The Vietnamese rapper and producer has taken a remarkable path and released three albums to date. His latest, I Want to Feel Safe, earned the Vinyla Award last year. In his lyrics, he openly reflects on identity and the search for belonging, on being caught between two cultures, as well as on relationships and personal trauma. The beats are often melancholic, almost dreamy, while his delivery remains energetic and razor-sharp.
Anki has become a voice of a new generation that moves away from the genre conventions of oversized egos and instead brings emotional sensitivity to the scene. At Colours, he will present the still-current I Want to Feel Safe (2024) — and, above all, a brand-new special audiovisual show created in collaboration with Roman Gordienko, who incorporates pixel art, glitch aesthetics and analog noise into hypnotic projections.