 And welcome to another new show right here on Y254. The show is karaoke live if you just eat your first time. My name is Philiin. You can find me across all social media platforms at Philiin June at the hashtag to get on. It's karaoke Y254 and as always I don't do the show alone. I have my very loud and crazy co-host. Kwa mifumi genu la fulu imboko and remember it's Easter. Yes. Alright, that's all you're going to say. Ya, sinisters. It's tani furaha manze. What's it to kwa evo ni Easter? Sin na temi oku beba matawi. Alright guys, find him on social media since I mentioned how at half flu imboko as well. Come on with a story if you're not reach out to him at half flu imboko. Right, and the show is karaoke live Y254 on Facebook and on Instagram. Karaoke underscore live Y254. Sayze, nasasa kitu puwa ni me bambika kwa uzi tokona gays to surf surf in danyasho. Yes. Nya ni timiaband. Ya ha. They have a good voice. Ya, they have really nice voices, I like them. Ataka wama na se mangwa no me tu si crashiwa na umoze tu sa uti tu me kubadi. Uzi na mume crash. Nime crash. Una cho wama bui dani ni. No, shia uriwa na ume. Uzi pimo na ume, yundi uzi daini. Alright guys, now we have the very talented, now we play their song Alia On On The Show and I told you guys that was like two weeks ago, I tell you guys we're going to look for them, find them and bring them on the show, guess what. We did find them, they are a boy band of three. They have really, yeah, they are three guys. I'm friends. Okay, jinaio band? Vijana Barubaru. So, Barubaru? Yes. Barubaru. Yes. Siw ni kama siyangun di umbaya. Vijana Barubaru tu kwa uzi na yundi kama Vijana? Wale Vijana wame. Vichuangumu. Apana. Vijana Barubaru nwale na Mayut. Mayut. I don't know. Alright, so they are right here in the studio and they will be telling us more about their journey in music. No, let's meet them. Na ume sota. Ataka maninshipi. Siku moja utaka punga. Na wewem si chakna. Ume tenwa ume hanywa. Ma penzi uta pata. Uta penwa uta ringawe. Your life my darling is such a place. Feeling good, feeling good. Feeling good man no more stressing. Every running, every running, every running. Every running like water, you better taste sweet. Feeling good, feeling good. Cause we feeling good, getting good vibes. Take it away. Getting good vibes for life. Getting good vibes for life. Getting good vibes for life. Getting good vibes for life. Getting good vibes for life. Ima isen kutibamba. Kutibamba. Ataka ma uli blanda. Inki ya peznam zingam. Tutalipa lonya dinga. Ima isen kutibamba. Tiga lupiga pamba. Kabla tukulep pamba. Kabla tukulep pamba. Namastika tukupamba buda. Your life my darling is such a place. Feeling good, feeling good. We feeling good man no more stressing. Every running, every running. Every running like water, you better taste sweet. Feeling good, feeling good. Cause we feeling good, getting good vibes. Good vibes, good vibes. Getting good vibes for life. Getting good vibes for life. Getting good vibes for life. Ladies and gentlemen, this is Hz Life. And I'm hanging out with the Kulip guys. Ya. Ya, kids on the block, I'm talking about. We say it everybody out of the Dino TV show. Thank you. That was amazing. Thank you. You're super talented and welcome to the show. So the guys watching at home, they've never heard about you. They're seeing you for the first time. Can you please do us a special of introducing yourself? So I'm going to start on my far left or right? Left? Yeah. Right. Left or right? Anubali nama Spiky K.E. I'm a content creator. He's an actor now. He's an actor now. Good to have you guys on the show. I don't know if guys at home remember, I played you a song, Uremonin Bonas. I played it on the show. And then I told guys, you know what, we have to look for these guys and bring them to the show. Guess what? We found them. And they are here. And they are so amazing. So guys are here. Okay. We found them. We motivated them. That's really good. That's good. I like that. Now, so tell us about the name of the band. How did that come about? We all know what it means. Vijana Barbaru. I laugh when they speak English, so they really don't understand. So maybe just break it down. Vijana Barbaru. Break it down for us. Vijana Barbaru. Come on. Vijana Barbaru just means young and... energetic. We were performing for a whole year without a band name. And we were good. We weren't even looking for a name. We were just like, let's just get another show. Let's just do it. You're just winging it. You're like, yeah. You know what, you just like, let's wait for God to give us that name. Sayin. Okay. Give us a sign. And we'll run with it. So we were performing at Kenya National Theatre. And after performance, some guys were like, Eru. Y'all are like, so the fans actually gave you the