Khalid Donnel Robinson, better known as just Khalid (born February 11, 1998) is an American singer and songwriter.
After being discovered on SoundCloud with his track "Location" in 2016, Khalid quickly became one of Contemporary R&B's biggest stars in The New '10s. The album American Teen was released in 2017 to good critical reception, and then the sophomore effort Free Spirit was released in 2019. His versatile R&B/pop sound has led him to collaborate with many other artists, from rappers to alternative singers.
Not to be confused with DJ Khaled.
Discography
Albums
- American Teen (2017)
- Free Sprit (2019)
Extended Plays
- Suncity (2018)
Trope examples
- Bittersweet 17: The overall theme for American Teen is enjoying being young and falling in love, but adulthood is slowly approaching and adult pressures and anxiety is ever-present.
- Break-Up Song: Several on American Teen, "8TEEN" is one in particular.
- Nervous Wreck: Anxiety and anxiety management is a reoccurring theme in his music.
- Ode to Youth: The theme of his first album, American Teen.
- Poor Communication Kills: "Talk," the first single from Suncity is about putting the breaks on fast-moving relationship to figure out what each person wants.
- Wolverine Publicity: As his style is very in-demand, he's worked with artists from across all genres, from other R&B signers Normani and Victoria Monét, to rappers, to country artst Kane Brown and alternative artist Billie Eilish.
