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Tems Aims To ‘Get It Right’ In Her Vibey Video With Asake

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No two artists have better represented the ongoing cultural takeover of Nigerian Afrobeats than Tems and Asake. While the latter made waves with his third album, Lungu Boy, the former released her debut album, Born In The Wild to commercial success and critical acclaim, achieving the highest peak for an album by a Nigerian female artist and received a nomination for Best Global Music Album at next year’s Grammy Awards.

So, it’s only right that they close out their stellar year together with the video for “Get It Right,” from Born In The Wild. The mid-tempo vibes of the song are paired with yin-and-yang imagery in the video, with the majority of Tems’ scenes shot on a white background with a matching ensemble, right down to the white wig evoking another “African” icon: Storm from the X-Men. Naturally, that leaves Asake to take on the black-on-black aesthetic, including Matrix-leather everything — including a nearby couch — and sunglasses. Their scenes together reverse this dynamic, with Asake donning a white long sleeve and Tems rocking a black leather dress.

Watch Tems’ “Get It Right” video featuring Asake above.

Born In The Wild is out now via RCA Records/Since 93. You can find more info here.

Asake’s ‘Lungu Boy World Tour’ Setlist Journeys From Humble Beginnings To His Current Stardom

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Asake’s North American takeover continues with his Lungu Boy World Tour. The Nigerian superstar is promoting his third album, also titled Lungu Boy which is out now via EMPIRE/YBNL Nation and features appearances from Central Cee, Ludmilla, Stormzy, Travis Scott, and Wizkid. You can see his full setlist below, courtesy of fans on TikTok who attended his Washington, DC show on August 16.

In addition to performing songs from his new album on the Lungu Boy tour, Asake also performs tracks from his 2022 studio debut, Mr. Money With The Vibe (“Terminator,” “Peace Be Unto You,” “Muse,” “Joha,” “Sungba”), and its 2023 follow-up Work Of Art (“Amapiano,” “Basquiat,” “Lonely At The Top,” “Remember” and “2:30”). Breakout features “Palazzo” (on which Asake featured alongside DJ Spinall) and “Bandana” (with Fireboy DML) also appear in the setlist, bridging the gaps from Asake’s earliest hits to his latest full-length release.

Asake Tour Setlist

1. “Start”
2. “Actve”
3. “Wave”
4. “Skating”
5. “Uhh Yeahh”
6. “Fuji Vibe”
7. “Ligali”
8. “I Swear”
9. “Dupe”
10. “Mr. Money”
11. “Bandana”
12. “Ototo”
13. “Muse”
14. “MMS”
15. “Basquiat”
16. “Amapiano”
17. “Mentally”
18. “Remember”
19. “Lonely At The Top”
20. “Happiness”
21. “Organise”
22. “Loaded”
23. “2:30”
24. “Palazzo”
25. “Joha”
26. “Sungba”
27. “Terminator”
28. “Peace Be Unto You”

Asake Tour Dates

08/18 — Detroit, MI @ AfroNation^
08/21 — Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena
08/24 — Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
08/27 — Los Angeles, CA @ YouTube Theater
08/30 — New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
09/15 — Cologne, DE @ Palladium
09/24 — Amsterdam, NL @ AFAS Live
09/26 — Berlin, DE @ UberEats Music Hall
09/28 — Paris, FR @ Zenith
10/01 — Dublin, IE @ 3Arena
10/06 — Gold Coast, AU @ Promiseland*^

^Festival Date

Asake Aims To Give Listeners A Clearer Picture Of Who He Is On “Lungu Boy”

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Asake, one of Lagos, Nigeria’s brightest stars, is here with probably his biggest album of his early career. This weekend, he delivered his highly anticipated third studio effort, Lungu Boy. Why we feel this is such an important release for the 29-year-old singer and songwriter is based on an interview with Apple Music. “Lungu Boy explains my early beginnings in music and how it shaped me into the person I am becoming”, he explains. “The English word is ‘ghetto’. As you can tell from the choice of collaborations, Lungu Boy is my heritage and culture to the rest of the world”. Speaking of those, Travis Scott, Wizkid, Central Cee, Stormzy, and LUDMILLA all appear within the 15 tracks.

