Holy Rey releases a new single
The list of industry miles tones for one of Mzansi’ s favorite
Independent female recording artist Holly Rey keeps growing. In 2019
Holly Rey was the fi r s t female artist to win the ROTY SAMA in 20 year s
and Holly feel s the weight of her achievement as a woman in an
industry traditionally dominated by men.
As the owner and driving force behind her independent label, Rey
Mus i c (Pty) Ltd. thi s young woman has been labelled as “one of the
hardest working women in the industry”. At jus t 25, Holly has al ready
made her mark as a musician and i s now making waves with
media production skill s honed during 2020’ s Lockdown Days .
With an Honors' s Degree in Cultural Communications and Media
Studies f rom UKZN behind her , the cum laude had the tool s at hand to
expand her skill set. Lockdown was difficult but it al so gifted Holly Rey
with the time to explore her pas s ion for content production. She created two shows which she scripted shot and edited during lockdown.
The fi r s t "Baking With The Rey' s " is a cooking show produced with her
little sister "Mimi Rey" gained phenomenal traction during lockdown
and i s now in circulation on a local s t reaming platform Viva Nation TV.
Rey, then conceptualized, wrote filmed and edited a t ravel series called
"Ready Set Local" exclusively for Viva Nation TV. The series gave Holly
the opportunity to t ravel the length and breadth of KZN and inspired
the theme t rack "Home" which she released with a music video,
showcasing the best KZN has to offer in the t ravel industry.
“Music has opened door s I would never have believed possible,” smiles
Holly.
Mus i c remains her fi r s t love, and Holly continues to build on the
success of her multi-platinum hit s ‘Deeper ’ and ‘You’ by dividing her
time between content-production for various platforms and spending
time in the recording studio. February 2021 saw the completion of her
2nd EP featuring the s ingle ‘Spend My Time’ .
The EP is a master full-bodied of work show- casing the song-writing talent
of a maturing artist and deceptively simple beat s c rafted into
memorable House standards . It al so speak to the reflective, soul searching of a creative spirit caught up in the momentous event s of
2020 and retreating into a creative space during lockdown.
To balance the depth of the song-writing, Holly’ s vocal stylings
continue to reflect a growing maturity as she moves through themes of
friendship, loss , love, heartache and joy. It i s the work of a strong,
independent woman growing into her power as a creative
artist and per former . The fi r s t s ingle i s set to drop on the 25th of
Mar ch and the date for the full EP has not as yet been confirmed.
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