Music News - Pasifika star Lehali shares fresh new single 'Company' Feat. Lepani
24 May 2024 - 0 Comments
Kirikiriroa-based emerging Pasifika island-pop artist Lehali has today released her exciting new single Company featuring celebrated Aotearoa artist Lepani.
Company skilfully incorporates island beats and sounds with a catchy pop-hook. Made with the support of NZ On Air, the vibe is ‘island-pop with a touch of drum and bass’ - making it a song you can both chill to, and also get up and dance, run or let out all your energy to.
“It’s a song about love, community and authentic connection,” explains Lehali. “As young people, we know how tough navigating the difference between love and friendships can be, and this song is about, sometimes, at the end of the day all we want is to be in each other's ‘company’.”
A force to be reckoned with, Lehali aka Rosalie Norton could be considered one of Aotearoa’s most passionate rangatahi. At just 19-years-old she already has an impressive list of accomplishments, including being the youngest Ruakura TEDx Speaker at 16, opening for Hollie Smith, performing her original music as a part of the Chengdu International Sister Cities Music Festival in China, releasing an album (and now working on her second!), running a business, being mentored by Troy Kingi through APRA’s mentorship programme, and participating in APRA's first Moana Songwriting Session at Big Pop Studios in Tāmaki Makaurau - where she teamed up with Fijian-NZ artist Lepani and discovered Company.
“The whole experience completely shifted my life and the mindset I had towards music,” says Lehali. “Not thinking I could ever meet or work with such talented, well-known creatives. Catching up with Lepani again later in the year, we recorded some of the vocals, and Frank [Keys] worked his magic in the background to get it to the final product we have now.”
Lehali says that working with Frank Keys and Lepani was a ‘collab made in heaven’. “I remember leaving the studio to get some lunch with all the other artists, and when I came back they had recorded and created that whole mean-as DnB drop at the end. From moments like that, I was just constantly so inspired and in awe of how talented everyone was, and taught me so much about music production.”
Music and song writing has always been my passion, but I don’t think this little island girl from Kirikiriroa ever thought she could work in studios, receive funding or work with the artists that inspire her and have people want to listen to my music! I am so grateful for the people, whānau and networks that have supported me along the way, and now I am just so ready to continue creating, collaborating and finding ways I can make change with my art.”
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