Tierra Umi Wilson

Tierra Umi Wilson (born February 9, 1999), UMI began gaining attention with her single "Remember Me" in 2018. Since then, UMI has released a string of projects, including the Love Language and Introspection EPs, her debut studio album Forest in the City, and her 2024 EP Talking to the Wind. She has toured with artists like Conan Gray and Jhené Aiko, and collaborated with global figures such as BTS’s V.

Early life Wilson was born in Seattle in 1999 to an African-American father and a Japanese mother. Her mother taught her how to read, write, and speak Japanese. Wilson's mother plays piano and her father plays the drums. Throughout high school, she was involved in DECA (Distributive Education Clubs of America) and her track team at Tahoma High School in Maple Valley. In high school, she discovered YouTube beats and started writing to tracks. She would record the songs with a USB mic and upload them to SoundCloud and YouTube. Her cover versions of songs were determined by SoundCloud to be copyright infringement. This made her start writing and posting her own originals.

2019–2021: Balance, Love Language, Introspection EP, and Introspection Reimagined UMI released the Balance EP on May 17, 2019, which included the songs "Ordinary" and "Down To Earth." On October 30, 2019, she released their EP, Love Language On June 21, 2020, she released her EP, Introspection. Following the release of her EP, Introspection, UMI released a follow-up EP entitled Introspection Reimagined on March 26, 2021, featuring new versions of the songs on the Introspection EP as well as two new interludes.

2022–2024: Forest in the City debut album, Leaving RCA, Talking to the Wind On May 26, 2022, UMI released her debut album, Forest in the City, which featured the singles "moonlit room", "whatever u like", and "sorry", and was the focus of her first headlining tour.

In January 2023, UMI left RCA to go independent. Two singles that were part of her 2024 EP Talking to the Wind, "happy im" and "why dont we go", were released in mid-2023 before the EP was published in January 2024. In December 2023, she collaborated with V from BTS on "wherever u r", a non-album single that topped multiple charts and spawned two remixes.

2025-present: Signing with Epic, People Stories

In 2024, UMI signed with Epic Records. Her first project with Epic and her second album, People Stories, was released on August 22, 2025. Artistry UMI has cited her biggest musical influences as Frank Ocean, D'Angelo, Jhené Aiko, Erykah Badu, Sade Adu and SZA. She grew up listening to R&B, soul, gospel and Japanese pop/rock. UMI has been described by Vogue as having a "lo-fi, alternative, laid back, R&B style." Label: RCA, Keep Cool Formats: Streaming, digital download

Released: August 22, 2025 Label: Epic Formats: Streaming, digital download

Extended plays + List of extended plays Title Details Interlude Released: January 25, 2018 Label: 408 Format: Streaming, digital download Balance Released: May 17, 2019 Label: UMI Format: Streaming, digital download Love Language Released: October 30, 2019 Label: UMI Format: Streaming, digital download Introspection Released: June 21, 2020 Label: RCA, Keep Cool Format: Streaming, digital download Introspection Reimagined Released: March 26, 2021 Label: RCA, Keep Cool Format: Streaming, digital download Talking to the Wind Released: January 19, 2024 Label: UMI Format: Streaming, digital download

Singles

As a lead artist Title Year Peak chart positions Album USDig. USR&B CANDig. NZHot UKDig. WW "Friendzone" 2017 – – – – – — "Midnight Blues" 2018 – – – – – — Interlude "River" – – – – – — "Remember Me" – – – – – — "Lullaby"( – – – – – — "High School" 2019 – – – – – — "Down to Earth" – – – – – — Balance "Sonshine"( – – – – – — BO Y "Love Affair" – – – – – — Love Language "Mother" 2020 – – – – – — "Introspection" – – – – – — Introspection "Open Up" – – – – – — "sorry" 5 20 10 3 6 99 "Hard Truths"( 2025 – – – – – — People Stories "10AM" – – – – – — "Somewhere New"/ "What Now" – – – – – — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As a featured artist Title Year Album "Play Too Much" 2020 Suga "That's On You (Japanese Remix)" "JULIETTE!" 2022 But For Now Leave Me Alone "Lose My Focus" 2025 Where the Butterflies Go in the Rain (Deluxe) "Do What You Want"

Promotional singles