name? Yeah. Because we were doing a regular show every Thursday. The show was recurring. So every time we went there, guys were like, Ah, Vijana Barbaru. Vijana Barbaru. I love it. That's the sign. God, I see you. Right. So how did you guys meet before you were coming up? You're like, yo, so I can sing, you can sing, you can sing. Why didn't you form a band? How did that happen? How did you meet? Who met who first? I met him. Oh, you met Spike Lee. Yeah. So then I met them. That's the sign. That's how I got. Yeah, that's how it happens. So where in school or at a concert? At an audition. Oh, you go first. You go first. Okay. Yeah. So it was like this, right? We were playing the show called the TOTRB. Yeah, TOTRB. Yeah, at the carnival. They did have a drama. So I just jammed with the guitar there because it was so nice. I was like, eh, this thing is too dry. I think I just played a drum there by the way. I jumped in. What? We were like, who are you? Who are you? I think if most of us were like that, when it comes to opportunities, if most of us were like that and who are you to the baumbele? Because most people like confidence and you feel like you're really talented but you're drunk behind by the fact that you're not confident at all. So we dumped that time. Then we blended nicely. Afterwards we hooked up. Right. Okay, like hooked up at a session. Not like hooked up, hooked up. I know, I know, I know. Jesus Mary. I can't remember. Oh God. Tulipata na tulipata. Tulipata. Right. Okay, I think we get it. Thanks for the clarity. Now, so growing up, maybe you can tell us, who are some of your influences when you're growing up before this music thing came to happen? Kinkaka. Yes. I remember back then when we was doing Urutui Amasudi. That's, I don't know if it was an EP or a mixtape but Urutui Amasudi was so nice. He would talk about his entire life. When you are still rabbit, I got to see which. Growing up in Jericho, about Mamiake, I could relate to Kinkaka on another level. Right. From Kitosawa, I grew up listening to Ukoflani Naumau, I grew up listening to Nazizi. Yeah, I should have told you Nazizi. Let's just say anyone who is active in the hip-hop scene between 2000 and 2006, make me who I am. Awesome. And Tuku. Man, my influence is weird. Don't lie. Did you just pull that on me? Begin. Now, guy, you should wanna know. No, no. No, of course. We understand, we understand. Okay. We have kakai kelondzo. Okay. We have kelondzo. All right. We have... Why are you laughing at me? No, why are you laughing at me? That is bad. Then I moved from Katitu. I went to Lingala. People were like, this guy who did that, why do I forget his name? He said, my sweetheart is a baby, where did you go? Kandabongoma. Yeah. Kandabongoma. Fali pupa just recently. Then Sasan Kenjiya kwa Zungusas. Hey, akina niyo naryano. Yeah. You look like a male. I didn't see that. But I love the genre. You know why I should not tell you. You think of the vocals as you grow. Thank you, come back. Remember, your day one. Yes. My mind is there right now. My mind is there. My mind is there. My mind is there. And how about you? My influence. Mine is weird. Weird as well. Okay. My influence is mostly rock. See? We get that. Don't do that. I don't want to do that. I don't want to do that. I don't want to do that. I don't want to do that. I don't want to do that. That's a thing. That's a thing. So, he's making parkour. He needs classes. We'll school him later after the show. So, my first was making park. Right. LP all day in India. I was in the J. We did a theme song for the first transwomas movies. As 2007. My life has changed that time. Right. So, I started playing the guitar when I was in Form 3. From that time, we just rock, rock, rock from now on to all those. So, But it down. All of them. All of them. So, for me, it has been rock. We have a rock show right here. Every Saturday. Five to seven. So, we continue in rock tour. Right. We have a rock show right here. Every Saturday. Five to seven. So, we continue in rock tour. Right. But back to the band. So, how long ago did you guys meet? And since then, how was the journey been for you? That's three years ago. Basically, it's been different. It's been challenging. Because when he came to my scene, I was just a poet. I was just a spoken word poet. And then he came with these mellow, mellow moods and all those things. What? I called the moods. And then they moved. The emotions just transformed. Wow. My sound. And then he just became a rapper. He became a rapper too. I think he became a rapper because of competition. Yeah, I'm competitive as hell. I'm very competitive. And he felt like, Nah, I can do this. I can rap. He's actually really good in rapping. So, he started rapping too. So, since we've met, what has changed