EXHAUSTED. OVER IT. BROKEN by his own perfectionism. This is the REAL state of Sun-El Musician just DAYS before he drops his long-awaited new album after a FOUR-YEAR SILENCE.
In an exclusive, raw interview, the hitmaker (real name Sanele Sithole) confesses he is in a CRISIS of creativity. “I’ve loved some of these songs and I HATE some of them now,” he admits, laughing painfully. He’s tweaking, doubting, and trapped in a never-ending cycle, unable to let go until fans force him to. The photo supplied with this story says it all—a man caught between crushing fatigue and desperate hope.
This isn’t a simple comeback. This is a high-stakes RESET on his own shaky terms. After platinum albums, he almost released a soulless record “made by a machine” just to cash in. HE CHOSE TO WAIT. He gambled everything on feeling something REAL, letting tracks like a collaboration with Nasty C sit in archives for FOUR YEARS.
But here’s the danger they don’t want you to see: the industry DEVOURS vulnerability. As Afro-house explodes globally, is he making art or just feeding a trend? He claims he’s not, but the pressure is BRUTAL. He reveals his first big embrace came NOT from South Africa but from Botswana and Kenya—countries that took him in when his own was silent.
Now, he’s fully independent, launching his own label Under Da Sun, and this album is the first shot in his war for total control. 17 tracks. Huge collabs like Deborah Cox and Msaki. But it’s the unknown artists he’s betting on, risking everything to bring unique voices to the mainstream.
He’s battling perfectionism, industry expectations, and the emotional whiplash of releasing art into a world that judges before it listens. The question isn’t whether the music is good—it’s whether this artist can SURVIVE his own process.
He’s giving the music to the people, hoping to fall in love with it again. But in today’s music industry, love is the most dangerous gamble of all.
Edited for Kayitsi.com
Author: Kayitsi.com
