Red Moon In Venus

## Singles

1. "I Wish you Roses"
Released: January 19, 2023
2. "Moonlight"
Released: February 24, 2023

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***Red Moon In Venus*** is the third studio album by Kali Uchis. It was officially released worldwide on March 3, 2023, through EMI and Geffen Records.

## Background

During an interview with *We Are Mitú* on September 21, 2021, Uchis revealed that was “almost done” with her third album.

Uchis tweeted about finishing the album on January 11, 2022.

On April 21, 2022, during the Latin American Music Awards of 2022, she revealed to *Billboard* that she had two albums ready, one in English and one in Spanish. Later the same day, she asked her fans in a tweet which album should release first.

During November 2022, Uchis teased a wave of songs from the album on her TikTok account. This was probably due to her label delaying the release date of the album. On December 9, 2022, she announced that she had turned in the new album, describing it as her "latest contribution to this world".

On January 5, 2023, Uchis confirmed via Twitter the album's release for 2023. A few days later, on January 20, she posted on all her social media a visual trailer that revealed the album's title and a snippet of a new song later revealed to be "Not Too Late".

The album's artwork and release date were officially announced on January 23, 2023, on all Uchis' social media. The tracklist was unveiled on January 26, with an animated video.

On February 2, 2023, Uchis did an Instagram live to ask fans what would be the second single from the album. For that, she played longer snippets of previously teased songs "Endlessly", "Moonlight" and "Not Too Late".

The night previous the release, Uchis did another live on Instagram where she revealed that many of the songs on the album were written and recorded years ago, being "Deserve Me" the oldest one which was written in 2019, before her sophomore studio album came out.

### Title meaning

Uchis explained the album's title meaning to the press:

### Spotify Enhancement

Two days prior to the release, Uchis introduced the album exclusively for Spotify saying:

## Promotion

A release party was held the night the album was released, at the club Heart WeHo as a form of celebration.

On March 4, 2023, Uchis posted a TikTok video where is seen placing posters and raising a big cloth on the highways of Los Angeles, announcing that the album is out everywhere.

To promote the album, she also embarked on the Red Moon In Venus Tour divided in two parts The first started on April 25, 2023, and ended on May 30, and the second started on September 22, and ended on October 3.

On May 4, 2023, all songs in the album received a visual lyric video on Uchis' official YouTube channel.

## Theme

As Uchis introduced, love is the message and with this album she demonstrates how important it is in all aspects of life. Whether in relationships, friendships, family, or oneself, it all comes down to one thing: letting it be the truest love one can give.

Uchis emphasizes this with tracks like "Love Between", "All Mine" and "Fantasy", which features her current boyfriend Don Toliver.

These songs describe romantic love as something frightening and vulnerable, but worth the effort if true. “Fantasy” dives deeper into how one should strive for their relationship to be the one they’ve always dreamed of. Uchis shows how it isn’t unrealistic to want or achieve a perfect type of love with someone, and how one should not settle for less than is deserved.

## Critical reception

*Red Moon In Venus* received widespread acclaim from critics.
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 84, based on 13 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave it 7.7 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus. The album received an 8.2 out of 10 on Pitchfork and was acclaimed as "best new music" the week of its release.

## Singles

The album was supported by two singles. On January 19, 2023, Uchis released the lead single from the record "I Wish you Roses" alongside a music video, which was followed by "Moonlight" that was released on February 24, 2023, as the second single and accompanied of a lyric video.

"I Wish you Roses""Moonlight"

### Outtakes

* "Astrology"
* "Piece of Me"
* "Superstitious"
* "I Know"

## Artwork

Standard coverStandard cover with Parental AdvisoryApple Music animated coverStandard back coverAlternative coverAlternative cover with Parental AdvisoryAlternative back cover
## Physical releases

* CDs
* Vinyl
* Cassette

Standard CDStandard CD (Signed)Alternative cover CD (Signed)

Standard black vinylRed vinyl
Online exclusiveSalmon vinyl
Urban Outfitters exclusiveClear vinyl
with alternative coverBaby Pink vinyl
Target exclusivePicture Disc

Cassette
Limited edition

## Credits

**Personnel**

* Kali Uchis – vocals (all tracks)
* Phil Cornish – piano (track 1)
* Josh Crocker – bass guitar, drums, keyboards, programming (tracks 2, 4, 12); guitar (tracks 2, 4)
* Vicky Nguyen – keyboards (track 3)
* Rocco Palladino – bass guitar (track 12)
* Yussef Dayes – drums, synthesizer programming (track 12)
* Alexander Bourt – percussion (track 12)
* Elijah Fox – piano (track 12)
* Malik Venner – saxophone (track 12)
* Miles James – synthesizer (track 12)
* Nick Movshon – bass guitar (track 14)
* Homer Steinweiss – drums (track 14)
* Paul Castelluzo – guitar (track 14)
* Benny Blanco – keyboards, programming (track 14)
* Magnus Høiberg – keyboards, programming (track 14)
* Leon Michels – keyboards (track 14)

**Technical**

* Prash Mistry – mastering (all tracks), mixing (tracks 5, 6. 7, 8, 10, 13, 14, 15)
* David Kim – mixing (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 11, 12)
* Benny Blanco – mixing (track 14)
* Cashmere Cat – mixing (track 14)
* Austen Jux-Chandler – engineering
* Hector Castro – engineering (tracks 3, 4, 7, 8, 12)
* Miguel Correa – engineering (tracks 7, 8)
* Jens Jungkurth – engineering (track 14)
* Leon Michels – engineering (track 14)
* Morning Estrada – recording (tracks 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 13)
* David Bishop – recording (track 13)
* Lavar Bullard – mixing assistance (track 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15)
* Luca Brown – engineering assistance (track 5)

## References

1. ↑ https://wearemitu.com/latidomusic/kali-uchis-interview-telepatia-breakthrough/
3. ↑ https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/kali-uchis-2-new-albums-latin-amas-2022-1235062462/
4. ↑ https://twitter.com/KALIUCHIS/status/1517173516793090048
5. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl6iN-HuItf/
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8. ↑ https://twitter.com/KALIUCHIS/status/1618711077755428866
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10. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CnxBZJbJAdT/
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"**I Wish you Roses**"
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"Worth the Wait"
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"Love Between..."
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"All Mine"

"Como Te Quiero Yo"
"Hasta Cuando"
"Endlessly"
"Moral Conscience"

"Blue"
"Deserve Me"
"**Moonlight**"
"Happy Now"