Victoria Kimani has built an international profile with a sound that shows her diverse genre sounds. She has become a recognisable voice in East Africa’s pan-African pop scene. On her new single, “IDWBU,” Kimani reveals a more vulnerable side of love, telling the story of someone unwilling to let a relationship slip away without trying to save it.
Throughout the song, Kimani makes her feelings impossible to miss. She tells her partner how much she misses him and how badly she wants to be with him, urging him to answer her calls and make time for her, even if he is in the middle of playing football.
Beneath these appeals is a longing to recover what they once shared. When Kimani asks whether they can return to the way things were at the beginning, she reaches beyond the immediate tension to the memories and hopes that brought them together.
