Fakuta

Pamela Sepúlveda Ariza, publicly known as Fakuta, is a Chilean singer-songwriter, musician, and architect by training.

Biography Raised in a Mormon family, Sepúlveda Ariza attended church as a child but was eventually removed for playing secular music on the keyboard. She cited Fiona Apple as one of her early influences. Her musical involvement began in school workshops, playing covers of 1990s radio hits with a recorder. Her first album, Al Vuelo, also produced by De Janeiros, was released in August of the same year, under her label Michita Rex. In 2013, Fakuta collaborated with Mon Laferte on her album Tornasol.

In 2014, Fakuta released her second album, Tormenta Solar, released via the independent label Quemasucabeza. In the years following Tormenta Solar, Sepúlveda continued developing her sound. She presented the album internationally, including being invited to perform for the first time at Primavera Sound 2015 in Spain. Upon quitting office work in 2013, Fakuta attempted to live as a musician as her full-time job—however, she eventually returned to more stable employment by the mid-2010s.

In 2017, she released the self-produced single "Abrazándote"; she described this new era of her music as a return to the freedom and spontaneity of her early days, focusing inward rather than outward, while learning more about self-production.

Discography Albums Al Vuelo (2011) Tormenta Solar (2014)