MOYO is one of the most personal tracks I have made so far.
The word Moyo means heart. And that is exactly where this track came from.
Not from a strategy.
Not from a release plan.
Not from trying to sound cool.
From heartbreak.
When I made MOYO, my girlfriend had just broken up with me. I was in that strange place where everything feels heavy, but life somehow still keeps moving. I felt sadness, confusion, desperation, love, pain, hope — all at the same time.
So I did what I often do when I do not know where to put my emotions.
I put them into music.
That is why MOYO means so much to me.
I wanted the track to carry real heartbreak, but not only the dark side of it. Of course there is sadness in it. Of course there is pain. But there is also something else inside the track: hope.
Hope that after some time, I would be okay again.
Hope that I would not lose myself in the pain.
Hope that I could come out of it stronger, with more self-love and more trust in myself.
And honestly, that is also what I want people to feel when they listen to it.
Not just sadness.
More like: yes, this hurts — but I will find myself again.
Why Zulu vocals
For the vocals, I wanted something that felt beautiful, deep and human. I connected the meaning of MOYO with vocals in Zulu, because for me it is one of the most beautiful languages in the world.
Even if you do not understand every word, you can feel the emotion immediately. That was important to me.
Because sometimes vocals do not need to explain everything. Sometimes they just need to open something inside you.
The feeling
Musically, MOYO is melodic and emotional house music. It has warmth, movement and a deep feeling behind it. It is not a track I made to impress people. I made it because I needed to catch something that was happening inside me.
And maybe that is why the track found its own way.
It has been played on South African radio stations, including East Coast Radio, where it was first featured on Valentine’s Day with an interview from me. Around that radio moment, more than 5.3 million people had the chance to hear it.
That still feels unreal to me.
A breakup song, made from a very private moment, suddenly reaching people in South Africa.
I am proud of that. Really proud.
But more than the number, what means the most to me is the idea that maybe someone heard MOYO while going through something similar. Maybe someone was hurt. Maybe someone was missing someone. Maybe someone needed a little bit of hope.
And maybe the track gave them that for a moment.
That is why I make this kind of music.
Not perfect.
Not polished.
Not made to hide the emotion.
Just real.
MOYO is my heart in a track.
And if it helps someone feel their own heart a little more again, then it did exactly what it was supposed to do.