QUIN
American Afro-Latina singer/songwriter/producer

QUIN

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American Afro-Latina singer/songwriter/producer
A.K.A.
Bianca Leonor Quiñones
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QUIN, born Bianca Leonor Quiñones, is an American Afro-Latina singer/songwriter/producer born in Los Angeles, Calif.

She is currently signed to Interscope Records/Fantasy Soul

Early life

QUIN’s passion for music and performing began as a child as she grew up around her musician father play the conga drums and trumpet, her mother was a dancer and school teacher, and she sang in her church and high school choirs. According to QUIN’s mother, the singer wrote her first song at a very young age after the birth of her sister, Bailey Rose.

She attended school in Pasadena, California. After graduating from Pasadena High School, she moved on to college at Cal State Northridge in California. After a year and a half of studying Psychology, QUIN moved to West Oakland and began focusing on music full time at age 19.

Career

QUIN dropped her debut EP Galactica in October 2016, which includes a feature from G-Eazy on the song “OVER AGAIN.” She describes the EP as “the first chapter to my Fantasy Soul Universe.” Her song “LIGHTSPEED” was involved in the Visions of Harmony project with Apple Music and NASA, which aspired to educate the public on the Juno spacecraft by combining science and art.

A year later, in September 2017, QUIN released her DREAMGIRL EP, which she called a sequel of her album Galactica which features collaborations with Syd on the song “Sticky Situation," and the artist Buddy on the song “Happened to Happen.” all of which was produced by Kry$shun. The music video for “Sticky Situation” was released in August 2017 by the Bush Renz Agency.

She describes her sound as “fantasy soul” and music that “has the power of versatility” and in 2017, QUIN introduced her label, Fantasy Soul, named after the genre she coined.

In August 2018, she released her song “Remind Me”, described by The FADER as “daydream-inducing antidote for all life's worries.” Later that year, QUIN teamed up with Vans for a campaign highlighting the importance of creativity and personal style.

In June 2019,she signed to Interscope Records and also has her own label Fantasy Soul under Universal Music then released her fourth EP "LUCID" in November and the EP features two collabs with Atlanta rapper 6lack including their latest single Mushroom Chocolate

She is currently working on her debut album for Interscope and Fantasy Soul Records

QUIN has opened for Erykah Badu, Gnash JMSN, and performed at THE FADER Fort at SXSW, AFROPUNK and Galore’s Girl Cult Festival.

Discography

TITLE ALBUM DATE
LIGHTSPEED GALACTICA June 30, 2016
OVER AGAIN feat. G-Eazy GALACTICA Sept. 7, 2016
STICKY SITUATION DREAMGIRL June 16, 2017
REMIND ME Non-album single Aug. 23, 2018
TITLE TYPE DATE
GALACTICA Album Oct. 28, 2016
DREAMGIRL EP Sept. 1, 2017
"LUCID" EP Nov. 19, 2019