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FOLA, Young Jonn
I’m so happy this song made the album because it almost didn’t. The session for this song was great and mind-blowing.
Young Jonn is a big OG, he always answers me whenever I call him. If I ever want him to be in the studio when I’m
working on something, he always pulls up for me and never tells me no. It means a lot to me, and I don’t take it for
granted. “disco” was a record that I had initially made, and Young Jonn just jumped on it. He sent me the verse, and it
was so good.
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Blaqbonez, Youn...
When I started working on “W for Wetego” in January 2025, it was my second session with Black
Culture (credited producer). For some reason, I left the space at the beginning of the song, and I
started singing “Wetego” somewhere in the middle. I was just jamming that and really feeling it.
After that, I went to my village, Nwangele in Imo state, in January. I was excited about being in
the village. I wanted to have done a song with Phyno the next time I came back to the village, and
that’s what I set out to do. As soon as I made ‘Wetego,’ I was excited to send it to Phyno. The
moment I sent him the record, Phyno told me to pull up. One hour later, I was at his place, and we
had recorded that. I was still trying to figure out what to do with the space I mentioned in the
beginning, then I had a session with Young Jonn. We were supposed to work on some other stuff, but
as soon as I played him “Wetego,” he was like, “This is the one that I have to be on.” That's how we
just recorded on the space at the beginning. The final version of the song was wrapped up just three
days before the song came out. I wasn’t even sure it was going to make it out because I was going
back and forth with the producers, trying to figure out the log drums.
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Blaqbonez, FOLA
The way FOLA and I worked on “Despacito” is almost like the way I made “Bizzy Body.” I invited him
to my house. Ramoni (credited producer) started playing chords, and he basically created the hook on
the chords. He just sang the whole thing, and Ramoni and I started working on how the beat would
actually be. Then, I recorded my part, and that’s when FOLA actually heard it. At track five, it
felt like I needed to switch things up. We had come with mad energy from the beginning, so it felt
like it was time to soften the vibe a little bit, but it needed to be beautiful and still energetic.
“Despacito” was the right song to transition with. It's a hip-hop song, but it has some amapiano
elements. I feel like it was giving me a version of AKA on soulful songs that just connect in a way,
and that’s what introduces “Nati” with Olamide.
FOLA, Kizz Dani...
I have to give a big shoutout to Vado. Kizz Daniel is another person who goes out of his way for me.
I can’t thank him enough. “lost” was actually written because people rarely sing about the ups and
downs of love. No one talks about when you’re crying in that corner of your room because that girl
is not responding to your text. No one talks about when you’re feeling down because that guy is
acting anyhow. No one really talks about those parts, and that’s what “lost” is all about. It’s
written in homage to the bad sides of love. Having Kizz Daniel on the song changed its dimension. I
wasn’t expecting the delivery to come out that way. He really showed the big OG that he is. There
are levels to this music thing, and Kizz Daniel is just at the top.