In terms of the soundscapes, you are getting some smoother amapiano cuts, lively bangers, and everything in between. It truly is a melting pot of tones for Asake and something he was also looking to accomplish with Lungu Boy. “It’s a new field. I refuse to limit myself and strive to share my African heritage with the world through a blend that goes beyond just a sound”. Furthermore, Asake adds, “Consistency and exposure lead to growth”. Leading up to the release, he gave us the album’s biggest collaborations to chew on. “Active” with La Flame remains to be one of the LP’s catchiest and high-energy moments and “Wave” with Cench is equally as intoxicating. Be sure to give the future superstar’s effort a try with the links down below.

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Lungu Boy– Asake

Lungu Boy Tracklist:

  1. Start
  2. MMS with Wizkid
  3. Mood
  4. My Heart
  5. Worldwide
  6. Active with Travis Scott
  7. Suru (feat. Stormzy)
  8. Skating
  9. Wave with Central Cee
  10. Mentally
  11. Uhh Yeahh
  12. I Swear
  13. Ligali
  14. Whine with LUDMILLA
  15. Fuji Vibe

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Asake Teams Up With Travis Scott To Get ‘Active’ On His Latest ‘Lungu Boy’ Single

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Asake experiences the best of American culture in his video for “Active” featuring Travis Scott, going from riding horses to hanging out in a skate park. He also dances with a marching band, rages out on a car with a crowbar, and, of course, hits the strip club with Scott, seeing the best that the ol’ U.S. of A has to offer.

“Active” is set to appear on the Nigerian star’s newly announced album Lungu Boy, alongside collaborations with UK rap breakouts Central Cee and Stormzy, Brazilian singer-songwriter Ludmilla, and fellow Afropop vanguard Wizkid. Lungu Boy is Asake’s third album, arriving just a year after its predecessor Work Of Art.

Later this month, Asake’s set to go on his tour for Lungu Boy, hitting Washington, DC, Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles, and New York, before hopping the pond for shows in Germany, the Netherlands, France, Ireland, and Australia. The tour follows his stint as headliner at Afro Nation in Portugal. You can find the dates for that below.

Lungu Boy is out 8/9 via EMPIRE/YBNL Nation. Find out more information here.

Asake’s US Lungu Boy Tour Dates

08/16 — Washington, DC @ Capital One Arena
08/18 — Detroit, MI @ AfroNation^
08/21 — Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena
08/24 — Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
08/27 — Los Angeles, CA @ YouTube Theater
08/30 — New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden

Asake & Travis Scott Get “Active” On Latest Single From The Afrobeats Star’s Upcoming Album

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Travis Scott is an artist known for crossing over into genres from foreign countries and that’s what he’s doing here with Asake. The latter is a big name in the Nigerian Afrobeats space and their new single together, “Active”, which is also their first, is going to be on Lungu Boy. That is Asake’s forthcoming fifth studio album and it will be available on streaming on August 9. It will feature a 15-song set, as well as other guest appearances from the likes of Central Cee, Stormzy, and LUDMILLA. The Cench collaboration, “Wave”, was released on June 20 and it serves as the lead single. That track has been blowing up, and it currently sits at over 21 million streams.

On “Active”, Asake and Travis Scott are certainly doing just that over a lively and bouncy beat. Both offer up slick flows in their native languages. However, Scott does show love to Ikeja, the capital city of Lagos State, in his verse. “I just hopped off from the PJ, from the H to Ikeja (Uh)“. However, after emitting tons of energy on the first half, the track slows down in the last quarter or so. It abruptly transitions into a spacey outro from MIKE DEAN and Asake caps that section off with some braggadocio. With already over a million views on YouTube, this track figures to be another hit for Asake, as well as a standout feature for La Flame in 2024.

