Fast-rising singer Marine Uwase Ingabire, known by her stage name Marina, on Wednesday, January 20, released a brand new song, ‘Ndabazi’, her very first after she made peace with her management, The Mane Music Label, following the row between the two parties. Produced by Junior Multisystem and Knoxbeat, the song is a collaboration with Social Mula, whose also has not released music for a year. According to Marina, the idea to record the song came about while in studio with Social Mula, and after a discussion they decided to record the song together. ‘We are in an era where a close friend is capable of snatching your boyfriend or girlfriend if you don’t pay attention. We did this song for people in relationships who might be facing a similar situation,” she says. “In the song, I am telling my imaginary boyfriend that I am aware too many girls are interested in him even though we are in a relationship, and that they could easily snatch him from me if I don’t pay attention,” she adds. The video, which was shot in Belgium in February last year when the duo was in Brussels for a concert, is expected to be released next week, according to the singer’s management. All is well now In December last year, Marina made a public apology to The Mane Music Label after she revolted against the music management company to participate in music contest The Next Popstar without their consent. Some media reports even suggested that she was leaving the label which played a big role in the development of her music career to become the artiste she is now. ‘Ndabazi’ makes a big statement for the singer; she is back and in good terms with her management which wasn’t happy to see the media reporting her participation in music events that they had no idea about. “People thought that what happened between us was such a big deal. But it wasn’t. We made peace and put an end to it and all is well now,” she says. Aristide Gahunzire, the manager of The Mane Music label, says they are giving no time to what happened in the past, and that they are only focused on helping their artiste successfully put her music projects into action as planned, despite challenges linked to the Covid-19 pandemic. “It’s normal to forgive a person when they apologise. When a child accepts they are at fault, you forgive them as a parent, then you show them the way things are supposed to be done. So things are going well because she is still doing music under our management,” Gahunzire says.
