Moss Kena
Moss Kena | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Thomas McKenna |
| Born | 1998 or 1999[1] London |
| Genres | [2] |
| Occupation(s) | |
| Years active | 2016–present[3] |
| Website | www |
Thomas McKenna[4] (born 1998 or 1999), better known by his stage name Moss Kena[5] is a British singer-songwriter.
Early life and career
Moss Kena grew up as son of a record store-owner in London. He left school at 15 and started as singer-songwriter in coffeeshops und malls. Influenced by the music of Amy Winehouse, his career began in 2016 with a cover of Kendrick Lamar's song These Walls from the album To Pimp a Butterfly, wich attracted the attention of the rapper.[1][3]
It was followed by the EPs One+One and Found You in 06.[5] He followed Rita Ora during her Phoenix UK-tour in 2019 and published the track You and Me together with Miraa May and the rapper Buddy over Ministry of Sound.[3][6]
He managed the breakthrough in 2021 with the song Fireworks by Purple Disco Machine feat. The Knocks, in which the he participated as singer and songwriter.[7][8]
In 2025 he competes at the Chefsache ESC, Germany's national final for the Eurovision Song Contest.[2]
Personal life
He relocated his centre of life more and more to Germany and is based in Berlin since 2024.[9][10][11]
Discography
Extended plays
- Found You in 06 (2018)[1]
- One + One (2018)
- Live Acoustic Sessions (2019)
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER | AUT | BEL | FRA | ITA | NLD | POL | SWE | SWI | |||
| "Square One" | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Reminds Me Of You"
(with Toby Romeo) |
2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Fireworks"
(with Purple Disco Machine & The Knocks) |
2021 | 32 | 34 | 36 | — | 42 | — | 5 | — | 83 | |
| "Forgot How to Love"
(with Alle Farben) |
2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Light it up"
(with Super-Hi) |
2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "California Lover" | 2024 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||
External links
- Official website
- Moss Kena discography at Discogs
- Moss Kena on SoundCloud
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Van Nguyen, Dean (2019-03-11). "Moss Kena: Amy Winehouse was so real and raw at a time when we'd kind of lost that". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2025-02-24.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) (2025-02-15). "Wer singt für Deutschland im ESC-Finale 2025? Einer von diesen Acts fährt nach Basel". www.eurovision.de (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2025-02-22.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Ainsley, Helen (2019-05-21). "Rita Ora's UK tour support acts announced as Moss Kena and Four Of Diamonds". Official Charts. Official UK Charts Company (BPI/ERA). Retrieved 2025-02-24.
- ↑ Giulia (2025-02-27). "Songcheck "Chefsache ESC 2025" (8): "Nothing Can Stop Love" von Moss Kena". ESC kompakt (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2025-02-28.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Music. "Moss Kena | 5 MINUTES WITH". noctismag.com. Retrieved 2025-02-22.
- ↑ Forrest, Jo (2019-10-04). "Moss Kena Releases 'Begging' - Co-written With & Produced By Bastille's Dan Smith". TotalNtertainment. Retrieved 2025-02-22.
- ↑ "Purple Disco Machine feat. Moss Kena & The Knocks - Fireworks". Radio Vest (in Deutsch). 2021-03-13. Retrieved 2025-02-22.
- ↑ Kressmann, Philipp (2021-02-26). "Purple Disco Machine feat. Moss Kena & The Knocks - "Fireworks"". Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) (in Deutsch). Archived from the original on 2021-11-29. Retrieved 2025-02-22.
- ↑ Moss Kena | Interview Chefsache ESC 2025 | Vorentscheidung Deutschland | Eurovision Song Contest. Retrieved 2025-02-22 – via www.youtube.com.
- ↑ dpa-infocom (2025-02-23). "Eurovision Song Contest: Raabs schwierige ESC-Auswahl: "Zu viele gute Leute"". Der Tagesspiegel Online (in Deutsch). ISSN 1865-2263. Retrieved 2025-02-24.
- ↑ Riegel, Sonja (2025-02-28). "Moss Kena: "'Nothing Can Stop Love' ist ein universelles Liebeslied"". bleistiftrocker.de (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2025-02-28.
- ↑ "Moss Kena – Offizielle Deutsche Charts". www.offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 2025-02-22.
- ↑ "Moss Kena". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2025-02-22.
- ↑ "Moss Kena - ultratop.be". www.ultratop.be. Retrieved 2025-02-22.
- ↑ "Classifiche - FIMI". www.fimi.it (in italiano). Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- ↑ Peak chart positions for singles in Poland:
- "Fireworks": "AirPlay Top: 17.04. – 23.04.2021" (in polski). ZPAV. Archived from the original on 26 April 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
- ↑ "Discographie Moss Kena - hitparade.ch". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2025-02-22.
- ↑ "Italian single certifications – Purple Disco Machine" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link) Select "Tutti gli anni" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Select "Purple Disco Machine" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Singoli online" under "Sezione".
- ↑ "Austrian certifications – Purple Disco Machine" (in German). IFPI Austria.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link) Enter Purple Disco Machine in the field Interpret. Click Suchen.
- ↑ "Polish certifications – Purple Disco Machine" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
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