Lubhalwe nguKhaya Ndaba
Echazwa njengomuntu oxakile, okhululekile kanye nonamandla okuqamba okufanele uDesire Marea ukhuza ibuya ngemuva kokunyamalala endimeni womculo.
UBuyani Duma (31) owaziwa ngelikaDesire Marea wazalelwa eMandawe KwaZulu-Natal futhi uyiciko elixube imikhakha eyahlukene okubalwa kuyo ezemfashini, umculo kanye nezobuciko. Waziwa kakhulu ngomsebenzi wakhe eqenjini lomculo elibizwa ngokuthi “iFAKA” alisungula noFela Gucci ngo-2015.
Laba bobabili baqhubekile nokuvakasha ezindaweni eziningi nasemhlabeni jikelele; kanti baduma kakhulu ngesikhathi becula kwi-Donatella Versace SS19 Fashion Show e-Milan ngo-2018 futhi basebenzisana no-Telfar kwi-Serpentine Gallery e-London. Baphinde bacula kwi-New York Fashion Week ngo-2019.
Phakathi kokunye bake bafakwa ohlwini lwe-Vogue World 100 ne-Dazed 100.
UDesire wabe eseqala umsebenzi wokucula yedwa ngo-2019 wakhipha ingoma yakhe yokuqala ethi-“You Think I’m Horny” walandela nge-albhamu yakhe esihloko sithi-Desire Marea ngo-2020 engaphansi kwelebuli yokuqopha umculoi-Imakade. Ithole ukutuswa okubucayi ngabantu bakuleli nabakwamanye amazwe.
Kodwa-ke, ngemuva kokunyamalala kungazelelwe ngemuva kohambo lwakhe lwase-UK nase-EU nyakenye abalandeli abaningi babezibuza bethi “uphi uDesire?”
Lowo mbuzo waphendulwa ngesikhathi ekhipha isitatimende ekhasini lakhe ekhuluma ngohambo lwakhe olungokomoya ngemuva kokucula e-Fontallenato Lost Music Festival ngoNhlangulana nyakenye.
“Ngikhumbula ngiyithwasa ebelise-Italy kungakapheli ngisho inyanga ngithweswe iziqu, ngincolisa imiqamelo yasehhotela ngezinsalela zobumba olubomvu ngaphinde ngabona ubuhle bomhlaba ngemuva kokubhekana nokufa,” esho.
“Ngangimenywe lapho ukuthi ngiyothwebula ikhava yephephabhuku yezinye zezincwadi ezinkulu kakhulu zomkhiqizo omkhulu wase-Italy ezithwetshulelwa endaweni yazo e-Florence. Angikaze ngicabange ukuthi lokhu kungenzeka kimina ngemuva kwezinyanga nginyamalele emhlabeni ngiyothwasa.”
Ngokukhishwa kwengoma yakhe ethi-“Rah” ayicula ngokuhlanganyela noZoe Modiga kulo nyaka uhambo lwakhe lomoya lujule kakhulu ngemuva kokuthwasa.
“Ngicabanga ukuthi sengiyaqonda manje. Ngemuva kokukhipha ingoma ethi-Rah ngenze isibopho sokungabe ngisagcizelela mayelana nezici zezwe zokukhipha ingoma. Bengifuna umculo wami ube yilokho engangihlale ngikufisa.”
Lokhu kuvezwe ngesikhathi ecula bukhoma e-Market Theatre ngoMgqibelo ngomhlaka-13 kuNhlaba ngesikhathi ethula i-albhamu yakhe ethi-“The Romance of Being — neqembu labaculi abayisikhombisa bekhanyiswe ilambu elibomvu kanye noDesire emi phakathi ejabulisa izethameli ngesikhathi ilambu likhanya phezu kwakhe. Kuvele kwacaca ukuthi uphikelele esigabeni esilandelayo somsebenzi wakhe.
UDesire usephinde wavela ngevidiyo yakhe yakamuva yomculo ebizwa ngokuthi “i-Be Free” eqokwe emkhakheni we-D&AD we-Best Direction kanye ne-Best Performance in a Music Video 2023. Kuhlelelwe ukuthi anandise e-MTN Bushfire kusukela ngomhlaka-26 kuNhlaba kuya kumhlaka-28 kuNhlaba.
Umthombo wesithombe: UDesire Marea
Umthombo wevidiyo: Khaya Ndaba