Now, as people all over the planet are still streaming Beyonce's Black is King on repeat and hearing Burna Boy’s smooth but funky jam “Ja Ara E” the international sensation, born Damini Ogulu, is embracing his own ascending stardom with his new album, “Twice as Tall.”
The Grammy-nominated singer — and two-time winner of the BET Award for Best International Act — made his new LP during lockdown. His joyous single “Wonderful” is exactly what the world needs to uplift afrobeat-down spirits right now. “But that wasn’t really the inspiration behind the song,” he said. “I’d been on tour for the past three years nonstop, so this pandemic was like a blessing and a curse, ’cause I got to spend more time with my family and myself than I have in years. So that’s where ‘Wonderful’ comes from. I recorded it in the beginning of the pandemic, when I first got home … not really knowing the full extent of how long [it would be].”
As you can imagine, the Nigerian artist felt like worldwide royalty when he was approched by Beyonce— um, yes, Beyoncé — to work with her on last year’s “The Lion King: The Gift” album
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