TEI SHI ENLISTS LOYAL LOBOS ON "222", NEW ALBUM AUG 29TH + SPECIAL SHOWS IN LA, NY, AND SF

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TEI SHI ENLISTS LOYAL LOBOS ON "222", NEW ALBUM AUG 29TH + SPECIAL SHOWS IN LA, NY, AND SF

TEI SHI SHARES NEW SINGLE AND VIDEO

MAKE BELIEVE I MAKE BELIEVE OUT AUGUST 29TH

SPECIAL PERFORMANCES THIS FALL

TICKETS HERE

Today, Tei Shi unveils her vibrant new single “222,” a bilingual summer anthem featuring fellow Colombian artist Loyal Lobos. The track serves as the latest offering from her forthcoming album Make believe I make believe, out this August 29th via Tei Shi LLC / The Orchard. Following the introspective “Best Be Leaving” and the defiant “Drop Dead”, “222” marks a continued evolution shaped by emotional growth and a transformative creative retreat that sparked the genesis of the new album, crafted with longtime collaborators Noah Beresin and Tommy English.

What started as a ruse between friends, about giving fake phone numbers to persistent suitors, blossomed into the now-infectious hook “222-2290.” The result is a bold celebration of independence, friendship, and pure joy. Blending dembow and perreo rhythms with dream pop and electronic textures, Tei Shi and Loyal Lobos flow between Spanish and English, channeling their shared Colombian heritage into a sound that’s genre-blurring, fun, and full of agency.

“‘222’ is a song about friendship, fun, and roaming free in the world,” Tei Shi shares. “It’s about rejecting male attention in exchange for joy and pleasure. We were laughing about giving out fake numbers, and ‘222-2290’ just stuck. From there, the track came together effortlessly—mixing our bilingualism with our love for electronic dream pop and nostalgic perreo.”

Accompanying the single is a surreal, sun-drenched video co-starring Tei Shi and Loyal Lobos, as conjoined twins causing mischief around Los Angeles. With striking coordinated looks and defiant charm, they embody the track’s themes of duality, sisterhood, and freedom, combining playfulness with power.

This Fall, Tei Shi will bring Make believe I make believe to the stage with a string of special performances, kicking off with a hometown show in Los Angeles on September 26th, followed by stops in New York on October 25th and San Francisco on November 20th. For full dates and ticket info, visit https://teishi.world/

Known for channeling expansive creativity into a sound entirely her own, Tei Shi weaves unapologetic vulnerability into genre-fluid soundscapes–effortlessly blending pop, R&B, indie, shoegaze, tropicalia, and Latine influences with vivid storytelling and bilingual lyricism, cementing her place as one of today’s most compelling artists.

WATCH/STREAM “222’ FT. LOYAL LOBOS

https://orcd.co/teishi_222

WATCH/STREAM “DROP DEAD”

https://orcd.co/drop_dead

STREAM “BEST BE LEAVING”

https://orcd.co/bestbeleaving