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Kristi Lowe explores mental health in "Medicated"

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Rising South African soul-pop artist Kristi Lowe offers a poignant reflection on mental well-being in ‘Medicated’, the second release from her debut album, ‘a glimpse inside my mind’. In this chat with Sylvia A on the SA Music Hour, she shares how the song came to be and the power of collaboraing with Blake Hellaby and Vicky Altern, one of Cape Town's few women producers.
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