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“Active”- Asake & Travis Scott

Quotable Lyrics:

Bring more naira, I do it major (Let’s go)
And I’m outside with the tribe (Yeah)
Gang activity outside (Gang)
Please believe I done seen the other side (Bang)
Remember all we had to be was alive (Hey)
Now I got twenty Vs in garage

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Travis Scott To Feature On Singer Asake’s Upcoming Album

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Travis Scott is continuing his career year with another feature. Asake, an Afrobeats artist based in Nigeria, is releasing his latest album on August 9. The album, titled Lungu Boy, features collaborations from several rappers, including Central Cee, Stormzy, and the aforementioned Scott. It marks the latest in what has been one of the most successful runs of Scott’s professional career.

Travis Scott has been on his Circus Maximus Tour since October 2023, selling out venue after venue. The tour could potentially gross up to $140 million, making it one of the highest-grossing tours for any rapper in history. “FE!N,” a track from Utopia featuring Playboi Carti has become the album’s biggest hit, as well as his biggest song since “The Scotts,” his 2020 one-off with Kid Cudi. WWE used it in promotional material for next year’s WrestleMania 41, making it a potential theme song for the event. Scott’s live DJ Chase B remixed the track in April as well.

Travis Scott To Feature On Asake’s New Album

Travis Scott’s feature on the Asake album is the latest in his own run of guest appearances. He recently appeared on “Parking Lot,” a track from DJ Mustard’s latest album, Faith Of A Mustard Seed. He also appeared on “Oh Sh…” from Ice Spice’s debut album, Y2K! You can read more about what we thought of that album here. In April, he had a spot on the remix to Nicki Minaj’s “FTCU,” also featuring Sexyy Red and Chris Brown. The Houston rapper has been visible, both on his own tour, and in continuing to show up on new music.

Away from music, Travis Scott’s work with Nike continues to be successful as well. It feels like he is always debuting a new sneaker, seemingly taking on a role of comparable size to some of the longtime athletes signed with the brand. A new Scott-designed pair of Air Jordan 1s are due for release in September, while he may be getting his second signature sneaker in 2025. Scott’s appearance on Asake’s latest album should help put new eyes on the artist, whose stardom is undeniable in his home country of Nigeria. We’ll see when the song, and his album, officially drop on Friday.

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Asake & Central Cee Blend Their Styles To Perfection On “Wave”

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Asake and Central Cee really do not share a lot in common sonically, but “Wave” sees them work in perfect harmony. From funky instrumental to the confident and triumphant performances from both artists, this song has what it takes to be a smash hit. It seems it is well on its way to that title, as the track already has over one million views on YouTube in one day. This single comes at an exciting time for both Cee and Asake, too, making this moment even sweeter.

Let us start with UK drill phenom first. It seems we are just counting down the weeks until the hitmaker delivers his new album, CAN’T RUSH GREATNESS. After “BAND4BAND” with Lil Baby popped off not too long ago, it seems people are back on the CC hype train. As for Asake, “Wave” is possible the second promotional track for his fourth overall project. The Lagos, Nigeria native has not announced the title nor the release date yet. Even with the minimal information, it is coming soon for sure, as he just revealed the Lungu Boy World Tour on June 10. It should be one heck of a time this summer, and fans seem thrilled for him to set sail. See why “Wave” is going to be a powerhouse moving forward by clicking the YouTube video link below.

