Nafasi: the single with 20 Percent

Irene's breakout record is Nafasi (feat. 20 Percent), released on 19 August 2026 through EBL MUSIC. It went out under the name she carried at the time, Miss Nasty, and it was the first of her songs to reach the streaming platforms: Apple Music, Spotify and Audiomack all list it, where before there had been only YouTube.

Nafasi is Swahili for a chance, an opening, an opportunity, and the pairing lives up to the title. Across 3:39 she shares the track with 20 Percent, a Bongo Flava veteran with five Tanzania Music Awards trophies from 2011 to his name. The cover art sets the mood: a painted sunset beach, sunflowers and butterflies, 20 Percent in black with a captain's cap leaning on a bicycle, and Irene in a green top with red curls, settled into a beach chair.

The video

The official video went live on YouTube the same day as the single. By 5 October 2026 it had been watched 71,904 times, making it by far the most-viewed upload on her channel, which counts 97,800 views across nine videos. Two shorts followed at the end of August, #twenty percent on 30 August and #Nafasi on 31 August, both behind-the-scenes moments with her featured guest.

The song also travelled to TikTok, where her profile keeps a playlist called NAFASI ft Twenty percent with five posts, and into the press: the Tanzanian music blog citiMuzik covered the release on 31 August 2026.

Press play on the official video, then open the Nafasi release page to stream it on Apple Music, Spotify or Audiomack.