When I was growing up, it was still during Apartheid, so the country was very shielded from the outside artistic world. Anything that was too subversive was basically banned. All the music that we got from outside of South Africa was the poppiest, least subversive music that you could get.

Trying to be really dark and alienating just felt exhausting to me, so I started going back to the music that I grew up with, whether it was African music or pop music. It took me away from being overly self-conscious about what I was doing.

[I] was always my dream to attend the Art Institute. I have always had this zeal to become the best that I can be and I saw that this institution will act as an avenue to me achieving that goal. I applied to the institution and got accepted based on my impressive portfolio.

You may be surprised to know that growing up, I wanted to be a writer of children's books.

I've been making music for as long as I can remember. I would, as a kid, just sing little ideas or be making something.

When I'm writing, those ideas are seldom inspired by music itself. I won't often listen to an artist and come up with an idea.

When I start working on an idea, I immediately record without judging it.