All the Right Notes

R&B singer Lloyiso has made a big break into the international music world with his soulful tunes and velvet voice

- By Siphokazi Zama

HE’S used to being mistaken for Loyiso Bala but his star is quickly eclipsing that of the well-known crooner. In three short years, Lloyiso has gone from sharing a room with his uncle in Johannesburg to singing at Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz’s opulent Palm Beach wedding in Florida in the US.

The celebrity couple personally invited him to perform at their reception where guests included tennis champ Serena Williams, TV chef Gordon Ramsey and actress Eva Longoria. And it still hasn’t sunk in for the 23-year-old singer.

Lloyiso serenaded Victoria and David Beckham’s oldest son and his bride with a rendition of Elvis Presley’s Only Fools Rush In as they took to the floor for their debut dance as husband and wife.

Performing at the Peltz-Beckham wedding was his first international gig, Lloyiso says, chatting to us from his hotel room in Los Angeles, where he’s now based.

Because of his contractual obligations, he can’t reveal too much about the big-bucks wedding, but he’s willing to say that, like any other newly-wed couple, Mr and Mrs Peltz-Beckham are head over heels in love.

“That was one of the most amazing weddings I’ve ever attended. It was just beautiful. I was amazed that David Beckham knows who I am and I was starstruck.

“He was so nice. The whole family is really cool,” Lloyiso says.