“Soni,” meaning “shy” or “shame” in Nyanja, is about a girl who isn’t shy about expressing herself and living in her truth. I wrote this song as a letter to my younger self but I began to hear it as a letter from my grandma. When I was young, shame was often my go-to response and this caused me to be super shy, hiding my authentic self. But when I sang and danced, it brought so much joy to my grandma and in those moments, I was truly myself. When singing and dancing, the younger version of me was not shy about who she was despite what other people said. But as I grew older, I lost confidence in myself as the pressures and negativity of the world started to weigh on me. I wrote this song to remind myself that I still have her spirit within me.