Artist Film Composer Actress Model - T i K
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Artist
Film Composer
A c t re s s
Model
BIO TiKA is an artist, musician, model, film composer, actor, DJ, creator, cultural producer, TV/Online personality, activist, and advocate for the empowerment of female artists and creators. TiKA makes an impression on everyone she encounters and her joy is infectious. TiKA’s love and passion for culture and music has led to the release of 2 EP’s, “Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid” + “Carry On.” With features in Complex, Elle, Ebony, Revolt, Noisey, MILK, Afropunk, Saint Heron, The Fader, CBC, The Source, among others, TiKA is receiving critical acclaim for her voice, her energy, her love. Her music. She has opened for major R&B heavyweights like John Legend + NAO and is being coined as an incredible performance artist + visual hypnotist. Complex Magazine listed TiKA as “One of the most prolific creatives in Toronto.” In late 2015, TiKA spoke openly about her struggles with trauma & depression and created a body of work to encourage others going through the same. The “Carry On” EP was released in late 2016. "Carry On" serves as a spiritual soundscape for anyone going through a healing process. The unexpected offering garnered TiKA an amass of critical accolades from all over the world. The first single “OHMYGOD,” an 80’s inspired gospel record featuring international producer, Harrison and rapper/ producer Clairmont The Second received critical acclaim. The record garnered high numbers on Spotify and iTunes and continues to feed many spiritually. TiKA’s debut full album + short film will be released in Summer of 2020. Aptly titled “Anywhere But Here,” it serves as a brilliant indication of her unique voice, as well as her distinctive resonance and personality as a developed artist. Completely produced by Redbulll Montreal & Canadian Film Centre graduate, Casey MQ, the album is an 80’s thematic synth pop album aligned with a short film to be released in May 2020. “No matter what I am going through, I always want to convey love + light in my music. My lyrics are dark because my reality has been dark. My sound stays in the light. I want people to know that the light is always attainable.” The vulnerable 10-track album is more of a score, with Casey MQ providing a rollercoaster ride of sounds cleverly mixed with TiKA’s raspy emotional vocals. While her vocation as an ambassador and creator of music has been well established, her image and sound as a new artist is being unleashed to make a very durable impression in order to gracefully provide what this generation has been missing musically. 2020 will see the relaunch of the artistic side of TiKA.
LIVE PERFORMANCES
Notable Shows
• NAO (UK) - Toronto - Opener
• Royal Ontario Museum - Toronto - Opener
• John Legend - Toronto - Opener
• TD Echo Beach - Toronto - Headliner
• Junction Festival - Toronto - Headliner
• A3C Festival - Atlanta - Headliner
• Pop Montreal - Montreal - Headliner
• SonReal (VAN) - Montreal - Opener
• SXSW - Austin, TX - Headliner
• EGALE Conference - Toronto - Headliner
• Luminato - Toronto - Headliner
• NXNE - Toronto - Headliner
• PRIDE - Toronto - Opener (SWV)
• Fringe Festival - Toronto - Headliner
• Toronto Life Garden Party - Headliner
• M For Montreal - Montreal - Headliner
• Funk N’ Waffles - Rochester, NY - Opener
• Redbull x Practice - Toronto - Headliner
• Redbull Music Festival Montreal - Headliner
• Art Gallery of Ontario - Headliner
• Montreal PRIDE - HeadlinerMUSIC
All Day; All Night
Some Things Are Better Carry On
Ft. HMLT
Left Unsaid
Debt Get Up!
CLICK TO PLAYM U S
VISUALSI C
TENFOLD CAN WE OHMYGOD
FT.
CLAIRMONT THE SECOND
ALL DAY; ALL NIGHT GOODBYES
FT. FT.
HMLT DESIIRE + CASEY MQMUSIC
M U S I C F E AT U R E S
GOODBYES
GARY HELP ME
DESIIRE FT. TIKA & CASEY
HMLT X TIKA TYLER SHAW FT. TIKA
MQPRESS
qSephora
TiKA was selected by Sephora to be
one of their new collaborators for
their 2018 summer campaign.
The campaign can be seen in TTC
bus terminals, on billboards
throughout Toronto, and is also
featured in the middle of Yonge-
Dundas Square and various Sephora
Canada locations.
As a musician and beauty influencer,
TiKA is breaking new ground as one
of the first plus-sized Black Queer
models to grace ads for a major
beauty distributor.Sephora
Sephora 2019
TiKA was the only model selected twice in a
row by Sephora Canada to join their 2019
campaign “We Belong to Something Beautiful.”
The campaign featured billboards across
Canada, a television commercial and ads in
bus terminals.
TiKA’s voice was also used for the voiceover
narrative of the Sephora Campaign
commercial.
TiKA’s story continues to encourage and
empower many young Black, queer womxn
who are typically ostracized from society for
their gender and orientation.CLICK LOGOS TO READ
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MOREHAVEN
Short Film
Starring Tika Simone + D’Evina Chatrie
One Reeler Film Festival - LA - Special Mention Award Winner - 2017
Toronto Black Film Festival - 2018
SXSW Film Festival - Austin, TX - 2018
Seattle International Film Festival - 2018
Cannes Film Festival 2018
The People’s Film Festival - Harlem - Winner - 2018“ Tika's innate musical talent allows her to effortlessly create a safe space in a
dangerous world for her audience. Her sound, heart and creativity are somehow
able to transport the crowd while guiding them on a journey through her world,
encouraging, nurturing, and guiding them in their search to better understand
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themselves. She is psychedelic and a hypnotist.
- SEAN LEON
“ In a time when anyone can be made famous through social media, TiKA is a
reminder of a star power that transcends time. Her presence and voice is so
arresting, it’s hard to know whether if the stage birthed TiKA or if she births the
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stage.
- VIVEK SHRAYA
“ TiKA is a Toronto legend. She has started and has been a part of many influential
organizations and events in the city and not to mention a talented music artist you
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cannot put in a box. She is always smiling.
- CLAIRMONT THE SECOND
“
I remember meeting Tika for the first time. I'm not an aura person but her
happiness shined through like when the clouds part on a rainy day. Her soul
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glows and it's hard not to see it.
- HARRISON
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Not only is Tika undeniably multitalented; her music is refreshingly raw, truthful
and revealing! You travel on this journey that offers advice, healing, love, and self
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reflection. As a lover of music, that's the greatest gift an artist can ever give me.
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