Cape Town, South Africa – July 2025 – With Lost My Way, Cape Town artist YOSHE doesn’t just blend genres — he folds them into each other, bends them sideways, and breaks the rules entirely. The result is a track that feels like two songs in one: a shapeshifting alt-R&B meditation wrapped in electronic textures and emotional grit. “Literally, it’s alternative Afro-R&B meets Daft Punk,” he says. “Metaphorically, it’s that strange comfort you sometimes find in disorientation. Like, yeah, I’m lost — but maybe that’s exactly where I’m meant to be.”
Written years ago during the height of his success with Grassy Spark, Lost My Way wasn’t initially meant for public release. “I recorded it with Yanick Bathfield during our debut album sessions, but it didn’t belong on that project,” says YOSHE. “At the time, we were touring with UB40, opening for Mac Miller, playing with The Kooks and Milky Chance… and maybe I was starting to feel the weight of all of that. I didn’t know it then, but I think I was beginning to untangle my need for external validation.”
Now, revisiting the song as a solo artist with years of life and reflection behind him, Lost My Way has become something entirely new. “Today the song is about maturing from my love for validation into validating my love for the people closest to me; family, friends, just people generally,” YOSHE shares. “Universally, the song is about the irony of getting lost; that in order to find yourself, you need to get lost; whether it’s in the things you love or the things you think you love.”
Listen to Lost My Way here: https://quietlife.agency/releases/lost-my-way
The track, produced by long-time collaborator Greg Abrahams of Sound Foundry, is a genre experiment with heart. YOSHE’s voice floats between introspection and urgency, grounded by layered synths, stuttering percussion, and unexpected melodic shifts. There’s a magic in the way YOSHE and Abrahams work together — an unspoken creative trust. “Greg can take the mess of my mind and turn it into gold. We’re just two people trying to make something honest, and that’s what this track is.” YOSHE credits Quiet Life Co, his independent label home in Woodstock, for encouraging that honesty. “It’s scary sometimes to know the vision rests on me — but they hold space for the process,” he says. “They’ve helped me realise that this isn’t about instant results. It’s about quality. It’s about story.”
And the story is just getting started. Lost My Way is the next offering from YOSHE’s upcoming debut EP, Beautiful Disappointment, arriving this August. “Finally sharing YOSHE with the world this year has been the highlight of my life. Now there’s space for more beautiful things to come in — so I can make more beautiful things.”
Stream Lost My Way now.
Follow YOSHE on social media: @yoshe.wav
