Music

Khaya only started sharing her music and performing in 2022. Before this, she used other mediums to find her voice and identity as an artist, particularly writing. Her music has been recognised and supported multiple times by BBC Introducing Nottingham. Lots of her music originally starts as poetry. Khaya’s lyrics are highly personable and vulnerable, and often revealing. She uses words to navigate her way through life.

Khaya has always been obsessed with singing and sounds. A lover of harmonies thanks to Destiny’s Child’s, Fulfilled and growing up singing in choirs. Khaya loves to record all of her own harmonies and is greatly inspired by a lot of the world music she heard growing up. Her influences vary from all over - from contemporary jazz to R&B, ska, pop punk, rock and soul. She takes influence from them all.

On Friday 24th July 2026, Khaya will release her new single, Lost & Found – her first music release in three years and the first track from her forthcoming project, Joy Has Arrived.

Written between Nottingham and Norwich, Lost & Found marks the beginning of a new creative chapter, exploring themes of identity, healing, and finding your way back to yourself. Blending soulful songwriting with alternative, jazz, and electronic influences, the release reflects both Khaya's artistic growth and the experiences that have shaped her over the past three years.