Kyle Desai's new country song and artistic evolution

ISIPINGO singer and songwriter, Kyle Desai, 26, has conquered his goal of expanding himself as an artist with the recent release of his country song called Home.

- YOSHINI PERUMAL

Desai said Home was inspired by the love he and his partner shared, and he wrote the song in about three hours.

"Writing becomes easy when you have the inspiration. But recording and refining it took a few days. I wanted to get the emotion right without overthinking it.

"The song dropped on my birthday, on May 22. I wanted it to be personal, as a gift from me to everyone who had supported my journey. Home is not just a song, it is a reflection of who I have become.

"It is about finding a sense of home in another person. Not just in the romantic sense, but in the way someone can calm all the noise in one's life. When I'm with my partner, it's like time slows down. There's this calm, this certainty, like I do not have to be anything other than myself.

"That kind of connection is rare and it reminded me that 'home' isn't always a place. Sometimes it's a feeling, or a person, or a moment that grounds you. That is what I wanted to capture in the song. Something warm, honest, and rooted in the kind of love that doesn't try too hard."

He said he wanted to show South Africans that country music was special.