“With ‘Calm Down’, I was with some people from the Mavin Academy, and we were just vibing and chilling. Also, the last line from that song is mostly directed towards the pleasure of having someone you love. I’d say it’s the next level of the ‘Hold Me’ narrative that’s how it advances. I would say it’s a ‘Soundgasm’-type feel. “‘Dirty’ is all about good love-the special times two people can share. I did this song with 6LACK and it’s a masterpiece.” That’s what every guy looks for: those quiet moments where you feel safe in this crazy world. So, the title represents feeling safe with this woman. She just wants to hold me down and be that real one for me. Even if I’m famous and all, she doesn’t care about that. And it’s just me being that famous guy and observing someone who is quite rare in my generation. She is just looking for someone to love and respect her, mostly. She’s not about a guy buying her dinner or buying her drinks or getting her gifts. I’m talking about a girl that is not really all about the show, because it’s quite rare in this generation. “‘Hold Me’ is literally a mature sense of love. I’ve been fighting battles way before I was born, and I deserve everything I’ve got.” I tried my best to squeeze all that detail into the first verse, but the best part of the song shows how far that very divine boy has come-as well as talking my s**t. My dad told her to name me, and she called me Divine. Until she fell very ill and went to the hospital, and the doctor just decided to give her enough confidence to give it a little push. She was just worried about if the child was alive because I wasn’t making any movements. I spent over 10 months in the womb, but I never caused any pain. Even before she was pregnant with me, she was going through battles, and I came at a very weird time in her and my dad’s life. It shows the trials and the stress and the worries and the pain my mom had to go through in giving birth to me. “‘Divine’ is all about how I was born it’s about my birth process. Read on as Rema (Divine Ikubor) guides us through Rave & Roses, one track at a time. Without sacrificing the romantic impulse that inspires much of Rave & Roses, Rema vocalises his belief in predestination and examines societal dynamics with contributions from an eclectic cast that includes American singer 6LACK, British rapper AJ Tracey and French vocalist Yseult. Every project will have different meanings to me, aside from the story they tell-but this one is a sound-sealer, and it’s that bridge to bring the fans closer to Rema.” I didn’t have a solid written plan, so I literally approached this album with no fear or pressure. “Just the recording process had different reasons that carried me to the studio, moments that just came out of the blue, but with the same goal. “I swear this album has different moods, different stories,” Rema tells Apple Music. As a standout talent, Rema has been a critical factor in pushing Afropop into a genre-fluid, futurist epoch that produces a vibrant mosaic of the music-encompassing influences from the hyper-frenzy of trap, reggaetón’s melodic undertone and the immersive sonics of Bollywood scores.Īll of these influences come to a head on the singer’s debut LP, Rave & Roses, a 16-song set on which he details love, addiction and fate with pointed clarity. Whether those words were prophetic or just an audacious estimation of self, the Benin-born musician has delivered on his promise ever since. While on stage at the 2019 Headies ceremony, Rema declared himself “the future” after winning in the Next Rated category of the Nigerian awards show.
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