Steve Aoki and Kenia Os Hit ‘Replay’ on a Pool Party in New Video
Kenia Os is throwing a pool party and she’s tapping the “coolest DJ in the world.” On Thursday, the Mexican pop star released her collaboration with Steve Aoki, “Replay,” and its sexy party video.
“This track represents something big not only for me, but also to put Mexico on the global map,” Kenia said in a press release. “I’ve always been a fan of Steve Aoki and I think we managed to capture that feeling of an endless night.”
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“I wanted to give them a different and special song, and what better way to do it than by working with the coolest DJ in the world,” she added.
The Directora Mami-directed video sees Aoki and Kenia hosting a massive poolside party at a mansion.
The Kenia Os collab should come as no surprise to Aoki fans. The DJ has long tapped Latin artists such as ángela Aguilar, Danna, and Greeicy for cross-cultural collaborations. “I’m still working with artists that are not in dance, because I love it,” Aoki told Rolling Stone last year as he dropped HiROQUEST 2: Double Helix. “You have to do things that move your heart and move the needle for you.”
The new single comes about a month after Kenia released her video for her Villano Antillano collab, “V.I.P.” At the time, she told Rolling Stone that her dream collaborator is Sabrina Carpenter. Both stars have embraced a cutesy, pastel aesthetic in their style and have been compared by fans in the past.
“I love her music and I feel like we could work on a very cool pop song in English and Spanish… Whatever she wants it!” Kenia said at the time. “She’s part of the new pop wave as I am here in Mexico. We have to manifest this collab.”
The new track is the first taste of music from Kenia since releasing her album Pink Aura in April. Kenia is set to tour the United States later this year with stops in Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, and New York. “I hope to come back with more cities but this year we focused on doing just a couple of shows because we were working on the next album,” Kenia said. “2025 already looks very promising.”
For his part, Aoki dropped the album Paragon in late June, which featured collaborations with Kiddo, Ne-Yo, Raphaella, and Lil Jon.
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