# Leven Kali

Leven Kali is a Dutch-born American singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist, best known for his work on Beyoncé's Renaissance, Drake's More Life and Playboi Carti's self titled mixtape Playboi Carti.
Born into a family of musicians, Simon-Seay was conceived in the Netherlands while his father, bass guitarist Jerry "Wyzard" Seay, was on a European tour with his band Mother's Finest. His family subsequently relocated to Santa Monica, California at the age of eight, where he would eventually join the music program at Crossroads High School, building a close-knit network of musicians and visual artists. Upon graduation, Simon-Seay attended University of California, Riverside on an NCAA Division I golf scholarship before moving into music creation. Simon-Seay, alongside Daniel Memmi and Solomon "Sol Was" Cole, friends he made through his Crossroads High School music program, joined forces as a production/songwriting team, subsequently co-creating Renaissance standout "Virgo's Groove".

## Discography

Studio albums
* Low Tide (2019) (Interscope Records)
* HIGHTIDE (2020) (Interscope Records)
* Let It Rain EP (2022)

## Songwriting and production credits

Credits are courtesy of Discogs, Tidal, Apple Music, and AllMusic.
| Title | Year | Artist | Album |
| "Another World" | 2016 | NCT 127 | NCT 127 |
| "They Never Know" | 2016 | Exo | Ex'Act |
| "The 7th Sense" | 2016 | NCT U | NCT 2018 Empathy |
| "Twenty Four" | 2016 | Exo | For Life (EP) |
| "Starlight" (featuring Dean) | 2016 | Taeyeon | Why |
| "Drip Drop | 2016 | Taemin | Press It |
| "All I Have (Intro)" | 2017 | Snoh Aalegra | Feels |
| "Time" | 2017 | Snoh Aalegra | Feels |
| "Do Not Disturb" | 2017 | Drake | More Life |
| "Rookie" | 2017 | Red Velvet | Rookie |
| "Let My Baby Stay (Cover)" | 2017 | Amandla Stenberg | Everything, Everything Film Soundtrack |
| "Heart Stop" (featuring Seulgi) | 2017 | Taemin | Move |
| "Tempo" | 2018 | Exo | Don't Mess Up My Tempo |
| "Countless" | 2018 | Shinee | The Story of Light |
| "HMU For A Good Time" | 2021 | Tinashe | 333 (Deluxe) |
| "Tragic" | 2021 | Jazmine Sullivan | Heaux Tales, Mo Tales: The Deluxe |
| "Alien Superstar" | 2022 | Beyoncé | Renaissance |
| "Plastic Off the Sofa" | 2022 | Beyoncé | Renaissance |
| "Virgo's Groove" | 2022 | Beyoncé | Renaissance |
| "Summer Renaissance" | 2022 | Beyoncé | Renaissance |
| "Shiesty" | 2022 | Kyle | It's Not So Bad |
| "Hazel Theme" | 2023 | Skrillex | Quest for Fire |
| "Still Here (With the Ones That I Came With)" (With Porter Robinson and Bibi Bourelly) | 2023 | Skrillex | Quest for Fire |
| "Bodyguard" | 2024 | Beyoncé | Cowboy Carter |
| "Crazy" | 2024 | Le Sserafim | Crazy |
| "Images" | 2024 | WayV | The Highest |

## Guest appearances

List of guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name :
| Title | Year | Other performer(s) | Album |
| "Flex" | 2017 | Playboi Carti | Playboi Carti |
| "Text Me" | 2018 | Diggy Simmons | Lighten Up |
| "Wait On You" | 2021 | Jay Worthy, Na-Kel Smith | Two4Two |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Ceremony | Award | Result | Ref |
| 2023 | 65th Annual Grammy Awards | Album of the Year (Renaissance) | Nominated | |
| 2023 | 65th Annual Grammy Awards | Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album (Renaissance) | Won | |