Nigerian singer-songwriter, Ekene releases his latest project, “Little Us” – a soulful body of work that leaves listeners wanting more.
“Little Us” is a 7-track EP that offers a reflective insight into Ekene‘s mind whilst presenting an intimate exploration of love, vulnerability and human connection. On the EP, Ekene showcases his skilful songwriting, soulful singing and innate vocal delivery, fusing alternative R&B, Afro-fusion and contemporary African sounds into an immersive listening experience.
The EP features a guest appearance from Braye and is highly reflective and apologetic as Ekene himself stated in a recent interview with NATIVE Mag, speaking about the process of making the EP, he had this to say:
“It was healing in many ways. I feel like I got to talk to a part of myself that I kind of ignored. I’ve listened back to the EP even more recently and I’ve realized that it almost feels like an apology almost because there was a point in my music making process or just in my love for music where I ignored the idea of taking this as an actual career path or actually sticking to it. I feel like, in ignoring that, I ignored that part of myself. So, the process of making the EP is like checking in and telling my younger self that, “Okay, that’s never going to happen again one,” and two I’m going to stick to this and three when you look back at this you’re going to see me and you’re going to see all the dreams that we had when we were younger were actually possible and I’m actually going to make it happen. So it was almost like a healing apology kind of.”
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