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Gelli Haha shares her new maximalist art-pop single “Klouds Will Carry Me To Sleep." It’s the first taste of music since the release of her 2025 breakout album Switcheroo which earned high acclaim from Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, NPR, The Needle Drop, The FADER, Bandcamp, Paste, Brooklyn Vegan, FLOOD and countless others. Where Switcheroo studied curiosities, “Klouds Will Carry Me To Sleep” inhabits them - joyful, experimental, embodied, in orbit. Floating between the club, the cosmos, and the cumulus, Gelli moves without waiting for return or resolution. Instead, she drifts inside continuous change, tasting each moment before it evaporates. It’s a sweet, surreal pit stop in the sky and the first glimpse of what comes next.
“Klouds Will Carry Me To Sleep” comes with another out of this world, whimsical new video by director / visual artist David Gutel that will drop you right into Gelliverse.
The new single appears on Pitchfork's best new music and comes just off the heels of her 2026 Libera Awards’ Breakthrough Artist of the Year and Best Dance Record nominations and ahead of her Morning Becomes Eclectic performance today on KCRW / NPR who awarded Gelli their 2025 Breakthrough Artist of The Year. Watch it Here.
Shapeshifter / sonic acrobat Gelli Haha kicks off her first headlining North American tour: Where in the World is Gelli Haha tonight with a sold out show at The Roxy in LA. Both Chicago performances, San Francisco, Seattle, Philadelphia are also sold out. Other highlights include NYC’s Bowery Ballroom, her return to Boise’s Treefort Music Fest this weekend plus performances at Kilby Block Party, Capitol Hill Block Party and Primavera festivals. Gelli’s wild and FUN prop-filled, choreographed live show is sure to be this year’s must see performance. “I’m so excited to go on my first headline tour with my incredible team of dancers and musicians. We’ve built a show that’s playful, silly, and alive! I can’t wait for more people to join the experiment,” she enthuses. Remaining tickets are on sale here - a full list of dates are available below.
Mar 25: Los Angeles, CA - The Roxy (SOLD OUT)
Mar 26: San Francisco, CA - Brick & Mortar (SOLD OUT)
Mar 28: Boise, ID - Treefort Festival
Mar 31: Vancouver, BC - Fortune Sound Club
Apr 01: Portland, OR - Holocene
Apr 02: Seattle, WA - Barboza (SOLD OUT)
Apr 23: Minneapolis, MN - Amsterdam Bar & Hall
Apr 25: Chicago, IL - Schubas - Early (SOLD OUT)
Apr 25: Chicago, IL - Schubas - Late (LOW TIX)
Apr 27: Toronto, ON - The Garrison
Apr 28: Montreal, QC - Bar Le Ritz
Apr 29: Boston, MA - Sonia
May 01: New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom (LOW TIX)
May 02: Philadelphia, PA - Philamoca (SOLD OUT)
May 04: Washington, DC - Songbyrd (LOW TIX)
May 05: Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle Back Room
May 07: Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade (Altar)
May 09: Houston, TX - Meow Wolf Houston
May 10: Austin, TX - Antone's
May 11: Dallas, TX - Club Dada
May 13: Denver, CO - Lost Lake (LOW TIX)
May 15: Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Block Party
May 18: Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar
May 19: San Diego, CA - Voodoo Room at Hob
May 20: Santa Ana, CA - Constellation Room
Jun 06: Barcelona, ES - Primavera
Jun 11: Porto, PT - Primavera
Aug 07-09: Seattle, WA - Capital Hill Block Party
“Acid-Tinged Pop-Art” FLOOD
“well worth your attention” KCRW
Cool Band Alert…”a veritable buffet of dancefloor-ready sounds, from bubbly disco rave-ups and gritty underground club bangers, to stretched out slow jams that ache with sincerity.” Bandcamp
“A delightfully deranged party girl whose bleepy vintage synths, sleazy chug and tireless disco keeps things weird in the right way” The Guardian
“...I can’t imagine anything I want to hear more" The Quietus
Gelli Haha reveals “Normalize”. Influenced by 80s Nigerian soul boogie, her final single ahead of the release of debut full-length album, Switcheroo, delivers mid-tempo synth-funk underneath a raw but smooth vocal. Gelli Haha expresses her desire to be free of hardships in the chorus, singing “I want to fly away”. The video for “Normalize” adapts Gelli Haha’s live stage performance into film, and is the next chapter of the psycho-science experiment that began in the previous single, “Spit,” revealing Gelli has been transformed into a parachute monster. The series was directed by David Gutel.
A shapeshifter, a sonic acrobat, a performer with one foot in the cosmos and the other in arthouse theatrics, Gelli Haha (pronounced Jelly-Haha) is a space for pure creative chaos that exists somewhere between Studio 54 and Area 51. Gelli’s music thrives on duality: playful but profound, tongue-in-cheek but sincere. Switcheroo, is the soundtrack to the Gelliverse, a sensory adventure sphere created by Gelli.
A shapeshifter, a sonic acrobat, a performer with one foot in the cosmos and the other in arthouse theatrics, Gelli Haha (pronounced Jelly-Haha) is a space for pure creative chaos.
For the opening trick, Gelli Haha presents her debut album, Switcheroo. Gelli’s music thrives on duality: playful but profound, tongue-in-cheek but sincere. Switcheroo is the soundtrack to the Gelliverse, a sensory adventure sphere created by Gelli.
Her debut art pop single “Bounce House” flashes back to youth-like innocence with high upbeat energy, turning the dance floor into a playground. The track’s accompanying music video rockets viewers straight into Gelliverse. This live revue is an invitation into a world of choreography, dolphin balloons, flutes, mini trampolines, and a stage bathed in the project’s primary color, red - bold and full of mischief. The 360 experience was shot all in one take by director David Gutel.
With a shared taste for off-kilter pop and vintage gear, producer Sean Guerin (of De Lux) joined Gelli in turning freshly-formed demos into a high-voltage experiment, abandoning meticulous structure for something freer and more electrifying. Every song on Switcheroo makes use of a myriad of recording toys; wacky analog effects, such as the Eventide Harmonizer, MXR Pitch Transposer, and various Electrix units, fashion an intentionally flawed and strictly silly texture throughout the album.
Switcheroo is an exercise in letting go, an inside joke turned theatrical spectacle. Participation is encouraged. Surrender is required. Switcheroo sees its release June 27 via Innovative Leisure. Gelli Haha performs March 22 in her hometown of Los Angeles at Permanent Records just ahead of her appearance at this year’s Treefort Music Fest.
Listen to "Bounce House" and pre-order Switcheroo here