Kiana Ledé announces June headline gig at The Academy

Kiana Ledé will play a headline gig in Dublin's The Academy on Sunday, June 7.

The singer-songwriter and actress released her debut EP Selfless in 2018, though her momentum had been building prior to that. After a deal from when she was 15 fizzled out, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue her dreams. She launched the #SoulFoodSessions in 2016, acoustically serving up covers and generating over 50 million-plus views in addition to a storm of coverage. Around the same time, she joined the cast of MTV’s Scream for season two in the role of Zoe Vaughn. Recognizing the grind, Republic Records Co-Founder and Chief Executive Monte Lipman personally signed Kiana. Joining the roster, she contributed 'Big Spender' to the chart-dominating Official Soundtrack for Fifty Shades Freed.

Powered by a fiery fusion of R&B, pop, alternative and indie, she drops lyrics that toe the line between confessional and catchy. Her single 'Fairplay' has amassed more than 10 million combined streams and attracted A$AP Ferg for the remix.

A message of empowerment is heavily woven through her work. She said: "Being a young brown woman, I constantly feel like I have to prove myself, and I want to make other brown women feel like they relate and are empowered."

Tickets are €23 and go on sale Friday, March 13 at 9am.