When Una Rams walks into a room, you notice the ease before the aura. His style is as fluid as
his sound: a mix of sleek tailoring and textured streetwear, eyes carrying the quiet certainty of a
man who knows who he is becoming. At 29, the South African Grammy Award-winning singer,
songwriter, and producer is not just releasing an album, he’s stepping into a new chapter of his
life, both as an artist and as a husband.

His debut album, Meet Me at the Altar, is more than music. It’s a vow, a celebration, and an
archive, a sonic museum of culture and love. “I hope this album becomes a staple to
celebration,” he tells me. “Something that can be passed down from generation to generation.”

At its core, Meet Me at the Altar is a love letter. Not the scribbled, one-off kind, but the
ceremonial sort: full of tradition, memory, and devotion. Inspired by his own wedding, Una
began by sketching out songs that might soundtrack his big day. “What started as a wedding
playlist quickly became a body of work,” he reflects. The result is a 12-track journey that
traverses genres with ease: Afro-fusion, R&B, soul, and the spiritual textures of Venda music
stitched together like handwoven cloth. It is deeply personal yet achingly universal. From
jubilant choruses that could lift a crowd of thousands to tender verses sung in both Tshivenda
and English, the album feels like walking into a home where love lives.

On release day, 24th of September, Una invited a small circle to experience the album in an
intimate listening session at Mamakashaka. The room felt like a living scrapbook: the elders
who raised him, the friends who shaped him, and the new family he’s creating, him and his wife.
It wasn’t a press junket; it was a blessing. You could feel the project’s intention land in real time,
song by song, like vows spoken aloud.

Una Rams is not afraid to fold his heritage into his art. The rhythms of Venda music ripple
through the album like blood through veins. This is not a gimmick, it’s legacy. “The album
becomes a sonic museum of our cultures,” he says. “It’s about honouring what was happening
as it happened.” That cultural pride resonates with his collaborations. The lead single, “Ndi a
Mufuna,” featuring Muneyi, is a lush duet sung in both languages, embodying the duality of
modern African love: rooted in tradition, reaching toward the global stage. It’s proof that local
sounds, when treated with authenticity, transcend borders.

In a world that loves to box artists into neat categories, Una Rams resists. “Genres are
constructs,” he shrugs. “Maybe genre doesn’t exist. By being true to myself, I create a distinct
sound.” This isn’t defiance for defiance’s sake, it’s freedom. His eclectic taste, from gospel to
electro, means Meet Me at the Altar doesn’t sit still. It dances. The Idris Elba collaboration “Go
Deeper” (released earlier under Defected Records) hinted at this versatility, but here, Una leans
fully into it. Each track unfurls like a different shade of the same celebration: joy, intimacy,
reverence, and fun.

There’s something about Una Rams that feels both grounded and cosmic. He laughs easily, but
behind the smile is discipline: a Computer Science graduate who taught himself production; a
small-town dreamer who found himself on Black Coffee’s Grammy-winning Subconsciously.
Now, with Meet Me at the Altar, he sets a new standard for South African artistry, intimate yet
global, stylish yet spiritual. He doesn’t just want you to stream it; he wants you to live with it.
Dance to it at weddings. Cry to it in quiet moments. Play it loud enough for the neighbours.

“You can plan what you want, but God decides,” he says. A quiet thesis for a project that
surrenders to love’s higher order. In Una Rams’ world, love is not just an emotion. It’s an
aesthetic, a culture, a rhythm. And with Meet Me at the Altar, he invites us all to the ceremony.