{"id":2178592,"date":"2025-11-27T08:29:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T08:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2178592"},"modified":"2025-11-27T08:29:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T08:29:16","slug":"luukhanyo-is-apple-musics-latest-up-next-artist-texx-and-the-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/luukhanyo-is-apple-musics-latest-up-next-artist-texx-and-the-city\/","title":{"rendered":"LUUKHANYO Is Apple Music\u2019s Latest Up Next Artist \u2013 Texx and the City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Apple Music has named genre-blending Durban-born artist <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/za\/artist\/luukhanyo\/1499778568\">LUUKHANYO<\/a> as the latest Up Next artist in South Africa, spotlighting him as one of the country\u2019s most promising new voices. \u201cIt feels surreal,\u201d he says of the honour. \u201cTo be recognised for doing what I love \u2014 telling stories that come from real life and emotion \u2014 it\u2019s validating. I\u2019ve spent years shaping my sound and finding my truth through music, so this moment feels like the universe saying: keep going.\u201d Known for weaving soul, R&amp;B, hip hop and alternative pop into a sound that feels intimate yet expansive, LUUKHANYO has steadily carved out a lane rooted in honesty and emotional depth.<\/p>\n<p>His latest project <em>Lucky UU<\/em> marks a turning point in his artistic journey. Built with a cinematic edge, the record digs into themes of love, identity and self-discovery, wrapped in lush production and his effortlessly smooth vocal tone. With features from K.Keed, Yanga Chief and Marcus Harvey, the project showcases a duality that has become central to his appeal. \u201cI\u2019ve always wanted my music to feel like a conversation. Honest, vulnerable, but also confident,\u201d he explains.<\/p>\n<p>As part of his Up Next selection, LUUKHANYO will be featured across Apple Music\u2019s global <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/za\/playlist\/up-next\/pl.5cb9c0f3ca9d4fc1bccbaf67ca6201e7\">Up Next playlist<\/a>, joining a prestigious list of alumni including Billie Eilish, Burna Boy, Tems, Daniel Caesar and more. Genre-agnostic and curated by editors worldwide, the platform has historically catapulted artists into international spotlight, and LUUKHANYO now stands poised to follow suit.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: LUCKY UU\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/7jyadlhqz4EylDsyD77vwx?si=k7VqRSdZRJitRyasa9zrAw&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main \"\/><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source texxandthecity.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple Music has named genre-blending Durban-born artist LUUKHANYO as the latest Up Next artist in South Africa, spotlighting him as one of the country\u2019s most promising new voices. \u201cIt feels surreal,\u201d he says of the honour. \u201cTo be recognised for doing what I love \u2014 telling stories that come from real life and emotion \u2014 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2178593,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2178592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LUUKHANYO-Is-Apple-Musics-Latest-Up-Next-Artist-\u2013-Texx.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2178592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2178592"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2178592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2178594,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2178592\/revisions\/2178594"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2178593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2178592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2178592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2178592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}