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Listen To “Wave” By Asake & Central Cee

Quotable Lyrics:

I was never playing for the undеr-18’s
Now it’s 18-karat, that’s another AP
Eight cribs to my name, and a couple AMG’s
Sеnd your allocation, put your addy in my navigation
She a baddie, got my validation, say your body need examination
Say you want vacation, then we ain’t goin’ Afro Nation

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Asake Will Set Out On The ‘Lungu Boy World Tour’ This Summer Ahead Of His Upcoming Third Album

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Over the last couple of years, Nigerian afrobeats singer Asake has blossomed into one of the biggest names in the genre and an artist recognized globally. It began with his breakout records “Omo Ope” and “Sunga,” the latter which was remixed by Burna Boy and appeared on his debut album Mr. Money With The Vibe. A year later, Asake returned with his sophomore album Work Of Art, one spotlighted by the Grammy-nominated “Amapiano” with Olamide. Now, for the third consecutive year, Asake is gearing up to release a new project as the singer shared in an announcement for the Lungu Boy World Tour.

Asake’s Lungu Boy World Tour will begin with two festival dates, the first being AfroNation in Portugal on June 26 and the second in London for Wireless Festival on July 13. A month later, the US leg of the tour begins in Washington D.C. and ends in New York at Madison Square Garden after six shows across the country. Lastly, the tour will wrap up with five dates in Europe and one in Australia.

Tickets for the North American leg of the tour are available starting on Wednesday, June 12 at 10am local time through an artist presale. Additional pre-sales will run though the week leading up to the general sale, which begins on Friday, June 14 at 10am local time on asaketour.com.

For tickets for shows in Europe and the United Kingdom, sales will go on sale beginning with a Mastercard presale in France and Netherlands starting from Wednesday, June 12th at 10am local until Friday, June 14th. Additional pre-sales will run throughout the week up to the general on sale starting Friday, June 14 at 10am local time at asaketour.com.

You can view the announcement for the Lungu Boy World Tour above and scroll down for the tour dates.

06/26 — Portimao, PT @ AfroNation*^
07/13 — London, UK @ Wireless Festival^
08/16 — Washington, DC @ Capital One Arena
08/18 — Detroit, MI @ AfroNation^
08/21 — Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena
08/24 — Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
08/27 — Los Angeles, CA @ YouTube Theater
08/30 — New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
09/15 — Cologne, DE @ Palladium
09/24 — Amsterdam, NL @ AFAS Live
09/26 — Berlin, DE @ UberEats Music Hall
09/28 — Paris, FR @ Zenith
10/01 — Dublin, IE @ 3Arena*
10/06 — Gold Coast, AU @ Promiseland*^

*Non-Live Nation Date
^Festival Date

Tems’ New Album ‘Born In The Wild’: Everything To Know, Including The Release Date, Tracklist, And More

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With her debut album Born In The Wild coming soon, Nigerian singer Tems is soon to ascned to global superstar status. After becoming the first African-born artist to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 (thanks in part to Future and Drake) and penning for both Beyoncé and Rihanna, she’s ready to take the next step in her journey as an artist with Born In The Wild. Here’s everything to know about the upcoming album.

Release Date

Born In The Wild is due 6/7 via RCA / Since ’93. You can find more info here.

Tracklist

1. “Born In The Wild”
2. “Special Baby (Interlude)”
3. “Burning”
4. “Wickedest”
5. “Love Me JeJe”
6. “Get It Right” Feat. Asake
7. “Ready”
8. “Gangsta”
9. “Unfortunate”
10. “Boy O Boy”
11. “Forever”
12. “Free Fall” Feat. J. Cole
13. “Voices In My Head (Interlude)”
14. “Turn Me Up”
15. “Me & U”
16. “T-Unit”
17. “You In My Face”
18. “Hold On”

Features

Features on Born In The Wild include North Carolina rapper J. Cole and burgeoning Nigerian Afrobeats performer Asake.

Artwork

RCA Records

Singles

So far, Tems has released two singles, “Me & U” and “Love Me JeJe.”

