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Karen Zoid Taps AB de Villiers (You Read Right!) & Ndlovu Youth Choir For New Track

Ever thought you’d head cricketing legend AB de Villiers on a track with Karen Zoid and the Ndlovu Youth Choir? Neither did we! But, ‘The Flame’ is real and it’s here. The track is a song of joy, inspiration and hope. After what has been a difficult and trying year in South Africa and around the world, the artists aim to inspire and uplift our nation through song with this track.

“Karen Zoid and I spent time together in 2019 to write music. We want to inspire, to carry a message and help make a difference in the lives of people. During our writing sessions I spent a lot of time thinking about the challenges I had faced as a cricket player and the parallels with everyday life. At the time we had no idea Covid was on the cards but regardless, we felt the world needed a positive message,” AB de Villiers says about the songs creation process and dipping his toes in music.

By the time it came to recording the song in 2020 they were faced with technical challenges aplenty with AB in Dubai, Karen in Cape Town and Ndlovu Youth Choir in Limpopo – all locked down during lockdown. Karen tells us “We had to record and produce The Flame remotely. In the chorus I’m singing “We fan the flame” while the others sang “We found the flame”. The flame, a sliver of fire, has always represented massive hope to people on a physical and metaphysical level. I guess I could have gone back and redone my vocal to match the other voices but I didn’t because it felt right being recorded incorrectly. Some of us are celebrating hope and some are still searching for it. But we all want to sing a song of hope. Out of an imperfect song and an imperfect world beautiful things do transpire. They always have and they always will”.

Now that the song is out, AB tells us that recording and releasing ‘The Flame’ is something that is very important to him. “For me this is a song about endurance, teamwork and character,” the cricketer explains. “It makes me think of the challenges we face in SA when it comes to GBV, a high crime rate and racism – and I know that we have a special energy here that one finds nowhere else in the world. Walking through flames and enduring hard times makes us stronger as a nation and I know we’ll continue to rise.”

Listen to ‘The Flame’ here:

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