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“This album is the honest sharing of my heart and a candid journal of my journey back to myself after losing love. It will make you cry, dance and maybe even smile. This is the window into my life through love,”
“I am here to say, this is who I am, this is my story. This is my first full album and here you go, here’s my heart and I give it to you. It’s scary but I give it to you,”
“This album is inspired by heartbreak. This is me taking a moment to look in the mirror and reflect on self, through the journey of this heartbreak, and you’ll see three different phases of this journey play out throughout the album, with every four songs; in the beginning, we reflect on the pain and upset caused by losing love, with this part of the album expressing the initial acceptance of a relationship ending.
In the second part, we step into a more tumultuous part of the heartbreak; inspired by the sounds of nightclubs and a lifestyle that can be described as a distraction. Most of the music in this second phase is me exploring a new version of myself and ultimately looking for love in all the wrong places in the attempt to avoid dealing with the pain, but this charade all ends with a song called ‘Pretend’, which shifts the album’s focus back to internal work and spiritual alignment.The final part of the album starts with me praying for salvation and leads to me finally accepting that this love is lost.”
“The anxiety is peaking because I obviously want its intentions to be fulfilled and that it resonates with those who’ve needed it from me. One thing I will have regardless of the outcome is the fulfilment of creating a record that is honest and masterfully considered”.
“Noble stretched my sonic identity and they helped me find new soundscapes for what I usually found easiest to express through a ballad. Linden Jay taught me that I should just trust my instinct. Whatever comes first is probably the best and just needs some refinement. Love lost was the resolution I needed to get from this project; to let go in peace,”
“In the beginning I wanted big names to elevate the project but as time went by it felt more authentic to stick with people I know and feel most safe with my truth. I worked with friends and it’s the best thing I ever did,” explains Langa about how he chose his collaborators.
“Beginning of this year, in January I signed a deal with Platoon, which is owned by Apple and we literally finalized our deal in February have been working on the marketing strategy all of March, April happened and we supposed to release the first single in April and obviously, COVID happened. So, I kinda said to everyone, can we have a breather and find our feet during this moment and understand what this means for ourselves. At the end of April, I was like I’m ready, let’s put out this album.”
“Live true, love fearlessly and always seek to be centred/rooted in something bigger than yourself”.
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