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Got the whole club dancing: South African in Sweden shows Swedish people turning up to gqom

A South African woman in Sweden got an entire club dancing to Gqom music in Stockholm. The viral video had Mzansi celebrating ...
News24

‘Gqom will never die’ - DJ Tira on his joint album ‘Voices of Gqom’ with Goldmax and keeping the genre alive

Award-winning South African DJ and producer DJ Tira talks about his new joint album ‘Voices of Gqom’ with Destruction Boyz’ ...
BBC

Why Durban's gqom music is spreading across the world

From its underground roots in Durban, the sound of gqom music is now spreading across Africa and beyond. But what is gqom? How did it start? How did it spread? And how do you pronounce it? Emily Dust, ...
News24

Gqom, kwaito get SA Music Awards overhaul

The revamped SA Music Awards (Samas) categories have set tongues wagging in the music industry. What has irked the purists is the expansion of the definition of the Best Kwaito Album category to ...
Times LIVE

Ntando Duma on making gqom music a 'national treasure'

Ntando Duma surprised Mzansi when she released a gqom track late last year but the presenter has revealed that she has big plans for the blossoming music genre and with the help of her new show she ...
Times LIVE

Distruction Boyz talk about their passion for gqom music

Durban-based dance duo Distruction Boyz nearly shut down the internet on Friday with the release of their highly-anticipated debut album Gqom is The Future, something that was all part of their master ...
The Michigan Daily

The deep, dark pleasure of gqom

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook South Africa (as I covered in a previous profile of House producer Black Coffee) has cemented its ...
The Fader

Get To Know Gqom, South Africa’s Slow-Burning Club Music

Last month's System Focus column on emerging African and Afrodiasporic networks featured Angel-Ho, an artist bringing ballroom and other U.S. club flavors of black and gay origin into new and ...
Variety

From Beyonce’s ‘My Power’ to ‘Black Panther,’ New Book Explores How the Sounds of South Africa Reached the Global Pop Stage

In an excerpt from the 33 ⅓ title "South African Popular Music," the author breaks down house music offshoots gqom and amapiano. When Beyoncé put together her companion soundtrack album, “The Lion ...
Complex

Interview: Gqom Oh! Boss Nan Kolè Shares Cruel Boyz' "Cruel Drumz" From His Label's New Mixtape

Head of the Gqom Oh! label, Nan Kolè has been undertaking a massive project over the past few months. Allying with Rome-based radio station Crudo Volta, Kolè has been travelling around South Africa, ...
Independent Online

The rise of 'Vathela': meet the creators behind the viral gqom dance challenge

If you are a fan of TikTok dance challenges, you've likely experienced the infectious rhythm and captivating choreography of the “Vathela” challenge. This vibrant dance has quickly become a global ...