Valerie Teicher Barbosa (born 4 October 1989), best known by her stage name Tei Shi, is a Colombian and Canadian singer, songwriter, and record producer based in New York City.

Tei Shi released her debut extended play, Saudade, in November 2013,[1] which Noisey described as a "layered masterpiece of melodies... expertly entwined vocal loops, and shivery sonics.

Titled "M&Ms", Dummy Magazine called the single "transportive and exceedingly gorgeous," stating "minimal background instrumentation is limited to an echoing drum track, mouth organs and a few lonely guitar bits, but they provide a solid framework for her soft, cooing a cappella.

[1] Kim Taylor Bennett of Noisey described the track as one of the "best seven songs" of 2013, and praised her lyrics, harmonies, and tonal buildup.

[7] Hypetrak wrote that Tei Shi's "airy" vocals "contrastingly bump well with the heavy production and hints of charming synth pop.

According to Noisey, it is a "layered masterpiece of melodies that duck and dive, expertly entwined vocal loops, and shivery sonics.

[5] Wrote Stereogum, "In her cover, Tei Shi keeps the song's lovesick drift intact but adds all these trickly little bloop-pop flourishes.

[17] Verde later received a physical release on May 5, 2015, through Mermaid Avenue[18][19] and internationally via Double Denim Records and Caroline Australia.

"Bassically" was extremely well-received, accumulating over seven million streams on Spotify[21] and spawning remixes from Body Language and Honne.

[29] Directed by Dreamtiger, the music video serves up footage of Saturn from NASA's 2004 Cassini mission as a background for Tei Shi herself.

[31][32] Tei Shi's debut album, Crawl Space, was officially released on March 31, 2017, through Downtown Records.

[34][35] On January 27, 2017, the first single from Crawl Space, "Keep Running", was released digitally with an accompanying music video directed by Agostina Gálvez.

[37] The next day, the full song was released digitally, accompanied by a lyric video, as the lead single from her sophomore album.

[39] On July 16, Tei Shi announced the release of the second single from the album, "Red Light", and teased the song in a couple of Instagram posts.

On September 24, Tei Shi announced the release of the third single from the album, "Even If It Hurts", featuring Blood Orange.

On the same day, a music video, shot at Untermyer Park in New York and directed by Cara Stricker, premiered via Tei Shi's YouTube channel.

[50] Tei Shi noted the song has a more dark and direct sound, similar to her debut album, Crawl Space.

[52] The EP was written by Tei Shi in six days while on a writer's retreat in El Paso, Texas in January 2020.

In an interview with NY Mag, she stated "personally it's always hard for me to label it as a genre because it shifts and I try to make music that isn't one thing or the other.