range from 87 to 160 BPM, with a median of 116 BPM. Across 16 tracks, the most common range falls in the 115–120 BPM bucket.
Kelela's tracks are mostly in minor keys (88% minor across 16 tracks). The most common single key is 12A (C♯ Minor) with 4 tracks.
We scored every transition between Kelela's 16 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 3 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Chris Brown, Drake, TroyBoi are three of them — listed alphabetically, because the set is reproducible and the order inside it is not. A transition counts at 80 chemistry or above, the same number shown on a track page. One measured example: LMK into Loyal, 2B to 2B, 89 chemistry.
Kelela sits closest to Rochelle Jordan, FKA twigs, Erika De Casier in our catalog. That ranking is audience overlap — the artists their listeners also play — rather than a measured key-and-tempo match, so treat it as a shortlist worth digging through, not a promise that any two tracks will beatmatch. The full list, with track counts, is in the Related artists section above.
Our catalog has Kelela releases spanning 2017 to 2026, with the most tracks from the 2020s.
