RIIKI REID | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Raquel Abolins-Reid |
Also known as | Riiki(2019–2020) |
Born | 2001 (age 22–23) Wellington, New Zealand |
Genres | Alternative pop, Dance, R&B |
Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, producer, dance choreographer |
Years active | 2019–present |
Labels | Warner Music New Zealand |
Website | www |
Raquel Abolins-Reid (born in 2001),[1] known professionally as RIIKI REID (formerly Riiki), is a New Zealand singer-songwriter, producer and dance choreographer. Several of Reid's songs have charted highly in the NZ Hot Singles Charts, including Good times which reached number 1.[2][3]
Reid released several singles from 2019 to 2021 independently, and five further singles through Warner Music New Zealand in subsequent years. In 2022 she released two EPs with the label, Newer Oxygen and Crash & Collide.[4][5]
In 2023, Reid and Fazerdaze toured as a supporting acts for Lorde's Solar Power concert in New Zealand.[6][7] Reid has also toured with other New Zealand acts including L.A.B. and Dave Dobbyn.[8]
Reid is of Samoan, Latvian, Scottish and Māori (Ngāti Porou) descent.[9][10] She grew up in Churton Park, Wellington. Prior to her musical career, Reid worked as a dance teacher at Pump Dance Studios.[6][11]
Reid was a student at Onslow College.[11] She reached the finals in Smokefreerockquest with her highschool band Retrospect.[1] Reid went on to study commercial music at Massey University in 2015, and graduated with a Bachelor of Commercial Music in 2022.[1][11]
Reid describes herself as "primarily a vocalist" with an interest in piano and guitar.[12] She claims a love of "edgy 90s rock" and cites Radiohead and Björk as inspirations.[13]