Pilani Bubu Releases Caged Heart After 15 Years in Music
South African singer-songwriter Pilani Bubu reflects on 15 years of musical independence as she releases her single Caged Heart and prepares her eighth album. Pilani Bubu Releases Caged Heart After 15 Years in Music JOHANNESBURG, 9 October 2026 — Award-winning South African singer-songwriter Pilani Bubu is celebrating 15 years of creative independence with the release of her introspective single, Caged Heart, a song rooted in a poem she wrote more than a decade ago. In an interview published by the Mail & Guardian on Friday, Bubu reflected on her musical journey, the challenges of remaining an independent artist and her commitment to telling African stories. A Song That Took 12 Years to Find Its Voice Caged Heart originated as a poem written in 2014, during a period when Bubu was questioning her professional direction. Having left a corporate career to pursue music, she found herself reconsidering the compromises involved in returning to conventional employment. The poem even...