Victony — STARLIFE
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- Тип релиза: альбом
- Жанр: Afrobeats
- Дата релиза: 2026-08-21
- Треков: 15
- Лейбл: Encore Recordings
Afropop fans who’ve followed the career of Victony since 2024’s <i>Stubborn</i> and its 2025 companion, <i>Very Stubborn</i>, understand him as a talent continually grappling with childhood trauma, imposter syndrome and a specific sort of survivor’s remorse in the wake of his mainstream success. Yet even they would be mistaken to think they had him figured out. In the first half of 2026 alone, the singer added additional strings to his bow with songs like <b>“FRE$H”</b> and <b>“SLICK”</b>, purging the weighty subject matter of his previous work for a slicker, more danceable variant of his sound. This journey of regeneration reaches a high point on sophomore album <i>STARLIFE</i>, Victony embracing life as a pop star with all of its trappings. Years of wrestling with his demons have made Victony hyperaware of who he is now: “Baby no dey take me seriously/You know I’m a jonzing guy,” he admits on the title track, accompanied by YKB and Blaqbonez. Where <i>STARLIFE</i> also soars is the interplay of the past, present and future of Afropop as envisioned by our star. On <b>“2FRESH”</b>, he’s giving props to the OG divas of the Nigerian cinematic world as avatars in his fantasy. There is a callback to Ayra Starr’s album <i>19 & Dangerous</i> on <b>“ARMED & DANGEROUS”</b> along with Tyla’s “CHANEL” on <b>“MISSIN PIECE”</b>. And then there are <b>“FYNE”</b> and <b>“CLEAR”</b> gesturing toward what’s to come, leaning into Brazilian funk as both party invitation and a symbolic acknowledgement of Afropop’s appetite for diasporic camaraderie.
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