- 2024-11-01
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MUSIC
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Davido Premieres New Song “Awuke” featuring YG Marley on BBC Radio 1
Nigerian singer-songwriter Davido teamed up with American singer-songwriter YG Marley to premier a new song “Awuke” on BBC Radio 1's New Music Show with Jack Saunders.
This marks the first collaboration between Davido and YG Marley.
The song is accompanied by the DAPS-directed music video, which was filmed in Nigeria.
It was written by Davido and MOONLIGHT AFRIQA. Produced by Mikababeatz and Marvey Muzique.
Davido told Jack Saunders about the song, “I made the record of Malibu on a bright, sunny day after the beach. It's really like a chance where it just brings togetherness. Means like togetherness and just really praising somebody. Energy, happiness, joy. Everything good, anything good, just think about it.”- He talked about how he met YG Marley, “I met him a year and change ago. So me and his mom was headlining a festival in Australia, and I met them at the hotel. I was just like, Yo, I have an after party later. If y'all trying to turn up, let's do it. And then from there, we just became good friends. And this is way before he even dropped his record. He dropped his big record. Crazy job. And I was like, Yo, you even tell me it was dope like this, and I was like, Yo, we got to get one in. And I'm saying from then on, we just very good friends.”
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He continued, “I think we're just like, the same type of people. He's really family oriented. I'm the same way. Love having friends around. Love to party. I love Jamaican culture. He loves African culture. He has African friends. I have Jamaican friends that I grew up with as well. So we were just like going back and forth on just our culture vibes. And he came to Nigeria, and he had the best time of his life. We shot the video, amazing.” - source : BBC Radio 1