is our genre. Oh, yeah. Because when he came to the scene, I was basically being spoken word. He was dreaming. Right now, we just brought rap, Afropop, all these Afropop sound into our music. So, do you have a specific sound? If someone was there to identify you guys, what sound do you go with? Afropop. Afropop. Basically, that's it. Afropop. And then, the three of you, are you looking to recruit? What's happening? We don't recruit. When the vibe just comes, you go. Yeah. We feel like, we feel like Ongora, he's been our guitarist now for a while now. For a long time. He didn't apply. He applied? Yeah, yeah. You just come. We didn't know him. He played for us and we didn't even know him. At first. Well, from today, you are going to be a guitarist. Yeah, man. That is not going to change. So, if we vibe, we vibe. If we vibe, if we just know. You just come. One of those things you know. When it works, you just know. When the spirit you know, you know. If you know, you know. If you know, you know. Yes. If you know, you know. If you are for fathers, bless it. I saw, I saw somewhere, like, most of the music were influenced by the way you grew up. Like, I saw somewhere, you grew up back in mother and all. And how was it growing up there and is it true, like the lifestyle influenced most of the music? It's very true. It's very true because hardly can you talk about something you haven't seen. Right. So, it's almost struggles, it may be tears, the friends we've lost, the friends we've made, the struggles we've seen our parents going through, we didn't meet, it's kumana nazo hule. All that. It's not what it is. Right. So, every time we sit down to write, just go back to what makes you. And, well, we'll have to talk about what I'm going to want to ask. You have to come through. Like, that's my jam. Like, the first time I hide it, I was like, you know, I dig it, I love it, I'll buy it, and you know, that's what it says. Tell us about the song, how did that come about? Actually, they can tell the story better. Alright. Alright. Okay, this is the real story. So, we have a comment. We have a fake one. Tell me about the fake one. I want to know it's fake. Because this is the real one. I just used a word. I know. Hey, kase, kase. So, basically, we were writing a song. We had, we were having a writing session. Then, we have a common friend. She has acne. Yeah. Then, we started talking about the, because she had shared her life story, the challenges she had been through, courtesy of acne with him. So, it really bothered him. So, we started having a conversation about it. And just out of that, we decided, let's write a song that tells people, or girls, that beauty is not really everything that you have. You know? There is more to you than how beautiful you are. Beauty is just a bonus. And out of nowhere, the chorus came. And out of nowhere, the verses came. We wrote this song twice. We wrote it the first time. It was good. Then we had to rewrite it again. Now it was. It was just dope. We're like that. And how did David Hunter come through because they know the music video was done by an American music producer, David Hunter. So, we won a competition. It was called Dreams to Beats. Right now, we are working very closely with DJ Pinyin. So, DJ Pinyin has been like our mentor, our father. Shut up to Pinyin. Our father, our brother. So after we won Dreams to Beats, it was like an online competition. So he took us in. He's been the one sponsoring us and everything. So he introduced us to Hunter. Hunter is a close friend of his. And we became boys. So Hunter's been recording our music and just even directing and arranging our songs. Right. Yeah, so that's how we met Hunter. That's nice. We're like that. Now, because of time, so, we are almost winding up. The year is so fresh, like it's April. Yes, but the year is so fresh. So what next for you guys because Rambo is definitely a hit and I think it's the major breakthrough for you guys. So what next? What should people expect next? What are you currently working on? We have an album. You have an album coming? Awesome. Public announcement. Why do you keep saying this? You had it here first. You had it here first. You had it here first. It's called public announcement. No, you're lying. Yeah. No, I thought you were saying like public announcement. You have an album coming. Yeah. The name of the album. Okay. That's the name of the album. Public announcement. You have an album coming called public announcement. Public announcement. Dub, tell me about it. We want to make an announcement to everyone we want to make a statement and we can bring a side of ghetto that is cool. I like what you used to say. That is fresh. Kikila sku ghetto Kulia liya, Madhwan liya liya. We need a good story. We need a good