Over the holiday season, Kehlani reportedly introduced their new lover Kiara Russell, piqueing her followers’ curiosity about who Kiara is.

The Night Like and The Good Life artist on the most recent leg of their Blue Water Road global tour in support of the album of the same name enjoyed two successful evenings at London’s O2 Academy Brixton.

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However, their love life is currently in the news online when Kehlani appeared to confirm their new romance with Russell in a string of TikTok videos.

Who is Kiara Russell?

Kiara Russell is a basketball player who was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on March 30, 1998.

Russell’s biography states that she majored in sociology while playing guard for the Sun Devils basketball team at Arizona State University (ASU).

Russell began her basketball career at ASU in the 2016–2017 season as a point guard, although she had to miss six games due to a quad injury.

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Russell has participated in over 100 games overall, was named an honourable mention for the Pac-12 All-Defense team, and was third on the team in both assists and rounds.

The 21-year-old is a graduate assistant for the Connecticut Huskies women’s basketball team, according to her Instagram profile.

Russell posted a photo thread on Instagram with pics of her and Kehlani being cozy, captioned, ‘love n happiness dump’.

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Kehlani reposted the photo dump on her story, leading with one of the photo slides that read, “You have the sweetest soul I have ever seen”.

Kehlani introduced their new partner, Russell, to fans in a sweet TikTok video on Christmas day.

They can be seen lounging on the couch together in Kehlani’s video, which gives viewers a very delicate glimpse into their relationship. Kehlani instructed Russell to greet their followers, “Say hi to the girls.”

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“Hi, girls!” Russell said before Kehlani turned around to joke that she was doing too much by actually saying hello.

Since fans had inquired, the Oakland musician captioned her TikTok, “since yall asked.” In a subsequent video, the two kissed to officially declare their relationship.