Times Of Swaziland: XOWLA TO SHOOT VIDEO IN ESWATINI

XOWLA TO SHOOT VIDEO IN ESWATINI
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Mxolisi Dlamini on 26/09/2022 08:28:00


Sibebe – We love it here!
In an exclusive interview on Saturday with South African (SA) Inkabi Nation’s
artist Xowla, he shared that he will shoot visuals in Eswatini for a
collaboration he is working on with SA’s DJ Tira. Born Xolani Tshabalala, is
signed under Inkabi Records. He is from Ladysmith in KwaZulu-Natal, a province
named in honour of the end of the siege of Ladysmith, SA during the Boer War.
Xowla started pursuing his music career back in 2008 while he was still in high
school, he started recording in 2012.
Achievements
One of his achievements, include being a producer for SA artist Mduduzi
Ncube’s ‘Langa Linye’ and ‘Angsakhoni’ songs. He also collaborated
with Big Zulu for their hit song ‘Ivolovolo’ where he is the hook killer.
The artist is currently working on a song with DJ Tira set to be released in
October this year. This was revealed by Xowla in an interview with this
publication during their introductory performance at Sibebe Resort in courtesy
of Sibebe Fitness Weekend Experience on Saturday evening. The artist did not
want to share the title details of the song just yet, in a bid to make the
official release special. “Eswatini is full of love and appreciation, so doing
a visual shoot here is definitely a must. I’m interested to include the scenes
shot here in Eswatini as part of the video just to show the appreciation and
give back to the people of Eswatini, for the support they give to us. I’m
already working on the track and I’m still yet to reveal the title in the
coming days” Xowla said.
When asked about the exact dates for the visual shoot, Xolwa pointed out that it
will be determined by the release date of the single, however, he gave an
estimate of the date. “I will have to drop the single first and then an
official announcement will surely be made for everyone to be able to come. I
would love to do the visual shoot here ( Sibebe Resort), this is a beautiful
place which has a swimming pool, and it’s a vibrant song so we might have
girls in the pool and take good videos. I think the video will be shot around
October 20 this year, which will depend on the track being released on time”
Xowla said.
Collaboration
He went on to reveal what inspired the collaboration with legendary SA DJ. “DJ
Tira is a ‘ghost’, he has been around for a long time in the industry and he
has never fallen off in the music scene. So artists like us, look up to
musicians like him for inspiration. I think it’s about time I do a song with
him since he has achieved a lot, and I also want to achieve most of what he
has” Xowla said. During their introductory performance at Sibebe Resort, Xowla
came with Inkabi Nation’s Siya Ntuli and Lwah Ndlunkulu who also performed
live. The artists could not hold their excitement about being in the country
again. “We are so happy as Inkabi Nation to be back again in the country, it
feels like we haven’t travelled since we already feel at home here in
Eswatini.
The crowd greatly inspired us today as we were performing, they showed us love
and their response shows that they really love us” Ntuli said.  Lwah Ndlunkulu
also shared her experience about coming back to Eswatini, “I can also say that
I am delighted to be here for the second time, we are looking forward to have
fun with the people of Eswatini as Inkabi Nation” Ndlunkulu said.