Exclusive: Ex-TPF star Wendy Kimani speaks on comeback, David Major's plight

Afropop and Soul star, Wendy Kimani makes a comeback into the music scene with Pagawisha, and talks about the journey to her upcoming EP. Photo:Courtesy.

When you hear the name Wendy Kimani, Tusker Project Fame (TPF) comes to mind, but Kimani is more than the talent show her name has been linked to almost a decade after it stopped airing. She is now a mother of three-year-old Taji, wife to Onderwater, champion for the rarely understood Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) disease and still, six years on, a lover of music and performance.  We start the interview on Zoom as is the new normal since the pandemic struck. Kimani is dressing up for a photoshoot for her new single and video, Pagawisha that dropped this early in the week. She is in her Netherlands home with her two friends that she fondly calls her 'glam squad’.

Wendy Kimani started her music career by auditioning for East Africa’s TV singing competition TPF. The Neo-soul influenced vocalist was one of the top 15 contestants on the show and eventually emerged the first runner up. The TPF experience she says was confusing, catapulting her to instant fame.