Denna helg skulle afrobeat-stjärnan Burna Boy stått på scen vid Way Out West i Göteborg, om coronapandemin inte satt stopp för hela festivalsommaren 2020. Istället för att turnera har artisten från Nigeria färdigställt sitt nya album som släpps fredag 14:e augusti. Skivan är betitlad “Twice As Tall” och gästas av Stormzy, Naughty By Nature, Chris Martin och Youssou N’Dour. Exekutiv producent för projektet är Sean “Diddy” Combs som kommenterar samarbetet för New York Times:

“I’m on record that I like hit records. If they’re not hit records, I don’t like them. A lot of times when an artist wants to be coached or pushed to maybe a greater level, that’s where I’ve come in.” – // – “He, as every artist, he wants his music to be heard by the world. He doesn’t care about crossing over. You know, he’s not trying to get hot. He’s not, like, ‘I want to be a big pop star’ — he’s already a star. He wants his music to be heard, his message, his people.”

Ambitionen med nya skivan är enligt Burna Boy själv:

“…continuing the mission I started, which is building a bridge that leads every Black person in the world to come together, and to make you understand that without you having a home base, you can’t be as strong as you are.”

Foto: Atlantic Records

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