A beautiful and turbulent journey experienced across multiple continents, and all expressed through majestic melodies; that ladies and gentleman is Filah Lah Lah’s story. If we tried to tell it on our own, you’d call cap. Luckily, we got here to tell it herself. Starting with her childhood in the states, falling in love with music and many other things in between. This is all as we prepare for her album ‘On Air’, tap in and let’s rock.
00:00 intros
03:46 the beginning of Filah and family life
07:03 studying and university life
08:30 life in Turf
09:30 Pretoria years and difference to Turf
11:08 modelling and music
12:46 language abroad
14:04 accent in Turf
14:50 Music taking the front scene and Mike Colombo
16:16 the RnB scene in SA
18:24 creating Filahsofy
19:22 Mike’s mentorship
20:22 writing in first person – Genz dynamics
23:56 RnB boom in pandemic and reception
26:00 workflow and the emotion of the second Ep
27:20 hating filahsofy but loving the performance of it
29:55 music getting people through hard times
31:15 exploring vast topics and writing exposure
32:60 cartoon talk
39:12 label offers and industry sharks
43:30 On- air and singles getting global love
45:55 past myself
47:15 where she sees herself
49:17 visual album process
51:44 releases of visuals and album
52:50 the visual team
54:52 making the budget work
55:55 visual references
57:40 creating with a purpose
58:54 the persona for the album
1:00:40 being brave
1:01:40 imposter syndrome
1:03:50 thank yous
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