Who is Kilo Boost?
- Vingt Sept
- 3 days ago
- 4 min read
Kilo Boost is an artist drawn to the quieter edges of expression. His music does not rush to explain itself, instead it invites the listener to step into a shared emotional space shaped by restraint, reflection, and atmosphere. Influenced by solitude, night time London journeys, water, and a deep relationship with image and movement, his work feels deliberately composed rather than exposed. In this conversation, he speaks about absence as meaning, clarity as growth, and emotional depth as something that arrives through time and patience. What emerges is not a pursuit of visibility, but a commitment to connection, one rooted in making listeners feel understood, held, and ultimately, not alone.
Your music feels intimate rather than performative. Where does that instinct come from, and what do you protect when you are writing or recording?
It comes from a desire to give people an experience they can emotionally relate to, beyond the confines of their own individual world. Offering the same connection I felt when I first discovered music that articulated emotions and feelings I once believed I was alone in carrying. So I protect my creative process from negative or irrelevant influence at all costs.
There is a quiet confidence in your sound, almost like restraint as a creative choice. What do you believe is more powerful, saying everything or knowing what to leave unsaid?
Ultimately I believe absence to be more impactful than presence; leaving space for wonder and speculation. Knowing just how much to reveal is something I am enjoying the process of refining. I think the 'space between' in art is very important - to have time to interpret. Absence is also a strong reflection of loss; something that writes itself into the music.
Many of your songs sit in the space between vulnerability and control. How do you navigate emotional honesty without turning it into spectacle?
I sit with emotions for a very long time so by nature they stay with me long enough to be moulded into the most composed form of expression. Achieving a balance of honesty and restraint, through long cycles of reflection and internal meditation.
London shapes artists in subtle ways. What parts of the city live inside your music, even when they are not obvious?
The city at night, especially by the river. I have a strong connection to water which comes from time spent in the ocean, so this shapes the atmosphere of my music. Driving through the city after dark carries the same influence.
When you look back at your earliest releases compared to your most recent work, what has changed in how you see yourself as an artist rather than just how you sound?
I have gained a lot of clarity, which helps me understand better how to express what I feel into writing. Things feel more defined now, making it easier to see the way forward and push myself to where I want to be.
R&B and soul are often described as timeless genres, but they are constantly evolving. What does progression mean to you without losing emotional depth?
To me it means the opposite; gaining emotional depth with every release. As the story continues the plot must thicken. It's also a way of measuring my progress as a storyteller; reaching further into emotion and connecting with the listener.
What role does solitude play in your creative process, and how do you balance isolation with connection?
Solitude plays a huge role. My creative process is sacred and rarely shared with others in the studio. I find myself performing at optimum level with minimum distraction and a sole focus; sometimes too many ideas can pull the work away from its intention. I take small doses of inspiration which I let unfold over long periods.
Success today is measured loudly through numbers and visibility. What does success look like to you when no one else is watching?
Freedom. Taking care of family. Recording in a cabin deep in the forest, or on an island in the middle of nowhere.
Your work suggests a strong sense of inner world building. Outside of music, what feeds that inner world, films, books, people, or moments?
Cinema has always been a deep source of inspiration for me. The way I hear music is always tied to what it makes me see. I explore this through my music videos, pushing the relationship between sound and image. Snowboarding and surfing feed into that same world through my connection to the ocean and the mountains, adding movement, energy and adrenaline.
If someone discovers Kilo Boost for the first time through this conversation, what do you hope they feel before they even try to understand the music?
Not alone.
Photographer Rei Delos-Reyes
Styling Luca Wowczyna
MUA Eliza Wasiak
Words by Philipp Raheem
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