Cholita – Next Time

“Next Time” is the debut single from Jamaican artist Cholita.

A laid-back Caribbean beat produced by Mixpak boss Dre Skull (Vybz Kartel, Drake, Jorja Smith) sets the scene for Cholita’s romantic confusion: the ache and urgency of reconnection, the pain of the ups and downs. Anchored by a spacious guitar line and a warm, nostalgic bassline, “Next Time” plays like a break-up-to-make-up psalm: equal parts restraint and release. Cholita offers us the tender fragments of processing feelings, inviting us into a sound that is vulnerable, self-aware and unmistakably her own.

Cholita makes music that is deeply rooted in the rich history of Jamaican music, and like so much music from the island, it has an instant global resonance. Drawing from a kaleidoscope of genres – dancehall, contemporary R&B, hip hop, pop, indie, Latin – she builds her own sonic language: hypnotic, sensual and defiant. Raised in Kingston by a Jamaican father immersed in the country’s music industry and a Peruvian mother rooted in Lima’s jazz scene, music was never just a backdrop, it was a way of life. Whether you’re listening alone in your bedroom or in the middle of a sweaty dance floor, her songs land with visceral power: anchored by sound system low-end and polyrhythmic syncopation, yet lit with lyrical intimacy. Still early in her journey, Cholita already sounds like an artist with a point of view, weaving her heritage and instinct into songs that move.

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