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Kehlani on the 2025 AMA Awards

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Key Takeaways:

• “(un)Folded” gives a uncooked, a cappella reinterpretation of Kehlani’s earlier single “Folded.”
• The video’s laundromat setting and look by Kehlani’s daughter add layers of intimacy and symbolism.
• Isaia Huron’s harmonies carry a brand new emotional dimension to the stripped-down monitor.

Just a couple of weeks after releasing “Folded,” Kehlani has returned with the a cappella rendition of their first solo single of 2025.

On Wednesday (July 30), “(un)Folded” arrived with the Oakland singer’s vocals remoted with each breath and break intact. The stripped-down model peeled again the unique manufacturing and launched new harmonies from Isaia Huron, who made a welcome look on the refrain.

Fittingly, the accompanying black-and-white video is about at a laundromat — echoing the unique’s setting at “Nini’s Fluff & Fold” dry cleaners — and options Kehlani alongside their daughter, Adeya Nomi. “I know it’s getting cold out, but tell me that it’s not frozen / So come pick up your clothes,” the artist croons. Check out the City James-directed visible under.

After “(un)Folded” dropped, Kehlani took a second to offer Huron his flowers. “[You] really sprinkled in and made this special. I love you, your gift, your sight, [and] your infinite brain,” they wrote through their Instagram Stories. “I can’t wait to tell the world, ‘I told you so.’”

So far, Kehlani hasn’t confirmed whether or not “Folded” is an element of a bigger physique of labor, although they’re notably coming off of a busy 2024 that included two tasks and a world tour. The singer launched CRASH that June, adopted by While We Wait 2 in August. The latter launched a few remixes of songs from their fourth studio album and new fan favorites like “Clothes Off” and “When He’s Not There.”

Kehlani has been doing a variety of options these days. On Valentine’s Day (Feb. 14), the artist joined forces with kwn for his or her remix of “worst behavior.” Since then, they’ve additionally popped up on Fridayy’s “Saving My Love,” DESTIN CONRAD’s “BAD B**CHES!” Leon Thomas’ “DIRT ON MY SHOES,” and, extra lately, Mariah Carey’s “Sugar Sweet.”