Under the Flowerpot by KinAhau feat. Luke Cusato

After debuting on the label with his remix of Airrica's "Hi Speed Lover" last year, surging wonderkid KinAhau steps forward with his first full solo release for Crosstown Rebels. "Under the Flowerpot" captures a moment of raw honesty and transition for the young Mexican artist, revealing a more expansive, song-led direction in collaboration with UK vocalist Luke Cusato. "'Under the Flowerpot' sounds like throwing a toaster filled with my emotional baggage into a bathtub,”  he says. “I've discovered, in the distance from where I came from, how that builds my voice.”

The single was born during a turbulent period, written in the wake of a panic attack shortly after relocating to Rome. “I could have died right there, and maybe no one would have found me for weeks. It was asphyxiating, and it was just time for it to happen,” he reflects. That sense of fragility and release runs through the record, pairing Cusato's stirring topline with KinAhau's widescreen production to create a cut that blurs the lines between club energy and confessional songwriting. “The energy of this song is a contradiction itself - choking on what I no longer had, but holding on with nothing else but courage. Honouring the mental space I was in when making it.”

For the remix, Damian Lazarus welcomes Perel to Crosstown Rebels. A unique voice within the electronic landscape, crafting her own lane with a genre-blurring approach, her remix is chugging, synth-led, and infused with a signature retro-futurist touch, channeling cosmic energy and slow-burning tension for dancefloors that like things deep and driving.

Now 22, KinAhau's journey has already taken him from handing Solid Grooves founder Michael Bibi a USB disguised as a trash collector to playing at DC10, Fabric, Space Miami, and Mayan Warrior. His breakthrough collaboration "Different Side" with Bibi and Audio Bullys carried his name onto global stages, while his 2024 mixtape, comprised of old demos, drafts, and edits, revealed a more confessional, unfiltered edge to his sound. Yet "Under the Flowerpot" feels like a deeper statement, one rooted not in hype but in self-exploration. “I am extremely self-aware. I care a lot about what people think - but a big part of me is proud of its own individuality and understanding of the world and my place in it. In many ways, I already feel like I won. I didn't compromise the result of this song. There was no objective. No endpoint. I just want to explore and understand myself.”

KinAhau feat. Luke Cusato - Under the Flowerpot
Release Date September 2025
Label Crosstown Rebels

Tracklist
1. Under the Flowerpot
2. Under the Flowerpot (Perel Remix)