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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.