Nomisupasta bridges sound and storytelling

The upcoming single What You Like looks squarely at the public sphere.

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The song, which will be released on February 5, is preceded by a six-part podcast of the same name, a space Nomisupasta has created to unpack its lyrics and the political moment they respond to.

The podcast began on January 1, a deliberate decision tied to the timing of a letter written by a government minister the night before, during what she describes as a moment of national chaos.

"The reason why the podcast came out on the 1st of January is because the minister wrote that letter on the 31st," she explains. "So I wanted it to be fresh in people's minds. Like guys, do you remember last night? The night of chaos in South Africa."

In the first episode, she focuses on that letter as a point of entry, unpacking the context in which it was written and the broader political performance surrounding the recently concluded Madlanga Commission.

"I decided ... because ... during the Madlanga commission and the parliamentary sessions, I started to get a sense that we weren't looking at what's really important here," she says. "So in the first episode of the podcast, I'm really going into the letter that was the catalyst to all of this."

There is humour in the way she approaches these topics, but also a clear sense of intent. She is not interested in scolding her audience. She wants to provoke reflection, to ask questions that linger.