Kai Charles #2

Babes, how did you get here · May 21, 2026 · 53m · transcript

A Black British woman leaves London with two suitcases,

no job, nowhere to live — and builds an entirely new life in Dubai.

What started as a one-year plan turned into nine years abroad,

multiple careers, identity shifts, burnout, reinvention,

and one brutally honest realization:

“I’d NEVER raise Black children in London.”

Kai Charles grew up in West London, worked corporate jobs

at companies like The Economist, and dreamed of building

a music career. But despite doing everything “right” —

good grades, university, stable career —

something still felt deeply wrong.

So she left.

In this raw…