Midnight Uzo’s ode to love in new single, Hayi!

She is a singer, songwriter and trombone player. Skhumbuzo Mazibuko (28), fondly known as Midnight Uzo releases her highly anticipated single titled “HAYI”, featuring Durban-Kwaito royalty, Professor.

The Afro-House single encapsulates the use of additions, twirls, auxiliary sounds, emotive lyrics and a jazzy melody, Midnight Uzo dares to step out of her Pop-Funk comfort zone. With an unrestricted style and sound, she has been able to break away from being labelled or boxed under one genre.

“Hayi is essentially a love song about longing to see someone dear to me. People can interpret it how they wish in their own lives. It can be the longing to see a partner, family, or friend. But it is essentially a song of longing for love.

Having Professor bring his unique Kwaito voice to the song made a big difference. The song is of international sound, and his lyrical prowess just made it then relatable to home.” - Midnight Uzo

Listen to the song HERE

About Midnight Uzo

She is an Honours student specialising in Musicology at Stellenbosch University. Her love of music started young, being from a musical family and being in a choir from a young age. Her mother and politician Bathabile Dlamini encouraged her to follow her dream.

She is a creative researcher who incorporates her research and the arts and is interested in learning about and performing in many spheres of the entertainment industry. She has mainly staged as a singer trombonist throughout her university career. She has served as a radio DJ host and producer and is a World Champion choir singer with Stellenbosch University choir and is an advocate of the LQBTQIA+ Community.

Being the daughter of a politician, she finds herself having to cement her own brand away from that of her mother and family. She is a passionate musician and activist with dreams of her own. Midnight Uzo has also accepted her calling as a sangoma/healer and acknowledged that she “walks with the spirit of the elderly.” She is a singer and trombonist and spent her university career playing music professionally.