The Kenyan singer whose voice travelled the world before her name did has released the track that tops our rotation
Sofiya Nzau’s ‘Hutia’ came out on 3 October 2025. Credited beside her are the German producer Madism and Robert Miles, the author of ‘Children’.
Sofiya Nzau has released ‘Hutia’ — the track that today gets played on ONE//FM more often than any other.
The single came out on 3 October 2025 and runs 2 minutes 52 seconds. The date is recorded in the Apple Music catalogue.
Two names stand beside hers in the credits: Madism and Robert Miles — the Italian whose 1995 ‘Children’ sold more than five million copies and topped charts worldwide. The release came out under exclusive licence to Warner Music Group Germany.
She sings in Kikuyu — and that turned out to be her advantage rather than an obstacle. Under the official video she posted the lyrics herself with an English translation: an address to a loved one, asking forgiveness.
Her vocal parts travelled the world before most listeners knew whose they were. Then Sofiya stopped being ‘the voice on somebody else’s track’: ‘Mwaki: Refreshed’ (2024), ‘Digane EP’ (2024) and ‘Kumbaya: Refreshed’ (2025) are her own records, where she holds both the melody and the language.
2025 was a dense year for her. On 16 May came ‘Away’ with Topic, on 20 June ‘Kumbaya’ with ZERB and Izzy Bizu, which then grew remixes by Massane and Citadelle and on 3 September turned into its own release, ‘Kumbaya: Refreshed’.
Then came October’s ‘Hutia’, and on 9 January 2026 ‘Kamwana’ with Sama (US).
It is ‘Hutia’ that holds first place in our play counts — a rare case where the most-played track is sung in a language almost nobody in Europe speaks.
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