A brilliant, hyper-kinetic masterclass in Latin hyper pop. Matias Poro confronts a brutal two-year avalanche of personal trauma by retreating to his linguistic roots and running headfirst onto the dance floor. KAOS is emotional whiplash at its finest—inviting you to weep, heal, and move all at once.
NEW ALBUM ' KAOS' RELEASED 3RD JUNE 2026
W: Paolo Rudd
The transition into your late twenties is rarely a smooth, graceful arc; more often, it is a sudden, jarring deceleration—a quarter-life crisis that arrives with the force of a category-five hurricane. For Miami-raised artist Matias Poro, that exact existential storm hit over the last twenty-four months, fueled by a relentless barrage of real-world trauma, from family members losing everything in a devastating fire to the sudden loss of his grandmother. His stunning third studio album, KAOS, is the brilliant, chaotic, and deeply transformative diary of that turbulence. Following his notable work with the Grammy-nominated outfit Los Wizzards, this record represents a massive pivotal shift for Poro as his first predominantly Spanish-language release, using his native tongue to accurately articulate a staggering sequence of personal hardships.
"An album that refuses to merely sit quietly with its grief; instead, it aggressively forces it out under the club lights."
Sonically, Poro refuses to retreat into somber, acoustic melancholy to parse this pain. Instead, KAOS proudly carries the industrial-tinged, sweat-soaked confidence of Charli XCX’s BRAT, the fierce, genre-obliterating bravado of Rosalía’s MOTOMAMI, and the sharp, introspective Latin alternative penmanship of Akriila’s Epistolares. The result is a fearless, razor-sharp Latin hyperpop masterclass that flawlessly balances immense emotional weight with breathless, avant-garde electronic production. To map out this volatile landscape, Poro assembled an incredibly eclectic roster of collaborators—including Grammy-nominated Alemor, The Voice: Argentina alum Luzia, and rising producers Iliah and Mauvst—who turn the record's heavy distortion and unexpected beat-switches into an unforgettable sonic journey.
"KAOS delivers a rare, immersive dance-floor energy—explicitly inviting the listener to cry, process, and shake their ass at the exact same time."
What makes KAOS an absolute triumph is its refusal to let its thematic heaviness drag down its pulse. Poro masterfully processes escapism, reckless intimacy, vice, and profound sorrow, proving that they can all violently coexist alongside healing and self-discovery. Ultimately, the album is a beautifully designed companion piece for anyone currently drowning in the uncertainty of their own life transitions. It stands as a loud, high-octane, and deeply reassuring reminder that while chaos in this world is entirely inevitable, learning how to dance your way through it might just be the most beautiful thing we ever do.