Touch is a Move (Good Morning)
Touch is a Move (Good Morning) Album ∙ Afro-Pop ∙ 2025 Samthing Soweto Across a career well into its second decade, Johannesburg native Samthing Soweto has always been evolving. He’s become one of South Africa’s most highly regarded singers, thanks to a textured vocal style that evokes joy, angst, trepidation, and love without sacrificing any of his characteristic airiness. From the peerless pop ballads of Isphithiphithi to his melancholic interpretation of amapiano on 2020’s Danko! , Soweto avoids categorization. So, it came as something of a surprise to watch Soweto recede from the public eye for the better part of the last three years before this album. With the exception of a handful of releases and features, he has consciously stayed out of the spotlight, finding peace in the joy offered by the companionship of family and close friends. It always felt like only something wholly transformative would bring him back to music, and so it proves on his new album, ...
