Monday 29 June 2020

Holly Rey continues thriving #MondayMotivation

Holly Rey has made the most of the lockdown.

She launched a cooking series on Instagram with her sister, Mimi; announced being a signee at Black Coffee's Soulistic Agency; had a virtual lockdown performance, released a single and now has dropped the music video of said single – Wanna Be.

"It's a lot harder than I thought it would be. I have been trying to learn new things to inspire some form of creativity. I have learnt how to edit videos, learnt the tech behind the music and different sound systems.

"I want to come out of this a better musician, especially on the technical side of things."

On how the pandemic will change things for the industry, Holly said it has been a chance to find new ways of doing things.

"I am big on meeting my supporters and interacting with them and this has allowed me to do that. I think we didn't take online performances and streaming serious before. But now we are forced to learn how to do those and to do them properly. It's shown us that we can do it even when the lockdown is over." 

On releasing new music during a pandemic, Holly said she was a bit conflicted.

Holly is famous for being one of the few independent artists to be successful enough to go on and win a major award. Last year she made history when she became the first woman since Brenda Fassie in 1999, to win record of the year at the SA Music Awards with Deeper. 

On whether we can expect a collaboration with Black Coffee, Holly said not yet.

"As I have previously mentioned I have been a huge Black Coffee fan for years and I am so excited that we are stable mates at Soulistic, so we will just have to wait and see if anything happens."
Wanna Be is on streaming sites and the video is on YouTube.