Tei Shi

Eat Your Own Ears presents Tei Shi at The Lexington. Tei Shi (pronounced ?tay-shee?) is the moniker of singer-songwriter & producer Valerie Teicher Barbosa. Growing up between Bogot?, Colombia, & Vancouver, Canada, Tei Shi is heavily influenced by her ever-changing environment & cross-cultural identity. Since her first two EPs, ?Saudade? (2013) & ?Verde? (2015), ?introduced her to the world as a skilled & fluid vocalist... [Tei Shi] has fully stepped into her own, brewing up confections centered on trusting your own intuition,? (Pitchfork). Her groundbreaking song ?Bassically? garnered over 21 million streams on Spotify alone & set the scene for her critically acclaimed debut album ?Crawl Space? (2017) - leading her to embark on world tours & make headway in the art & fashion world. She wrote & was featured on Blood Orange's 'Hope' off his album 'Negro Swan' & starred in its music video alongside Tyler the Creator & A$AP Rocky, also performing the song onstage at 2019?s Coachella Music Festival. In November of 2019, Tei Shi released ?La Linda,? her much- anticipated second full-length album. Emotionally evocative & sonically daring, ?the 11-track project sees Tei Shi more self-assured & fully formed than ever? (i-D). On this album, Tei Shi further embraces her Latin roots & multicultural identity, seamlessly shifting between the languages & musical genres that make her such a unique songwriter & noteworthy artist. Tei Shi went on to release her 2020 pandemic-made EP 'Die 4 Ur Love', followed by her third full length album 'Valerie' in 2024. 2025 holds her fourth album, ?Make believe I make believe?, with its initial singles 'Best Be Leaving' and ?Drop Dead? released this Spring.