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MBABANE - Blazing!
The word above describes the latest offering from a new artist on the block that identifies as Babylent Pardee.
The young artist whose real name is Themba Magudulela dropped a single titled ‘Blue Moon Raindrop’ last month.
The song has been a topic with everyone and fully applauded on being a calming song with hectic sound offerings.
Praised
Social media streets praised the message carried in the open script song.
It is currently sitting just above 200 streams on Sound Cloud, and 10 download.
The artist said the inspiration behind the song came from the mental space he was in at that time following the
Rough
sentiments loss of his mother.
“I needed to vent, I felt trapped in dark hole of loneliness. Writing the song, I got the closure I needed at that moment.
“This song is basically meant for everyone out there that is having a rough time adjusting to everything they have going on in their lives,’’said Magudulela.
In addition, he said the pandemic having done a great deal of damage to families, something had to finally give, in this case it was him dropping this song.
“Someone has to stand in the gap and lend a helping hand in trying to comfort those who have not had the chance to go for therapy. were one of many by local artists. Hip Hop DJ Supa CDQ, applauded Kubukisa and further vouched for it. He said it was a going to make things easier for them as artists to have a platform where they showcase their art.
“We hardly have such concepts; this is amazing, I will definitely check it out and I hope all fellow artists will do the same,” he said.
His sentiments were echoed by popular comedian Sbu, who said it was going to come in handy for them. More especially because the entertainment scene was slowly picking up atfer COVID-19 restrictions.
Corrected
“This is amazing, I do not think we have had something like this in the country before. I stand to be corrected, but this is a fresh concept in the country,” he said.
Since this, hub Kubukisa seeks to put everyone on the map. Beauty influencer and content creator Celia B, said it was a great platform for them as content creators.
“Listen this is amazing, you know how as influencers we have a lot going. This hub will literally become my virtual portfolio,” she said.
In addition to that, she said creativity as a process underlines the way in which they work, their approaches and the ways in which they think and act or how they deal with the challenges of setting up sustainable profiles and attractive portfolio.
“It is true we are a sad generation. “So this is me being a voice for those that lack the courage to speak out about their problems in life.
“So I really hope that people tap into this work of art and find themselves as I tell my story.
“And hopefully, we will grow together to reach greater heights,” said the young artist.
Worth noting is that Magudulela’s first single as an independent artist.
For the past six years he has been working on features with friends and mentioned that he thought it was about time he went solo and created a brand for himself.
He further said joining the music industry was birthed by his love for art.
“I have always wanted had to sort of change people’s perception on Eswatini’s music industry to be precise.
“There is this ideology that people have; it is about how hard it is to make money through music in Eswatini.
“That is why we have a lot of artists selling themselves across the border. This is not money driven movement.
“There’s a lot I wish I could do for a lot out there,’’ said Magudulela during an interview.
Planned
The upcoming artist said he had a lot planned this season. He said there were more unreleased songs he had recorded.
“There is a lot that we go through as artists that I think everyone has to know about. Perception is God given; it is so unfortunate that we take that for granted.
The world as we know it is not what it seems to be. So this season will be an eye opener to a lot people,’’ closed the young artist.