S1MBA
teams up with
KSI
for his new single
“LOOSE”

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After the success of his smash hit “Rover”, rising talent and platinum selling artist S1MBA has returned, teaming up with YouTuber and rapper KSI for new single “Loose”. The perfect track to end the summer with, S1MBA and KSI help us loosen up with the smooth rap beat, and head-bopping melody reminiscent of S1MBA’s viral hit “Rover”; the visuals take us through a day to night party scene that allows us to live vicariously through the young and carefree stars, and their gorgeous friends as they party it up and embrace what’s left of our long-lost summer. With both artists bringing their individuality and flare to the single, they perfectly blend their playful personalities and effortless flow. With “Loose”, S1MBA leads us into summer with an undeniable track, which is set to be a hit.

Earlier this year, S1MBA became one of only a handful of Black UK artists outside of Stormzy to hit #3 on the UK Official Charts, with “Rover” currently charting in 8 countries worldwide – accomplishing Platinum in three of those countries and Gold in the other five! “Rover” also came with an Australian remix, featuring Youngn Lipz, Hooligan Hefs and Hooks, the video, which has since clocked up 2.6 million views and the single now certified ARIA platinum. With this new track under his belt and more amazing things to come, S1MBA is without a doubt ready to continue putting Swindon/Oxford on the map for 2020.

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About S1MBA

When S1MBA flew out to Zimbabwe in December to spend Christmas with family, he wasn’t prepared for what would be in store when he got back to the UK. He hadn’t been paying much attention to his phone during his trip. But when he opened his inbox, he found it flooded with emails from major label A&Rs. ’Rover’, track he’d uploaded before he went away, was the source of the attention, having organically racked up 700,000 views and had been placed on Spotify’s Who We Be, Afrobashment, Certi and Motive playlists. It might sound like an overnight success story, but Leonard Simbarashe Rwodzi, aka S1MBA, would has spent his whole life around music. Born in Zimbabwe, where he played djembe drums and joined a marimba band, S1MBA moved to the UK aged nine when his horticulturist father got a job as head gardener at Oxfordshire’s Pusey Estate. While finishing primary school there he learned to play piano, and soon joined the church band.

“In church you don’t learn to read music, you learn as you go. Being in church helped me to be better as a musician,” he recalls.

Raised on Zimbabwean music like Thomas Mapfumo and Afro-jazz legend Oliver Mtukudzi as well as gospel and mainstream American R&B artists like Chris Brown, S1MBA has always been an open-minded listener. Moving to the UK exposed him to more sounds than ever before: as well as the grime and UK rap that most of his peers were into, he’d go through phases in EDM and indie rock, citing Twenty One Pilots and Two Door Cinema Club as particular inspirations.

Never allowing his own ego to get in the way of a good song, S1MBA began to expand his sound by collaborating with co-producers last year, beginning with his biggest track to date ‘Rover’. He recalls walking to the studio space of producer RELYT and hearing the in-progress instrumental booming from outside.

“I hope that’s the producer we’re meeting,” he recalls telling his manager. Once inside the studio, he worked quickly, capturing the moment and writing the song within twenty minutes. “It’s more natural that way,” he explains. “I don’t like thinking about it too much. I don’t like not having fun with it.”

He’s since been in the studio with producers RymesBPM, ILL Blu, Show N Prove and JoJoF working on a his debut EP, which will be packed with Summer anthems that will introduce him to a broader audience. With such a rich musical DNA, his ambitions are set on a long-standing career that transcends his current role as a recording artist.

“I want to be known as that guy, where music was his thing,” he says. “I don’t want to just stop myself at being an artist. I want to go into songwriting. I want to learn how to play new instruments. I just want to be respected musically.”

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About KSI

Olajide William ‘JJ’ Olatunji, known publicly as KSI, is one of YouTube’s biggest stars, a chart topping music artist and a professional boxer with a combined social media reach of over 40 million. KSI’s two YouTube channels have amassed over 30 million subscribers and over 6 billion views on YouTube alone. He also possesses the third most-followed music channel in the UK behind Ed Sheeran and One Direction. His album Dissimulation via BMG / RBC Records is the biggest debut studio album of 2020 so far and includes features with AJ Tracey, Tion Wayne and Offset. He has previously covered The Sunday Times Magazine, The Observer Magazine and Music Week.

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