Azawi atunguye abafana be abizeza indirimbo nshya zitari zasohoka: “Igihe kirageze ngo nzisohore”

Mu gihe umwaka wa 2025 uri kugenda usatira hagati, bamwe mu bahanzi bakomeye muri Afurika y’Iburasirazuba batangiye kwerekana imishinga mishya, abandi nabo baracyazigama amabanga ku byo bateganya. Umuhanzikazi w’Umunya-Uganda Azawi, uri mu batangiye kwigarurira imitima y’abakunzi b’umuziki kuva igihe yamenyekaniye, yongeye gushimisha abakunzi be abatunguye n’amagambo yatumye benshi barushaho kugira amatsiko y’icyo agiye gushyira hanze.

Mu butumwa yanyujije ku mbuga nkoranyambaga, cyane cyane urubuga rwa X (rwahoze ari Twitter), Azawi yavuze ko afite indirimbo nyinshi atarasohora kandi ko yumva igihe kigeze ngo zimenyekane. Ni amagambo yakiriwe n’amashyi n’ibyishimo byinshi n’abafana be bamaze igihe bategereje igikorwa gishya cy’uyu muhanzikazi wubatse izina binyuze mu njyana ye yihariye, amagambo asize umunyu, n’umudiho utuma benshi banyurwa.

“I have a lot of unreleased songs. Thinking it’s time to let them out.”

Mu Kinyarwanda, ibi bishatse kuvuga ngo: “Mfite indirimbo nyinshi zitari zasohoka. Ndumva igihe kigeze ngo nizisohore.”

Aya magambo yatumye abafana be batangira gutekereza byinshi ku byo uyu muhanzikazi yaba yarahishe igihe kirekire, bagakeka ko yenda kuba agiye gutangaza album nshya cyangwa agiye gukurikizaho udushya tw’indirimbo zizajya zisohoka imwe ku yindi.

Ni nde Azawi? Isura rusange y’umuhanzikazi uri kuzamuka mu muziki w’Afurika

Azawi, amazina ye nyakuri ni Priscilla Zawedde, yavukiye i Kampala muri Uganda. Yatangiye kumenyekana mu buryo bukomeye mu mwaka wa 2020 ubwo yasohoraga indirimbo Quinamino, yakunzwe cyane muri Uganda no mu bindi bihugu bya Afurika y’Iburasirazuba. Uretse ijwi rye ryihariye, Azawi azwiho ubuhanga bwo kwandika indirimbo, ndetse akaba yarandikiye n’abandi bahanzi mbere y’uko atangira kuririmba ku giti cye.

Ni umwe mu bahanzi bakomeye bashyirwa imbere n’inzu itunganya umuziki ya Swangz Avenue, imwe mu nzu zikomeye muri Uganda, izwiho gutanga umusaruro mwiza mu muziki ugezweho.

Uburyo indirimbo ze zitari zasohoka zishobora guhindura byinshi

Mu butumwa bwe, Azawi yavuze ko zimwe muri izi ndirimbo atigeze azishyira kuri album ze zabanje, ariko ko akomeje kuzikunda kandi azifitiye umubano udasanzwe. Yagize ati:

“Some of those songs never made it to my previous projects but I have deeper connections to them. They really never left my mind.”

Mu Kinyarwanda, ibi bivuze ko izo ndirimbo atazigeze ashyira ku marusangi y’indirimbo ze zabanje, ariko ko azifitiye amarangamutima akomeye kandi atigeze azibagirwa.

Ibi bitanga icyizere ko Azawi atazashyira hanze indirimbo zisanzwe, ahubwo ko hari ibihambaye azaba arimo gusangiza isi, birimo amarangamutima, inkuru, n’amasomo yihariye. Ubwiza bw’ibihangano nk’ibi ni uko biba byararirimbiwe mu gihe runaka ariko bikagumana agaciro kabyo igihe kirekire.

Uko abafana babyakiriye

Ubutumwa bwa Azawi bwakurikiwe n’ibitekerezo byinshi by’abantu bamugaragarije ko bamukunda kandi bamushyigikiye. Hari ababwiye ko bamaze igihe bategereje indirimbo nshya, abandi basaba ko azishyira hanze vuba, hakaba n’abatangiye gukeka ko hari album nshya iri gutegurwa.

Umwe mu bafana yanditse ati:

“Please don’t tease us too much. We need the music!”

Undi nawe agira ati:

“Even the old Azawi songs still slap, can’t imagine what’s coming!”

Abakunzi be bamenyereye ko iyo Azawi avuga ko hari indirimbo nshya, bitinda bikaza, kandi igihe zishyizwe hanze, zihita ziba indirimbo z’icyitegererezo, zikifashishwa mu bitaramo, mu tubyiniro, no ku mbuga nkoranyambaga.

