Kenya: Zowie Kengocha debuts single on COLORSxSTUDIOS

For her A Colors Show performance, the 21-year-old dropped her single ‘Project’, joining other Kenyan artists Xenia Manasseh, Bien, Karun, Maya Amolo and Lisa Oduor-Noah, who have also appeared on the platform.

The musician was part of the writing camp for burgeoning and established songwriters, artists and producers hosted by Spotify and COLORSxSTUDIOS in Nairobi in early October.

Speaking about her song, Zowie said: “‘Project’ is basically about wanting your person around you. Just being like: ‘Come over, I want us to have this dream romantic relationship.’ I [am expressing] that fantasy.”

Zowie, who won a golden ticket at American Idols after she auditioned in front of Katy Perry, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie, experiments with R&B, indie-pop and dance music.

She says that before American Idol she didn’t know what she wanted to do music wise. “I just loved performing covers on YouTube. Afterward, that whole process, and the fact that they said yes, was kind of like a turning point for me. I was like, ‘okay, this is what I really want to do.’ And I took their notes and everything and I’ve been implementing them since then.”

On what she hopes to achieve through her music, Zowie said: “I probably would like more people to relate to what I’m writing, or inspire more people with my writing.”

Zowie’s show marks the last of the performances from the Spotify and COLORSxSTUDIOS partnership, with all the singles available on Tantalizers, Spotify’s flagship Afro R&B playlist.