story. We need a good story. Kulia liya, we need a good story. Kulia liya, kikila kikila kikila We need a good story. We need a good story. Right, so just one more question, and then you tell us the social media handles. Now we've seen, um, guys are dealing with a lot. Let's talk about the mental health, and we're just talking about that before the interview. We've seen what's happening in schools, even like kids as young as nine years, they're killing themselves. Like what can you tell your funds out there, maybe just the youth, even from Madari, like you guys are from Madari, and you're proud of that. So we let them to go to Madari and they're dealing with a lot. Because I don't know, do you need a course in school for guys to talk about their issues or what do you do? Actually, we actually do, but since... It's not there. We don't have much time to talk. Let's just give each one whatever advice. Yeah, that advice. For me, I would say this to everyone watching this show, that what happens, happens. Don't create meaning out of things, and everything is meaningless. You have the power to give words life. So choose what you give life. Right. Choose what you want to materialize in your life. Don't say bad things to yourself, or let people say things to you and give them meaning. People can actually say things about you and let it be that. So give words meaning to your life, but give positive words meaning. All right. I'd say you are what you consume. In the end of the day, we feed on a lot of things, but we need to be very careful with what we feed on and how we feed on it. Because now you can't just be taking in everything everyone is saying, because you are the author of your life. If I slap you right now, you are the one who will decide whether to get angry or not. Not my slap. So I need people to get that and realize that everything is in your hands. Yes, how you deal with issues. Every day, every time, someone is going to mess you up, someone is going to do you bad and it's bound to happen. So it's up to you to teach yourself to deal with it calmly, intelligently and to realize that other people's bad actions mean that it is them that have issues and not you. Right. And then your last remarks and your social media handles, your official underbans, where can people find you and buy your music? Where can they find your music as well? Okay, for me, I would say everything has a source. When you come from some particular homes, so parents of any kaziyao, everything comes back to the homestay. Let's tackle things from our homes. Talk to your kids, talk to your bro, talk to your friends. Just start there, opening up. Talk to people. But not everyone. Just the people you trust. Not every single person is happy for you. Alright, so your social media handles, your personal handles. Okay. So on IG, I go by E and it's called Komora. Komora will see okay. Okay. It's actually Pocomone. Right. On YouTube, Komora Ayub on... Facebook is kinda different. I come from two tribes, Kikuyu and Kipokomo. So on FBAs, Evans and Motanduki. Right. We like that. Motanduki. Awesome. Motanduki. Really, okay. Right. Your handles as well. Facebook to Kukantu. Instagram to Kukantu. YouTube to Kukantu. What else? Twitter to Kukantu. Kukantu. Okay. Vijana Barubaru everywhere. Vijana Barubaru. Instagram to Vijana Barubaru. Facebook to Vijana Barubaru. YouTube to Vijana Barubaru. I want to see this beard anywhere else. Sparky Kee. Sparky Kee is the brand. Right. But basically all the content, everything you want to see, just go to Vijana Barubaru. Everywhere. Alright. That's really amazing. Thank you so much guys for coming. Thank you for having us. Thank you for having us. Anyone know music? We're looking forward to that album. I hope it drops before the end of the year. Yes. And then, anytime you release new music, you can come launch it right here. Yeah. The other platform. Alright. So, maybe we sign out with Rembo Niboners. Yes, sure. And then, yeah. Thank you. Let's go. This goes out to every woman out there. Rembo Niboners. Check it. What I see in you is all you need to know. Hata macho zako zikiku danganya. Make up on, make up off by the wayninganya. Maa, potato plant size. Eat your body, rock it how you like. No approval. Black or white baby wear your skin with pride. Make that decision. Head up high. Usi chocho don't believe their lies. Nime ku gotcha till we close our eyes. Why? Cos if your beauty ever fades, I will love you the same. Rembo Niboners. Rembo Niboners. If your beauty ever fades, I will love you the same. Rembo Niboners. Rembo Niboners. Rembo Niboners. If your beauty ever fades, I will love you the same. Red or blue. If your beauty ever fades, I will love you the same. Rembo Niboners. If your beauty ever fades, I will love you the same.