WurlD My World With U Album EP download
Nigerian vocalist and song composer, Wurld has unleashed a brand new tune dubbed it. “to On his fifth studio project, WurlD offers a rare invitation backstage. “I’m sharing a lot; it’s not the usual conversations,” he tells Apple Music. “I’ve shared a lot more of myself behind the scenes. I’m bringing people into our flags and my imperfections. I’m sharing my truth.”
While the Lagos-born singer, songwriter and producer moved to the US during his secondary school years, returning to Nigeria in 2018, he chose to quarantine in his homeland as the pandemic raged in 2020—a time when he became his most introspective. “Above everything else,
this was a time to rely on self,” WurlD (SadiqOnifade) explains. “We all had ourselves to take care of really, because we weren’t around people. And for me that shaped a lot of decisions I made on this album. It helped me craft a lot more depth in this album, instead of just creating commercial records.”
That introspection allowed him to create a narrative journey that covers vulnerability, patience, self awareness and communication, stitched together with the hip-hop, R&B and Afrobeats threads he refined during his years spent living between Atlanta and Lagos.
“A lot of people see the blue hair, the pretty
looks, the sweet sound… I want to show you all that,” he confesses. “But I’m not [just] that. I’m a work in progress just like everyone else. And it’s My WorlD With U because I’m just as flawed as, and just as great as you. Still a work in progress, just like everybody else.” Here, he talks us through key tracks from the album. “THESE DAYS LOVE DON’T
CHANGE” (feat. Dami Oniru)
“These days, I want to be successful, but this time I want to be successful with my friends, with my homies, with my community. I want to be successful with you beside me. And especially even in the Afrobeats community I think we can really push a lot more forward, through collaborations and a lot of support in each other. So it’s beyond just me being successful. There’s a first part: ’These Days’. And it goes into this chant and this very spiritual space ‘Love Don’t Change’. Time is going to change, people are going to change, we are going to fade, but love never changes. These days, regardless of where I am, our love will never change.”
“GUCCI”
“I’m really talking about self-love. I’m a victim of this we often describe success and our happiness through material things. ‘Gucci’ is an example here, but check this out: you can take it all away, but every time you see me, I’m myself. I’m happy with myself first, before everything else. So whenever I don’t have all these things, I’m still me. I’ve never changed. I will always remain true to me in the depth of my soul no matter the circumstances.”
“LET YOU DOWN”
“This might be one of the first times I’ve really been vulnerable on a song, sharing my flaws, But the reality of this is that, when a woman claps back, it hurts different. For men, we can’t take it. Our egos are bruised; we’re hurt different; it cuts deeper. There are so many factors around society’s idea of when a man cheats, [versus] when a woman does but it cuts different. So this is me expressing how hard it feels. It’s just shedding the light on the double standard but when the woman does this, it’s a whole drama around it. We men can’t take it; I can’t take it.”
Tracklist
1. WurlD – Press
2. WurlD Ft. Sho Madjozi – Shine
3. WurlD – Something To Lose
4. WurlD – Blue (Interlude)
5. WurlD Ft. Sarz – Sweet N Fine
6. WurlD – Same As You
7. WurlD Ft. Landstrip Chip – Toxic
8. WurlD – Let You Down
9. WurlD – Gucci
10. WurlD – The Way You Love You
11. WurlD Ft. Dami Oniru – These Days Love Dont Change
12. WurlD – Sad Tonight
13. WurlD Ft. Major League Djz & LuuDadeejay – Stamina
14. WurlD – Spunk
15. WurlD – No Easy Love
16. WurlD – Naked Rain
17. WurlD – Make It Snow
18. WurlD – Overthinking
19. WurlD – ATL to Lagos (Prelude)
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