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To help the trio forge international connections and introduce themselves to the UK’s rap, trap and drill scenes, M Huncho was the perfect choice; an artist who’s made a career out of bridging the rap-drill divide and even taking it into mainstream spaces, all without compromising on the content and without taking off that iconic mask.

We managed to catch up with Huncholini briefly and he was as enthusiastic about the concept as the three young artists, not least because it gave him an opportunity to give back. “Ultimately, I have to remember where I started,” he told Complex. “I wouldn’t be here without the support of the platform where I released my first freestyle. There is so much talent out there and I think it’s important to shed light.” 

For someone as versatile as M Huncho, it seems like a no-brainer. Turin-raised Axell, for example, is a man after his own heart, a dyed-in-the-wool drill and rap head whose mixture of explosive on-mic energy balanced with a tendency towards melodic makes him the most obvious and natural fit for a team-up with M Huncho. On the flip side is Madrid-based DEVA whose moody, sultry brand of R&B backed with bouncy reggaeton-leaning rhythms could draw something new but entirely fitting out of Huncho. Somewhere in the middle of all of that is French rap, trap and R&B hybrid Vicky R, an artist with scattergun flow whose as comfortable on both rap and R&B productions as Huncho himself. Regardless of how closely they seem to match up with M Huncho’s style, all three are brimming with an insatiable energy that would make for a wildly successful big-name, cross-border collab.

They’ve been in the studio together already, hard at work on a track and a video to go with it. Both are being kept under lock and key for now, with the grand unveiling on March 30, so we can only speculate about how their four respective sounds coalesced in the booth, but the stills we can exclusively share with you below suggest something pretty epic.