Next Time” is the debut single from Jamaican artist Cholita. A laid-back Caribbean beat produced by Mixpak boss Dre Skull (Vybz Kartel, Drake, Jorja Smith) sets the scene for Cholita’s romantic confusion: the ache and urgency of reconnection, the pain of the ups and downs. Anchored by a spacious guitar line and a warm, nostalgic bassline, “Next Time” plays like a break-up-to-make-up psalm: equal parts restraint and release. Cholita offers us the tender fragments of processing feelings, inviting us into a sound that is vulnerable, self-aware and unmistakably her own.
About Cholita: Cholita makes music that is deeply rooted in the rich history of Jamaican music, and like so much music from the island, it has an instant global resonance. Drawing from a kaleidoscope of genres – dancehall, contemporary R&B, hip hop, pop, indie, Latin – she builds her own sonic language: hypnotic, sensual and defiant. Raised in Kingston by a Jamaican father immersed in the country’s music industry and a Peruvian mother rooted in Lima’s jazz scene, music was never just a backdrop, it was a way of life. Whether you’re listening alone in your bedroom or in the middle of a sweaty dance floor, her songs land with visceral power: anchored by sound system low-end and polyrhythmic syncopation, yet lit with lyrical intimacy. Still early in her journey, Cholita already sounds like an artist with a point of view, weaving her heritage and instinct into songs that move.
