L.A.X keeps his momentum rolling with another Afropop record, and it is titled “Arewa.” The Nigerian singer and songwriter handles the delivery himself throughout the song.
“Arewa” is built on contemporary Nigerian sounds, with melodious instrumentation and rhythms that sit in the Afropop lane. It is a light, easy listen, the kind of record that puts melody ahead of message. He rides the beat with the easy vocal touch that has defined much of his recent output.
The writing is where this one gets interesting. Arewa is a Yoruba word often used to describe beauty, and it is also tied to Northern Nigeria. L.A.X plays with that double sense here, folding a bit of cultural expression into a love-song framework rather than making a heavy statement of it. That choice keeps the song warm instead of weighed down, because the meaning sits inside the melody instead of on top of it.
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