It’s been an emotional rollercoaster of a week for South African fans of live music as Steyn Entertainment’s Rocking the Daisies has rolled out the first and second phases of its artist line-up. Unleashing a slew of the biggest musical names from the continent, as well as British electronic pop band CLEAN BANDIT on Tuesday 24 May–today the festival announces its second international addition to the #JWxRTD 2022 bill-universally beloved R&B and neo-soul force KEHLANI.
Regarded as one of the leaders of the contemporary R&B garde, Kehlani’s repertoire, at just27 years-old, is something to marvel at. Receiving her start onAmerican Idol as part of a girlband in 2011, just three years later Kehlani went on to drop their debut solo album Sweet Sexy Savage and subsequently find their way to numerous collaborations with names such as Charlie Puth, Cardi B,Ty Dolla Sign, Eminem, Chance the Rapper, Justin Bieber, Zayn Malik and Musiq Soulchild(to name a few) in the years to follow.
The Oakland native has since released 2 critically acclaimed albums, namely,It Was GoodUntil It Wasn’t(2020) and mostly recentlyBlue Water Road(2022),collecting a pair ofGRAMMY nominations and consideration from the American Music Awards. Kehlani alsoboasts shows and tours in 5 continents over their 14 year career. Their upcoming performance at Rocking the Daisies 2022 will mark their first time performing on the African continent.
Kehlani will be joined at the festival by acts including Clean Bandit, BLXCKIE, DBN GOGO, Will Linley, Sun El Musican, Focalistic, TxC, Sio, Nasty C and Kid Fonque, among others at Rocking The Daisies; as well as a third, fourth and even fifth phase of local and international artists tobe announced in the coming weeks.
Drop a ❤️ below for our 2nd international act at #JWxRTD 22, the beautiful and talented GRAMMY nominated @kehlani. ????
— Rocking the Daisies (@RockingTheDaisy) May 25, 2022
Three critically acclaimed albums, world tours and collaborations with @iamcardib, @tydollasign, @eminem, @justinbieber and @MusiqSoulchild - run her up. ???? pic.twitter.com/k2gVHTa9vF
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