Filah Lah Lah Announced As Apple Music Africa Rising Cover Star
Filah Lah Lah As Apple Music Africa Rising Cover Star
Apple Music has announced South African R&B songstress, Filah Lah Lah (real name Reabetswe Fila Ranamane) as the latest cover star in its Africa Rising artist development program.
“Being chosen as the Africa Rising artist feels absolutely incredible,” she tells Apple Music. “Thank you so much to Apple Music for supporting local R&B talent like myself. Thank you to my fans for riding as hard as you have been since day one. Peace!’”
As a young child, Filah Lah Lah felt “different” because she believed her speech, appearance, and thoughts were unique from those of other people. Filah found her creative outlet in music, which gave her the confidence to accept and enjoy that. In order to influence her musical awareness, her father also made sure that she was exposed to the brilliance of black artists at a young age. He played a variety of genres, including jazz, funk, and soul.
Filah Lah Lah was thus influenced by legendary R&B singers like Marvin Gaye, Betty Wright, and Smokey Robinson, jazz greats like Nina Simone, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane, and the spirit of ’90s hip hop to create her debut EP, ‘Filahsofy’ (2020). Her second EP, “We’re Gonna Be Just Fine” (2021), demonstrated her enormous growth through restrained vocals and sensual soundscapes, taking on a more ambient and harmonic tone. Her initial EP, on the other hand, was a personal snapshot of her life.
A vast collection of eighteen songs, Filah Lah Lah delves into the profound concepts of identity, belonging, and self-discovery in her debut album ‘in AIR’ (2024), which is streamable on Apple Music. This R&B-influenced album’s composition also acts as a sounding board for Filah Lah Lah, who is a model of the kind of musician she aspires to be.
The latest music from Filah Lah Lah along with that of Africa’s hottest new artists, is available now on the Apple Music Africa Rising Playlist.
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