The Manana Innerview | hhm: A Helen Herimbi-Moremi Podcast

Shortly after releasing the deluxe version of his widely-acclaimed album Our Broken Hearts Mend Full Stop, singer-songwriter, Manana talks to me about making it. #manana #ourbrokenheartsmend #ourbrokenheartsmendfullstop #sebakaapstad #theimports #podcast #musicpodcast #musicinterview #shekhinah #thandozide #hhmpod #helenherimbimoremi 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:20 What’s making Manana go ‘hhm’ lately? 00:02:36 The kind of music he’s making now 00:04:10 What made him jaded 00:05:11 Teasing Cynical on TikTok 00:07:52 Assigning identities to creative expression 00:11:20 Behind the “never after” phrase in songwriting 00:16:48 Going the dance route 00:21:20 Shorthands in ‘It Always Ends With You’ 00:23:17 Working with Thando Zide and ‘Isililo soThando’ 00:27:18 Being in conversation with his audience 00:29:11 Going against the trend of short songs 00:33:46 Audience investment and holistic production 00:35:03 Working with Shekhinah 00:37:26 Men vs women in relationships 00:41:20 Writing triggering songs in real life 00:44:05 The trilogy titles being a sentence 00: 48:12 Why add “full stop” to OBHM 00:50:01 His relationship with nostalgia and his music 00:52:11 Democratising his music