Indirimbo aheruka gushyira hanze: “Ku Sure” ft. Dax Vibez

Muri uyu mwaka wa 2025, indirimbo “Ku Sure”, yakoranye na Dax Vibez, ni yo yonyine Azawi yari yashyize hanze. Ni indirimbo yakiriwe neza, ifite injyana irimo ubusabane n’urukundo, ndetse ikaba yaragaragaje ukuntu Azawi akomeje gukorana n’abandi bahanzi bafite aho bahuriye ku mudiho n’imyumvire.

Nyuma y’iyo ndirimbo, abafana be batangiye kwibaza igihe azongera gushyira hanze igihangano gishya, ariko kugeza ubu, nta rindi yari yagaragaje.

Umushinga we uheruka: Swangz Allstar Album (2024)

Mu mwaka ushize wa 2024, Azawi yari umwe mu bahanzi bitabiriye umushinga mugari wa Swangz Allstar Album, aho abahanzi bo muri Swangz Avenue bahuriye ku ndirimbo zitandukanye zerekana ubuhanzi butandukanye ariko bwuzuzanya. Muri iyo album, Azawi yarigaragaje mu buryo bwimbitse, byongera kwerekana ko ari umwe mu nkingi za mwamba z’iyo nzu itunganya umuziki.

Nubwo Azawi atigeze avuga mu buryo bweruye ko agiye gushyira hanze album nshya, amagambo yavuze ateye kwibaza niba atariyo igiye gukurikira. Gukusanya indirimbo nyinshi zitigeze zishyirwa hanze no kumva ko igihe kigeze cyo kuzikura aho zari zibitse, ni kimwe mu bimenyetso bikunze kuvamo album nshya.

Byaba bikomeye cyane, mu gihe ibi byaba ari intangiriro yo gutangaza umushinga munini nko gusohora album cyangwa EP (Extended Play) kuko byatuma abafana babona igihangano gikomeye, giteguwe neza, kandi kiganisha ku rugendo rushya rw’ubuhanzi bwe.

Azawi ni umwe mu bahanzikazi barimo kwandika amateka mashya mu muziki w’Afurika y’Iburasirazuba no ku rwego mpuzamahanga. Afite ubushobozi bwo kuririmba mu njyana zitandukanye zirimo Afrobeat, Dancehall, Pop n’izindi, ndetse amagambo y’indirimbo ze ahora afite ubutumwa bufite ireme.

Ni umwe mu bahanzi b’abagore bagaragaza ko igitsinagore gifite uruhare rukomeye mu iterambere ry’umuziki, kandi bikaba bigaragazwa n’uko yitabira ibitaramo bikomeye, akanakundwa cyane ku mbuga nkoranyambaga n’abakunzi b’umuziki w’uyu munsi.

Abakurikiranira hafi ibikorwa bya Azawi barashishikarizwa gukomeza gukurikirana imbuga ze nkoranyambaga, cyane cyane X, Instagram, na YouTube, kuko ariyo nzira azanyuzamo ibyo bihangano bishya. Niba koko afite indirimbo nyinshi zitarigeze zishyirwa hanze, bivuze ko mu mezi ari imbere, tuzabona byinshi bishya kandi bifite ireme.

Icyo abafana bashobora gutegereza

• Indirimbo nshya zasohowe nk’inkurikirane (single releases)
• EP cyangwa album nshya yakusanyijeho ibyo bihangano
• Ibiganiro bidasanzwe cyangwa ibiganiro mpaka byerekana uko izi ndirimbo zakozwe
• Ubufatanye n’abandi bahanzi bo mu karere cyangwa ku rwego mpuzamahanga
• Ibitaramo bizaba bimurikirwamo ibyo bihangano

Azawi yongeye kugaragaza ko ari umuhanzikazi udashira imbaraga n’ibitekerezo. Nubwo atari buri gihe avugira mu itangazamakuru cyangwa ngo abe yihutira gushyira hanze ibihangano, iyo agize icyo atangaza, birumvikana ko hari byinshi biri mu nzira.

Mu gihe twiteguye ibyo agiye kudusangiza, ikizwi ni uko ubuhanzi bwe bwagiye burushaho gukura no gufata icyerekezo gihanitse. Kuba afite indirimbo zifite aho zishingiye ku marangamutima ye bwite kandi akavuga ko atigeze azibagirwa, ni icyemezo cyerekana ko ibyo agiye kuduha bifite uburemere.

Twebwe, nk’abafana n’abakunzi b’umuziki nyafurika, dutegereje dufite amatsiko menshi!