Arca KiCK i

After releasing a 62-minute single, entitled "@@@@@" on February 2020, the Venezuelan record producer, songwriter, singer, mixing engineer, performance artist and DJ Alejandra Ghersi (a.k.a. Arca) shared the first details of "KiCK i", her fourth LP, in an interview with Garage Magazine. According to the interview, the record features guest appearances from Rosalía and Björk.

"There was a clear intention [on the album] to allow every self to express itself. Not to decide how much air time each self would get, but to allow for modulation between them in a spontaneous way," Ghersi said of the record. There's no word yet on release date, label or tracklist, but it will open with a track called “Nonbinary”.

Ahead of even an announcement of the release date, Arca's upcoming album leaked on soulseek. There's no cover art yet, but we know the features with the likes of Bjök, Rosalía, SOPHIE and Shygirl.

01 Nonbinary
02 Time
03 Mequetrefe
04 Riquiqui
05 Calor
06 Afterwards (feat. Björk)
07 Watch (feat. Shygirl)
08 KLK (feat. Rosalía)
09 Rip the Slit
10 La Chiqui (feat. SOPHIE)
11 Machote
12 No Queda Nada

Upon the release of the second single's video, "Time", Arca revealed the cover, release date and pre-order of upcoming album.

Announced for digital release on June 26th, Arca said through social media that "the artwork in the album is a collection of portraits taken by different collaborators and paintings i have made and then photographed as well as my handwritten calligraphy for the lettering - cover image by Carlos Sáez, Carlota Guerrero and myself (...). my look features my treasured mechanical legs while the dual-wield claws are wearable sculpture made by Carlos".

She adds: "I want to thank everyone who has helped make it possible for 'KiCk i' to exist in the way that it does. The songs on the album were made during such a wide span of my life, it feels moving and surreal to finally be able to say it’s here. Thank you to my fellow mutants who support me and have been there leading up to this moment."