Kaifi Khalil
Kaifi Khalil is a Karachi singer-songwriter and composer whose Balochi roots and Urdu love songs meet in music such as “Kana Yaari” and “Kahani Suno 2.0.”
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YouTube
Coke Studio
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YouTube
Coke StudioOverview
- From
- Lyari, Karachi, Pakistan
- Work
- Singer, songwriter, composer and guitarist
- Online beginnings
- YouTube channel launched in 2015; first performance video uploaded in 2016
- Breakout
- Coke Studio Season 14’s “Kana Yaari” in 2022
- Signature song
- “Kahani Suno 2.0,” released in 2022
Mini bio
How it started.
Kaifi grew up in Lyari, Karachi, in a family connected to Balochi music. His father was a local singer who died while Kaifi was young. In an interview with FUCHSIA, Kaifi described working in shops and on construction sites, and spending some of his earnings on cassettes and instruments. Music was a way to carry his father’s legacy forward.
Finding his listeners.
He launched his YouTube channel in 2015 and began posting performance videos in 2016, starting with a cover of the Balochi song “Mani Tawe Dost.” Covers and original songs gave listeners a way into his music before his television breakthrough.
The breakthrough.
In 2022 he joined Eva B and Abdul Wahab Bugti on Coke Studio’s “Kana Yaari.” The song credits him as composer and co-writer. That same year, his Urdu song “Kahani Suno 2.0” reached a much wider audience and became associated with ARY Digital’s drama Mujhe Pyaar Hua Tha, which used it as its soundtrack.
Writing the next chapter.
His later work includes the solo singles “Mansoob” and “Jurmana,” the Coke Studio collaboration “Piya Piya Calling,” and “Fitrat” with Tulsi Kumar. He continues to write and produce his own releases, including “Daaman,” “Shikayat” and “Love Notes,” while also singing work by other writers and composers on “Muntazir.”
Creditschronological, newest first
- 2026Love NotesSinger, writer, composer and producer
- 2026Muntazir music videoVocals
- 2025ShikayatSinger, writer, composer, co-producer and co-arranger
- 2025Sotka DilCover vocalist, co-producer and co-arranger
- 2025DaamanSinger, writer, composer and producer
- 2025FitratCo-singer with Tulsi Kumar; composer and lyricist
- 2024Piya Piya CallingFeatured singer with Karpe and Amanda Delara
- 2022Kahani Suno 2.0Singer, writer and composer
- 2022Kana YaariSinger, composer and co-writer
Awards
Quotes
I wanted people to relate to the song as if they are listening to someone's story.Kaifi Khalil, Junaid Akram podcast, as reported by Dunya News
Discussing why he reworked “Kahani Suno” in an April 2023 podcast interview.
Trivia
- His first uploaded performance was a cover of the Balochi song “Mani Tawe Dost.”
- He told FUCHSIA that he kept his Coke Studio involvement secret even from his family during the production process.
- His “Sotka Dil” cover explicitly honours Ustad Ghulam Rasool Dinarzai and Ustad Sabzal Samgi.
- Ali Zaryoun’s additional poetry appears in the credits for “Fitrat,” “Daaman” and “Shikayat.”
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