You can’t get around this song on Tiktok or Instagram at the moment, and from there it spills over into the reality of the charts, as is the case today: “Makeba”, sung by the 31-year-old French musician Jain. It’s an insanely nice light pop track that sounds kinda African and has a chorus you’d sing along to if you could just understand the lyrics. Interestingly, this song, which is about to become a world hit, is already eight years old. Why is he only now becoming world famous? Jain – long hair, dark top, some kitchen in the background – tried to explain the inexplicable via a zoom call from Paris.
Interview with Jain about the Tiktok hit Makeba: “It happened very quickly” – Kultur
