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Spotlight: Pawaboy AB’s “Yandalula”
“Yandalula” is a single by Pawaboy AB, a singer and songwriter from Uganda. Released in July 2025, it later showed up as a fast-rising search term in Uganda. This spotlight gathers the verified facts about the release and points you to official places to hear it.
The song at a glance
- Artist: Pawaboy AB (Uganda)
- Featuring: no featured artist is credited
- Release date: 10 July 2025
- Credit: ℗ 2025 2Star Studios; composer listed as Abdurashid Kasule (Apple Music)
- Type: single of about 2 minutes 49 seconds, filed under Afro-Pop on Apple Music
Who is behind it
On his official YouTube channel, Pawaboy AB gives his name as Kasule Abdulrashid and describes himself as a singer, songwriter, dancer, choreographer and actor from Kampala. The channel says he was formerly signed to Daddy Records, a label owned by Daddy Andre. His releases on streaming services go back to 2022, and he releases music mainly as singles. You can read more on our Pawaboy AB artist page.
What the title means
“Yandalula” is a Luganda title. We have not found a reliable source that explains what it means, so we are not offering a translation here. We will add one if the artist or a reliable source explains it.
Why people are searching for it
In our September 2026 research we looked at Google Trends data for Uganda over the past 12 months, focusing on the related queries that appear alongside searches for MP3 and audio downloads. Many of the Ugandan queries took the form “song by artist mp3 download”. Searches for “Yandalula” by Pawaboy AB rose by about 550–700% over that period.
That figure is a relative change, not a count of people. A song that starts from very few searches can post a large percentage. It tells you that interest grew quickly, not how many people searched in total, how often the song was streamed, or what it sounds like.
The song has also been noticed by Ugandan radio. Galaxy FM nominated “Yandalula” for Best Contemporary Urban Song at its Zzina Awards 2025–2026, and nominated Pawaboy AB for Breakthrough Artist. Neither nomination won. Apart from that awards list, we found no press coverage of the song.
Many of the download searches lead to sites that host music without the artist’s permission. We do not link to them. The official options are listed below.
Where it fits in the catalogue
Pawaboy AB’s first releases on streaming services, “Mwoto Fire” and “Emergency (Musawo)”, came out in June 2022. “Yoono” and “Wayitirila” followed in 2024, each later joined by acoustic and instrumental versions. “Yandalula” was his first single with a 2Star Studios credit, and the same credit appears on “My Bebe” (October 2025) and “Nalokinga” (February 2026). In 2026 he has also released “Weetya” and “Ntaawa”, featuring Ava Peace. If you want to hear the song in context, go back to “Yoono”.
For more from the region, browse our Afrobeats and African music pages.
Where to listen
These are the official places to hear “Yandalula”:
- Official music video on Pawaboy AB’s YouTube channel
- Official lyric video on YouTube
- “Yandalula” on Apple Music
- “Yandalula” on Spotify
Streaming or buying from these services helps the artist get paid. Our guide on how music distribution works explains how that money reaches independent acts.
This is a song spotlight, not a review. We publish reviews only after a full listen.
