Busiswa reflects on collaboration with Beyoncé
JOBURG – Singing about woman power, Busiswa proclaims Beyoncé collaboration as life changing.
South African singer/songwriter Busiswa relived her experience working with US superstar Beyoncé Knowles Carter – after the star released the collaboration titled, My Power, – something Busiswa proclaimed as life changing.
Belting in vernacular on the song, Busiswa attributed her feature on the song to her musical connection with Nigeria’s Mr Eazi, producer Guilty Beatz and a single social media post. She said she was as surprised as the rest of the continent when the track was launched as part of The Lion King: The Gift, an album curated by Knowles-Carter featuring other leading African female musicians including Tierra Whack, Yemi Alade and Moonchild Sanelly.
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“I was in studio with Mr Eazi and his producer Guilty Beatz and they posted a video of me with them and one of the representatives from the US singer’s team actually inboxed Beatz to let him know they wanted to work with me. I saw the message and of course I accepted,” Busiswa said.
With her current album, Summer Life, garnering support for the country, Busiswa has been working tirelessly in studio on collaborations with other African stars including Patoranking and DJ Tunes and is working on a Summer Life Deluxe album to be released in September
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For this journey, Busiswa worked alongside Guilty Beatz and was officially recorded and submitted four weeks ago to the US team. It involved a non-disclosure agreement, one song and a feature verse submitted which landed up with the Parkwood Entertainment officially selecting the vernacular verse in which Busiswa sings about woman power.
“I am very excited because I understand the impact that this album has, the importance of it and the platform I am being granted that is one of the highest level. I hope other girls are watching, inspired and understand that what we are doing now is small and know they can do even bigger things,” she said.
