BURNA BOY - WONDERFUL
Burna Boy has released Wonderful a bright new single that hints at reggaeton on Thursday It s the Nigerian star. . .
s first release since March s Odogwu The crisp beat underpinning Wonderful ensures that it ll be at home on dance floors once they re-open around the Atlantic it also seems ready made for radio mix-shows While the drum programming is lean the single gains a jolt from reverential harmonies made up of Burna Boy s own multi-tracked voice a cheerful pinging riff that sounds like it was played on a xylophone and a jaunty horn line Wonderful precedes Twice as Tall Burna Boy s upcoming album which is set for release later this summer It follows last year s African Giant which has earned more than million streams to date in the U S according to the analytics company Alpha Data also saw Burna Boy contribute to Dave s Location Top in the U K Beyonc s The Lion King The Gift which debuted at Number Two in the U S and Stormzy s Own It Number One in the U K In addition he earned a Grammy nomination for Best World Music Album One thing that s constant in my career is growth the singer told Rolling Stone last year It s not an up and down thing I climbed every step I don t skip steps I m too heavy to skip steps