On the back of a much muted year musically , multitalented Kenyan singer, producer and songwriter – Nikita Kering – has shared her first offering of the year with a poignant cut dubbed , “Dilly Darling”.
Produced by fast-rising Kenyan producer , Cap , with assistance from Nase – the “On Yah” singer reflects on a high school love story , emoting about her unconditional love and availability to this individual.
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“I grew up watching a lot of Disney, Camp Rock, High School Musical and so I just wanted to tell a story of my high school lover in a way that emulates that” she shares.
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Crooning over a stripped-down instrumental that includes a guitar strum, she allows her honeyed vocals to sit on top of the Cap-produced record in a bluesy fashion – that she has so much built a furnished career on.
“I thought that a pop ballad with a guitar behind it can allow some space for storytelling in a way that people can hear and understand what I’m saying” she continues.
Following a year where she only had two official studio releases , “Kama Hauna” alongside Kenyan rap mavericks , Scar Mkadinali and Ndovu Kuu – as well as her Amapiano-tinged banger “Pendana Nawe” , Nikita has been selectively quiet while working on new music for her legion of fans. Her only other release came with her commissioned soundtrack for MTV’s hypnotic series , ‘Shuga Mashariki’ where her magnetic single “Haina Pressure” features as the series official sigtune opening soundtrack.
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On “Dilly Darling” , she is buoyant and tackles themes of love, intimacy and warmth – pillars that have become adjacent to her music.
“‘Dilly Darling’ is about not wasting time and being available on call for the person that loves you and so given that when I used to be in primary school the teachers would say stop Dilly Dalling, you need to do this and you need to do that.
For me it just reminded me about urgency and it was my one reference when it came to to being at the right place at the right time and for me being at the right place at the right time in the context of this song was just like when you call on me I’ll follow your lead without hesitation but Dilly Darling and for me that was a word play because Dilly Darling was like my Dilly Darling as in the person that I wouldn’t be late to see or to do this.”
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