''Low Kii Savage'' (stylized as ''low kii savage'') is the debut

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(EP) by American singer and songwriter

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. It was released on March 22, 2016, through Effess,

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, and

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. The EP was produced by Casper and B., Brenton Duvall, Felix Snow, and executively produced by David Singer-Vine.

Composition

Musically, ''Low Kii Savage'' is a set of songs where Kiiara breathily sings over gloomy

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and

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instrumentals about, according to writer Chester Chin, "casual flirtations and epic parties." Andy Kellman of

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compared it to the works of

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Critical reception

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'' magazine wrote that on ''Low Kii Savage'', Kiiara "possesses all the chill of mint gum but her hooks are bubblelicious." Chin, writing for Star2.com, opined that while some of the EP's songs were "forgettable," the record was enjoyable for its "ethereal" electronic sound and Kiiara's vocal performances that made it "effortlessly sexy." ''

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'' disliked most of ''Low Kii Savage'' for focusing more on club music tropes and sounds than emotional impacts towards the listener, and Kellman dismissed the EP as unmemorable "of-the-moment mood music."

Commercial performance

On the ''

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'' week dated April 16, 2016, ''Low Kii Savage'', debuted at number 192 on the magazine's official United States album chart and 13 on its

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chart; it sold 4,000

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s and 1,000 copies in its first week on the chart. On the week of June 4, due to the chart ranking streaming equivalent albums, the amount of

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s on "Gold" led the EP to rise from number 165 to 153; 73% of the position rise was attributed to "Gold"'s streaming figures (4.4 million on-demand streams). By the week of July 23, ''Low Kii Savage'' went from position 114 to 78, selling 8,000 equivalent album units that week. The album finally peaked at number 41.

Singles

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" was released as the lead single from the EP digitally on October 26, 2015, and later to

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on May 10, 2016. The single became her first entry on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, where it peaked at number 13 in October 2016. "Feels" was released on January 15, 2016, as the second single from the EP. "Hang Up tha Phone" premiered on

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Composition

Critical reception

Commercial performance

Singles

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References