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o tell the truth, Andry Kiddos can’t remember exactly when he started producing music. He must have been around 13 or 14, just tinkering around on a couple of programs he downloaded from the internet, but before he knew it, he was making full-blown songs. “It was just about that innocence you have when you’re a kid,” he says. “You’re trying something new and you have that desire to learn and connect with something that feels bigger than you.”
His first beat ended being an up-tempo merengue, a sound that used to reverberate throughout Venezuela, where he grew up. “It used to play so much in my hometown, and since I was making a lot of things that reflected what I was hearing in Venezuela and what was around me, it made sense that it was one of the first sounds.” He played with romantic ballads from the radio, cumbia music his neighbors listened to, electronic sounds. All the while, he tested out singing and writing his own songs whenever he could.
Andry at Skatebird skatepark in Miami, Florida in July 2025.
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When he was 18, Kiddos had a chance to travel to Medellín, Colombia, a musical epicenter that has only kept growing since turning out stars like J Balvin and Karol G. There, Kiddos took on work as a producer and started building his musical resume. Eventually, he moved to Mexico, completely alone. His style was so eclectic that he began dabbling in Mexican music and soon had a roster of songs for artists like Alejandro Fernandez, Kenia OS, Sofia Reyes, and more.
But soon, he realized he wanted to do a little more with his own music. “I think in that moment, I had all this nostalgia because I was far away from my family. I remember it was Christmas of 2019, and I had all these feelings, and I started to write from that emotional place. Then, I was like, ‘I should really record these songs.”
That’s how the 21-year-old artist decided to launch his own project as a singer-songwriter. He released his debut EP Confíen en Mí, which spun off the viral hit “Son Tantas Cosas,” an emotional song that quickly collected about 1.7 million views on YouTube. “Those songs just felt way too mine,” he explains. “They were so personal, I didn’t see myself giving them to another artist, so I was like, ‘Let’s just see what keeps happening with these.’” Still, he wasn’t ready to get fully intimate; he shrouded the project in mystery, often hiding his face and replacing his pictures with a little avatar he now has as a tattoo. The effect kept multiplying: A fanbase of listeners eager to get in their feelings flocked to Kiddos, embracing his mix of vulnerability and left-field production.
Since then, his EPs and subsequent releases have felt like tender cross-genre gems. The fact that Kiddos has continued traveling the globe and picking up inspiration wherever he goes has also played a huge influence in the music. Recently, he spent time in Madrid working with the producer Marquitos, who helped him put together the seven-song project QUE NO TE FALTE DE NA. The tracks blend a range of sounds, from R&B to rock touches, and also pull in unexpected collaborators, like Cuco.
Currently, he’s working on a full-length album, expected out later this year. To him, it’s a chance to offer something a little different to fans. He’s not afraid to wear his heart on his sleeve and show off a side that’s softer and gentler than some of his peers. He credits a bit of that to his insular writing process. “Most of the time, I’m on my own, literally on my couch or in my house writing,” he says. “I might be sitting around and all of a sudden I get inspired and I start putting together some melodies and some chords.” While his process is a little quieter, he spends a lot of time in the studio constructing each song and working with other musicians to give the music an emotional, almost cinematic sheen.
Andry at Skatebird skatepark in Miami, Florida in July 2025.
Alfonso Duran for Rolling Stone
He points to a song called “Contento:’D,” which closes out the last EP. “That one took so much time,” he says with a laugh. “We turned it around like 100 times. We recorded about 10 different people on it, we kept asking, ‘Should we add more? Should we make it more alternative?’ But in the end, we realized what worked and made it more emotional was keeping it as the simplest thing in the world.” The final cut is a spare ballad, where Kiddos sings about self-growth and finding joy: “If I die today, I’ll go away happy/ Because everyone that remembers me will know/They’ve taken the best version of me.”
Kiddos has a ton more on the horizon. In addition to the album, he’s planning a tour, which he hopes connects him to more fans. “I never want it to feel like I’m trying to get big for the sake of getting big or reaching a goal,” he says. “I just want to know my songs are touching certain people and letting them feel things they might not be able to express. My music isn’t about chains or flashiness; it’s always been about doing things from the heart.”
For Kiddos, his career is also a chance to represent Venezuela, especially now that a community of artists like Elena Rose and Mau & Ricky have had growing profiles and a desire to reflect their culture in their music. “It motivates me a lot, and it keeps me inspired,” Kiddos says. “The current artists broke a boundary — it felt like we were always reaching it, but we’re showing now the strength and talent of the country. There used to be so many limitations, and now I feel like you can see how much it’s growing, and it keeps uplifting me.”
