Rap-pop sensation and Johannesburg artist ZULO returns with Something Lekker, his new body of work rooted in South African identity and nostalgia. The project draws from hip-hop, pop and R&B while remaining unmistakably African. It is warm, romantic and playful — a feel-good summer project built around the idea of becoming a more mature lover: searching, choosing, enduring, celebrating and ultimately learning to appreciate love.
The project’s sonic world began two years earlier with “Smaak To Love (Lamza)”, whose release quietly set the stage for the sound and direction ZULO would later explore across Something Lekker. That world now expands across eight tightly curated records, led by “meddie”.
At its heart, Something Lekker is about home, memories, and heritage. The comforting familiarity of the Cape Malay koeksister becomes intertwined with romance; sweetness as a metaphor for love, and home as a metaphor for belonging. In its artwork, a table set for two with one chair still empty, Something Lekker captures the anticipation of love: hopeful, vulnerable and ready for someone to arrive.
Something warm, something fun, something South African.
Something lekker.