Tour Dates

Europe:

6/12 — London, UK @ Eventim Apollo
6/15 — Paris, France @ L’Olympia
7/4 — Oslo, Norway @ Sentrum Scene
7/8 — Berlin, Germany @ Tempodrom
7/10 — Cologne, Germany @ Carlswerk Victoria
7/12 — Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso
7/16 — Montreux, Switzerland @ Montreux

North America

8/22 — Miami Beach, FL @ The Fillmore
8/24 — Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock Cafe
8/26 — Dallas, TX @ Gilley’s South Side Ballroom
8/28 — Houston, TX @ 713 Music Hall
8/30 — Atlanta, GA @ Coca-Cola Roxy
9/01 — Washington, DC @ The Anthem
9/03 — Philadelphia, PA @ The Met Philadelphia
9/05 — New York City, NY @ Radio City Music Hall
9/07 — Toronto, ON, Canada @ History
9/11 — Boston, MA @ Agganis Arena
9/13 — Montreal, QC, Canada @ L’Olympia
9/15 — Chicago, IL @ Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
9/17 — Denver, CO @ The Mission Ballroom
9/22 — Vancouver, BC, Canada @ The Queen Elizabeth Theatre
9/25 — Seattle, WA @ Showbox SODO
9/27 — San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield
9/29 — Las Vegas, NV @ The Theatre At Virgin Hotel
10/1 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Greek Theatre

Africa

10/19 & 25 — TBA

Asia

11/5 — TBA

Australia

11/09 — Melbourne @ Margaret Court Arena
11/12 — Brisbane @ Fortitude Music Hall
11/15 — Sydney @ The Hordern Pavilion

Tems Reveals Tracklist For Her Upcoming Album “Born In The Wild”

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Tems has been one of the true breakout stars of the 2020s. The singer went from relative obscurity to headlining radio hits alongside rappers like Drake and Future. She even got the lead singer on a Black Panther soundtrack. The anticipation for her album has been at a fever pitch since it was announced back in 2022, and we finally have a tracklist. The Nigerian singer previously released the album cover, but the tracklist gives us a better feel for what she has in store, musically speaking.

Tems’ body of work so far has been concise and largely EP driven. Born In the Wild is a chance for her to display her artistry over a lengthy period, and she’s taking advantage of it. The album has 18 songs on it, and the features are minimal. It’s obvious the singer has the chops and the confidence to carry the lion’s share of the album on her own. Asake, another Nigerian artist, is featured on the song “Get It Right,” and J Cole will appear on “Free Fall.” The latter is a fascinating choice, given that Tems has worked with the other two rappers in the so-called Big Three. She’s made two hit songs with Drake, and she had a Q&A with Kendrick Lamar in 2023.

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Tems Scored Features From Asake And J Cole

Tems talked about the recording process of Born In the Wild during her Interview Magazine chat with Lamar. She told the rapper that she didn’t intend to make the album so personal in theme. She was just compelled to dig into her own life whenever she stepped in the booth. “Sometimes it freaks me out,” she explained. “Sometimes I freestyle to a point where I can’t feel my feet. I’ve entered somewhere and I don’t even know where I am anymore. I’m just pouring out my gut and then when I’m done, I don’t remember what I just did.”

Tems also claimed that she encountered several “lightning in a bottle” moments during the making of the album. Moments in which she gave herself over to her artistic muse, and operated on instinct. It’s hard to find, but it’s special when you find it. “It’s like tuning a radio and you find a channel, but the thing is, once you lose that channel, you can’t find it again,” she told Lamar. “You can find another channel, another freestyle, another thing, but not that. Unless you’re really, really tapped in.”

Born In the Wild tracklist

  1. Born In the Wild
  2. Special Baby (Interlude)
  3. Burning
  4. Wickedest
  5. Love Me JeJe
  6. Get It Right (featuring Asake)
  7. Ready
  8. Gangsta
  9. Unfortunate
  10. Boy O Boy
  11. Forever
  12. Free Fall (featuring J Cole)
  13. Voices In My Head (Interlude)
  14. Turn Me Up
  15. Me & U
  16. T-Unit
  17. You In My Face
  18. Hold On

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