Creative Soul, Kass Chicki has the natural touch to elevate the vibes to pure sweetness. Kass is not only warmhearted, but she’s a talented musician with a kickKass voice.
Native to Maui, Hawaii, Kass Chicki is a singer-songwriter, painter, illustrator, sculptor, fashion designer, and model. Her genre is Ecletique Soul, a mix of styles. As a multifaceted artist, Kass is always creating from her soul no matter her emotional state. She may draw, paint, or sculpt the cutest pottery or write music. She also has a unique line of characters called Creatures In My Head, or as her mom calls them, aliens.
Kass was born with a big and bright imagination and ever since pre-school, she has been drawn to music. At 5, she was playing the piano and asking her mom to take voice lessons, and three years later, she was able to pursue it. She also delved into art and trained in classical opera, gravitating to Pop-Jazz.
Everything grabs her attention but music is the top art to express herself. At the age of 16, Kass started experimenting with songwriting, but in her senior years, she took a hiatus from her creative path to focus on academics.
“It was always there but I didn’t know what to do with it,” Kass explains how she had grown to take music as a hobby and came to the realization that if she did things she did not like, she would fall into depression. Kass shares that at the lowest point in her life, she faced the honest truth that she needed to start creating for herself and filled with conviction, she started taking music seriously. By her early 20s, she was playing gigs around the island with her own music.
Though she has an extensive library of unreleased music, Kass has collaborated and been featured on four songs including Let Go Darling and Think Twice, available to stream everywhere. Her EP, I Am Nobody, is a heartfelt song that will make your soul feel groovy. It’s “a concept that follows the message that we are everything, the good and the bad at the same time – you can’t tie a person to just one thing,” Kass gives insight into the meaning behind the song.
In June 2023, Kass’s mom encouraged her to attend the Hawai’i Songwriting Festival after learning about it on the local news. At the time, Kass had an acting gig on the same date as the festival, and she was faced with the dilemma of choosing one or the other. Without much hesitation, she followed her musical call and flew from Maui to The Big Island, and it became a great decision after all. She connected with other artists, learning about sync for the first time – an eye-opening as she describes it, finding it helpful and insightful, having to work together with people who were there to listen and provide guidance.
Kass has come to appreciate the authenticity of her creativity, welcoming all the magic that life has to offer with her arms wide open. She expresses that when following our dreams “it can get mixed up in the chasing of fame and money, but for me to create and connect with others is a success in itself.” We are already successful just by being there for one another.
Creating from our free will is not only rewarding but fulfilling, and Kass has reached the spot in her journey where she’s making us fall in love with the sweetness of her soul with everything she creates, with every smile, every hug, and her paradise love.