Happy Interviews: Elsy Wameyo

Elsy Wameyo talks the spiritual and emotional forces behind her new single, 'Piny Lara', directing music videos and producing her own tracks.
It’s already been a whirlwind year for Elsy Wameyo. She kicked off 2024 with the blistering single 'Sinner' - a propulsive and atmospheric cut that saw the Adelaide-based musician wade through a crisis of faith - and followed it up last month with 'Piny Lara'.
That track, with its sultry R&B rhythms and hypnotic vocals, also wrestles with the push-pull of external forces, chronicling Wameyo’s quest to re-centre her emotional and spiritual wellbeing amid life’s uncertainty.
"I feel like the world was trying to vomit me out," Wameyo tells us of the message behind Piny Lara, "... it was a fight between me and the world."
Navigating this complex terrain, Wameyo sketched new contours of her artistry by self-directing the videos for both Sinner and Piny Lara.
"This was another learning curve for me," Wameyo says of her debut directorial efforts, "... we really wanted to visually represent what I was feeling at that time."
As if all of that wasn’t enough, Wameyo recently wrapped up the namesake ‘Sinner’ tour across Australia, and was named as one of the winners of the 2024 APRA Professional Development Award.
As for the mammoth past few years and her vision for the future, Wameyo has no plans of slowing down. "I can't wait to play again," she tells us. "It's always good to reminded of how much you're loved."
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