Kira Puru is a gender-fluid^[2][3] Australian musician. She is of Maori descent, her father being from the Tainui^[4] tribe, and grew up in Cardiff, New South Wales, near Newcastle.^[5][6] Puru has been described as "Señorita, swagger and a troublemaker" by Triple J^[7] whose self-titled EP was released in 2018 by New Tribe Music, a joint venture record label with Sony Music Australia.^[8] i-D Magazine called Puru "a charismatic stage persona"^[9] and she has performed at festivals and events including: Splendour in the Grass, Spilt Milk, Listen Out, and Groovin' the Moo.^[10]

In 2013, Puru moved to Melbourne, Australia, to launch her career as a solo artist after a string of collaborations with Paul Mac, Illy, Paul Kelly and Urthboy.

Puru released the single "Tension" in 2017^[11] then followed on with "Molotov" which The Guardian said is a "Slinky, attitude-laden song"^[12] and was ranked 75th on the Triple J Hottest 100, 2018. In 2018, Puru toured nationally with Listen Out, and in support of Vera Blue and The Rubens.^[13]

In 2019, she toured nationally as the supporting act for Peking Duk and in May, Puru went on a national tour for her single "Everything's Better Without You" with Kinder as support.^[14] The video for her new single "Why Don't We Get Along" was launched by Clash magazine which they described as "Perfect Pop"^[15] also produced by long term collaborator Jon Hume (Sofi Tukker).^[16]

In 2020 Puru toured with UK artist Yungblud for his Falls Festival side shows where she was compared to US artist Lizzo.^[17] She called out radio for not playing enough Australian Music^[18] and Triple J were one of the first to take up her challenge.^[19] In April 2020, Puru released her single "Idiot" with a "hook that’s an effortless ear worm".^[20] Junkee Media said "Kira Puru's Tiktok account is fantastic"^[21] including luring Tones and I and a bunch of other musicians to imitate the heavy metal band Korn.

Puru uses she/they pronouns.^[22]