FOLA

“you” wasn’t written based on my perspective or something I was going through. My manager, MelvinTheWave, was in love at

that point. He was so in love, and I was always observing him and his actions. So, I was just copying and pasting his

lifestyle on that song. It’s a love song talking about your girl and how she’s making you feel. “You” was written in

March of 2025, and it was produced by Kel P. Kel P is so great at what he does; he won’t let you sing rubbish. He’s one

of the producers I’ve met who is very deliberate about what he does. A lot of producers don’t care about what you’re

singing as long as you work with them and use their beats. Most people just want to record and go, but Kel P won’t let

you do that; it has to be up to standard. In fact, he won’t let you write your songs alone; he wants to listen before

you record. He’s very interested in what you want to put down. Even if it’s great, he’s still looking for a way to make

it better.

It’s just a song about life, motivation, and day-to-day activities. Basically, I’m saying after everything you’ve been

through, it’s going. After all the stress and reminiscing on the pain and struggle and quest for sustenance, it’s going.

We can’t give up or stop chasing, so at the end of the day, it’s going. I had the idea for “it’s going” before I even

started the album; it was the first song I conceptualised. I had most of it ready to go. When I was thinking of what the

album was lacking, as we were finishing the album, my mind came back to “it’s going” and I felt like I needed to add it,

so I did. I felt like it was a great way to close the album as well.

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.

The funniest thing about “caricature” is that it’s the first song I recorded on the album; it was made last year. A

caricature means a representation of something, and in this context, it’s a symbol to fill the gap when a lover is not

around. It’s a song about telling your partner that you’ll get a caricature of them because you miss them. So, getting a

caricature of your partner is getting an artwork of them or something you can remember them by when they’re not around.

It’s a representation or imitation of someone you can’t do without. I think “caricature” set the tone for the album.

We initiated the record from Lagos and finished it in London. The process of making the album was extraordinary.

“robbery” is similar to “lost” in how it explores the unheralded parts of romance. Relationships can be very funny.

“robbery” is talking about how you’re showing love and affection to someone, but they’re not doing the same for you.

Working with Gabzy was magical, and I really enjoyed the process of putting this song together.

This is the only song that doesn’t have a huge story behind it because I was just recording. I posted a video on my

Instagram account, and Oxlade commented, “Cruise control.” I was in the studio at that moment and listening to a beat.

So, that’s how I entered, and the song started. It wasn’t like I did anything extraordinary, but I did me and I love it

because of how free I felt while making it. It was made just a few weeks before we released ‘catharsis.’

The idea of this song is to revive you after you’re lost, that’s why the arrangement placed it after “lost.” It was

intentional to place it there. The track explores the idea of love reviving you after feeling lost. It’s a love song as

well, it just explores love from a different direction. This song was based on my own experience, but it was not from

this year; it was made last year.

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.

This is such a beautiful love song. The session was mind-blowing, and I really loved it. “golibe” is a way of expressing

love and affection because a popular part of the song, “Ile awada,” means that our home is blessed or fortunate. So, I’m

telling her that she needs to come. It’s just a way of letting her know that she needs to be with me because I really

like her and need her in my life. Victony brought life and emotions to the song. He gave it a new dimension. His verse

is so mind-blowing, and I still can’t get it out of my head because it rings in my head all the time. He went out of his

way for me, and big shout-out to him.

“eko” is a song about leaving home to feed home. It’s a song about the struggles and hardships of life. It’s a song

about praying to God all the time because you want to be a baller and not a mechanic. It’s just a song asking for god’s

blessings and talking about how hard it is to leave home and make ends meet. I was born and brought up in Ibadan, so I

had to leave home to come to Lagos in a bid to make a living. It’s crazy, hard, and mind-blowing. There’s a part of the

song that references a popular Yoruba proverb that means a Lagos person goes on their way peaceably. I’m saying that I

can’t fight, that’s why I’m just going on my own and taking things easy. I moved to Lagos in 2018, and I’ve had a lot of

experiences.

“gokada” is a song about always coming through and not missing. People always say I never miss, so I just want to always

deliver and not miss with my music. That was the original idea behind the song; it’s just a song about delivery and not

letting my fans down. People give me different compliments: “he sings so well all the time,” “I like your voice,” and

“he’s so good.” I hear them all the time, so I just added all those sentiments to the song. “gokada” was made around

March or April of 2025 by LOL.

Obviously, a big shoutout to Captain BNXN; he’s such a great guy, and he loves me so much. He goes out of his way for

me, and I respect him so much. At that time, “alone” was BNXN’s favourite song. He was always posting the song on

Snapchat and listening to it. I would always appreciate him for posting the song. One day, I just summoned the courage

and told myself I’d ask him to jump on the remix with me. I just wanted to try. So, I told him, “This looks like your

favourite song because you always post this song, Baba mi. Could you please help me with a verse on the remix? It would

really go a long way for me.” He didn’t respond initially, but I charged it to the game because I always like to try

things, even if they don’t work out. I just gave it a shot. So, I already thought it wouldn’t happen, but three days

after, he responded and told me, “Bad boy, send me the verse, let me give it a try.” I got the verse back in less than

24 hours. It was mind-blowing. I didn’t believe it, but we went from there.

SB produced “alone.” The song was sampled from Wande Coal’s “Again,” so SB and Melvitto are co-producers. I didn’t know

I was making a song like that when I was writing “alone.” I never knew it would be my song because I got a call from a

friend of mine, Nelly Baradi, who sings. She was having a creative block, and she’s someone I always help out because we

make music together all of the time. It’s normal to have creative blocks, so she called me that day to help her put

something together on the beat. I didn’t answer initially because I had a lot of things going on, but she knew I was

going to help her out. This time was different because I didn’t attend to her request promptly. It took me about three

days because I was just feeling so reluctant. She kept disturbing me, so on the third day, I decided to get it done. I

locked in and I wrote out the first one minute. It was sounding really great, and I told myself I wasn’t sending it back

to her. I recorded it myself and put it out on socials, and everybody went crazy. I have to give a big shoutout to

BhadBoi Oml; he and I were already planning to make something together. He’s someone I really like because he sings so

well. I really fuck with him, so I’d been in his DM. I told him I really like what he does and I’d love to make

something with him someday. He responded and said, “Why not my G?” So, we already planned on making the song, but we

didn’t have a direction. All we knew was that we were going to link up and make something. I posted “alone” after this

conversation, and he really liked it. So, he sent it to me and told me that he thinks this is the one we should work on

together. We went into the studio, made it, and it became a whole track. We dropped it, and it just went crazy.

I have such a great memory attached to this song. I was in London at the time, around April 2025. So, I got a call from

Big Wiz’s camp to come to the studio. I linked up with Big Wiz at the studio and we made the song. There are several

songs you make that don’t come out, so I thought “One Condition” would be another song that doesn’t get released

because, to me, I didn’t really do anything on the song. Many people ask me how I came up with the verse, but I simply

tell them that it just came to me. I spent about 30 or 40 minutes on that song. It was just so sudden for me. Wizkid

told me to go and do something, and I just walked into the booth and started singing. I initially thought the verse was

not so hard, but when we put it out, everything went crazy. After recording, I went back home and got a text about two

or three days later that the song was going to come out. I thought it was a joke. I have a video on my phone of my

reaction to the news. I was so happy and just started running around. Just getting that text saying, “Yo Fola, Big Wiz

just cleared the song, we’re going to drop it,” was crazy. It wouldn’t have been such a big deal if you were expecting

the song to be talked about or if you were expecting the song to be put out. I just did my verse and went, so getting

that text that it was coming out was really mind-blowing. It was huge for me.