There’s always more to an artist than the song playing through the speakers.
For international singer and songwriter Colette Van Sertima, the music is only part of the story. Behind the recordings is a performer whose career has been shaped by creativity, collaboration, persistence and a genuine love for making music. Now audiences will get the chance to discover more of that story when Van Sertima joins broadcaster Andrew Eborn for a special appearance on The Andrew Eborn Show on Octopus TV.
Van Sertima is a singer, songwriter and recording artist whose work crosses contemporary pop, dance and electronic music. Rather than standing still creatively, she has continued to explore new sounds and work with producers and remixers who bring different dimensions to her music.
Her latest release, “Live For The Moment,” captures that philosophy perfectly.
Created with producer Porky Paul, the track is energetic, uplifting and unapologetically built for movement. The project has grown further with remixes from Ruff Loaderz and Blakk Habit, each bringing a different dance-floor perspective to the song.
But when Colette sits down with Andrew Eborn, there will be considerably more to talk about than her latest single.
Her journey as an artist offers a window into the realities of building a life around music—the creative highs, the unexpected turns, the collaborations that change a record and the determination required to continue moving forward in an industry that constantly reinvents itself.
That makes her an ideal guest for The Andrew Eborn Show.
Produced and presented by Andrew Eborn for Octopus TV, the live magazine-style program mixes entertainment, music, television, film, current events, live performance and conversation. Guests come from vastly different worlds, but the common thread is Eborn’s interest in finding the story behind the person sitting across from him.
Eborn brings an unusual combination of experience to those conversations. An international lawyer, strategic business adviser, broadcaster and futurist, he has appeared across major media platforms including BBC, Sky News, ITV’s Good Morning Britain, Times Radio, LBC and CNN.
His interviewing style can move quickly from humor to serious conversation, often taking guests well beyond the familiar questions surrounding whatever they happen to be promoting.
And that’s where things could get especially interesting with Colette.
There are the songs, of course, but there are also the stories behind them. What keeps an artist creating? Where does inspiration actually come from? What happens when a producer or remixer hears something in a song that the original artist never expected? And after navigating the changing landscape of the music business, what still gives an artist that rush of excitement when a new record is finally released?
Those are the conversations that reveal the person behind the performer.
The Andrew Eborn Show has increasingly built its identity around exactly that kind of unpredictability. The program has also ventured beyond the conventional television studio through The Andrew Eborn Show: In London Town Tonight, broadcasting from iconic locations around London—including a floating studio on the River Thames.
For Van Sertima, the appearance comes as she continues introducing audiences to “Live For The Moment” and the creative team surrounding the release. But it also provides something potentially more interesting: an opportunity for audiences who know the music to meet the woman behind it—and for people discovering Colette Van Sertima for the first time to understand what drives her.
She is an artist still creating, still collaborating and still looking forward.
With Andrew Eborn asking the questions and Colette Van Sertima bringing the stories, this should be much more than a conversation about a new record.
Expect music. Expect laughter. Expect a few stories from behind the scenes.
And with these two personalities together, expect the conversation to go somewhere nobody planned.
Watch Colette Van Sertima on The Andrew Eborn Show on Octopus TV: