News: Teddy Makadi drops star-studded visuals for his latest single "Chulu" featuring ViddiX, Aidfest & Kineo
Teddy Makadi is in his visual era - and it shows. The Malawian R&B and Afro-soul has been able to translate feeling into action, creating music that lingers long after the final scene. His new release, "Chulu," isn't just another music video; it's a visual journey where art and emotion meet, fusing into something that's felt.
"Chulu" is a cinematic moment that captures the spirit of what Makadi has now become: soul, depth, and collaboration. Directed by SeanyFilms and produced by Melma and ViddiX, the visual captures an intense blend of intimacy and atmosphere, light, texture, and performance.
Starring Teddy Makadi, ViddiX, Aidfest, and Kineo, the video exhales character and chemistry. Makadi covers his verses with quiet confidence, his voice full and vulnerable. ViddiX adds his requisite glint both as a guest artist but also as a creative force driving the sound, blending emotion and technical skill. Aidfest and Kineo add new layers to the visual, their addition elevating the song's energy and richness of story. Together, they create something bigger than a collaboration, a shared expression of artistry rooted in feeling and craft.
Musically, "Chulu" extends Makadi's evolving sonic language. Known for his distinct voice and modern soul sensibility, Teddy Makadi continues to push boundaries within Malawi’s growing alternative scene. His music exists in that space between rhythm and reflection contemporary R'n'B layered with emotional storytelling and spiritual undertones. From the emotive vocals of "M'malele" and mood-soaked textures of "Desire" to co-operative fire of "Naliyera" featuring Nathaniel Chaluchalu, Makadi has always offered songs that are intimate but universal.
His 2025 breakthrough album With Love, Makadi was a turning point - an album that introduced him not just as an artist, but as a curator of emotion. "Chulu" takes that momentum further, translating his storytelling into images with more strength and creativity. Frame by frame SeanyFilms' direction to the moody cinematography is intentional, demonstrating how cooperation can refine emotion even more so than the song itself.
What makes "Chulu" special isn't just the music or the visuals, it's the synergy. The merging of Teddy Makadi's expressive tone with ViddiX's sonic layering, Melma's production touch, and the screen chemistry with Aidfest and Kineo turns this into a collective statement. It's a glimpse into Malawi's new creative pulse - young, intentional, and global in perspective.
Essentially, Chulu is a love letter to imagination: a testament to cooperation, to transfiguration, and to bonding. Each note, each shot, each detail is an embodiment of that feeling. From color grading to vocal phrasing, shouts that sense of unity, showcasing how the Newwave Group keeps redefining the next story of Malawian music and storytelling.
Makadi's not chasing trends; he's forging his own. With Chulu, he shows that sensation rings, however helter-skelter, technology-surrounds us the world gets. This is music you listen to. Feeling you feel.
Check out the brand new music video by Teddy Makadi, Chulu, out now!
Written by Mdub2six5. Straight from Malawi to the world.