# Duendita

Candace Lee Camacho, known professionally as duendita is an American musician. She is based in Queens, New York. She has released a studio album direct line to My Creator (2018) and an extended play the mind is a miracle (2024).

## Early life

Candace Lee Camacho was born and raised in Jamaica, Queens, New York. She went to Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School then participated in New York University's Future Music Mogul program.
Her moniker duendita came from her high school nickname which was a play of duende, a concept explored by Spanish writer Federico García Lorca.

## Career

duendita released a single "one of one" in 2014. In May 2017, she released a single "yikes!" as the lead single of her upcoming debut studio album. Her debut studio album, direct line to My Creator, was released on November 9, 2018. It served as her senior thesis project from New York University Tisch School of the Arts. Following its release, duendita took a hiatus from music due to mental health crisis.
In March 2024, duendita presented an audiovisual performance about resilience on the East River that was recorded in riverside Puerto Rican communities across New York City, Sound River, at the Abrons Arts Center. In September 2024, she released an extended play the mind is a miracle.

## Discography
### Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected details. :
| Title | Album details |
| direct line to My Creator | Released: November 9, 2018 Label: The Vanguarde Format: Digital download |

### Extended plays

List of extended plays, with selected details. :
| Title | Album details |
| the mind is a miracle | Released: September 27, 2024 Label: FREEDOM DR Format: Digital download |

### Singles
#### As lead artist

| Title | Year | Album |
| "One of One" | 2014 | Non-album single |
| "yikes!" | 2017 | direct line to My Creator |
| "Another Time (World$Tar Money)" (Simon Eng with duendita) | 2017 | Non-album singles |
| "Let Me Live" | 2020 | Non-album singles |
| "Mind" | 2020 | Non-album singles |
| "Yaya My Favorite" | 2020 | Non-album singles |
| "Us (How Sweet It Was)" (Ricky Reed with Jim James and Duendita) | 2020 | The Room |
| "Open Eyes" | 2021 | Non-album singles |
| "bio" | 2021 | Non-album singles |
| "feel" (featuring Joy Guidry) | 2022 | the mind is a miracle |
| "planetary" | 2024 | the mind is a miracle |
| "born with power" | 2024 | the mind is a miracle |

#### As featured artist

| Title | Year | Album |
| "On a Warm Spring Night You Stunned Me" (Zugzwang featuring duendita) | 2016 | Non-album singles |
| "Paradise" (AKATSUKI featuring duendita) | 2018 | Non-album singles |
| "Onsite" (Bakery featuring duendita) | 2019 | Non-album singles |
| "How Beautiful (she is)" (Salt Cathedral featuring duendita) | 2020 | Non-album singles |
| "Lethal" (Noah Becker featuring Isaiah Barr and duendita) | 2022 | Non-album singles |
| "RUNNIN" (polarboiyeahz featuring duendita) | 2023 | Non-album singles |

### Guest appearances

List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name :
| Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album |
| "angel" | 2018 | Odunsi the Engine | rare. |
| "I Will Go Until No End to Feel Your Heart Beat Next to Mine" | 2019 | cxltgod | The Freakshow of the Century, Pt. 1 |
| "#memories" | 2019 | MIKE | Tears of Joy |
| "Different cloth." | 2019 | Remy Banks | did this in detroit. |
| "Promises" | 2019 | Wiki | Oofie |
| "Paint Ain't Mine" | 2020 | Zelooperz | Gremlin |
| "Glitch" | 2020 | Black Noi$e | OBLIVION |
| "Still Here" | 2021 | Wiki | Half God |
| "Time Is" | 2022 | Zelooperz | Get WeT.Radio |
| "Tiny Garden" | 2023 | Jamila Woods | Water Made Us |
| "Miss U" | 2025 | MIKE | Showbiz! |

## Tours

Opening act
* Crumb – Ice Melt Tour (2021)
* Homeshake – North American Tour (2022)
* Etran de L'Aïr – North American Tour (2024)
* Empress Of – For Your Consideration Tour (2024)