A Return to the Beginning! Adekunle Gold Announces New Album “Fuji”

First it was a newsletter announcing his upcoming medium — not conscionable announcing, but telling america successful item the inspiration down it — and present Adekunle Gold has taken to Instagram to stock much astir this adjacent chapter.

The caller medium is titled “Fuji,” and for Adekunle Gold, it’s much than conscionable a sound. In his words, “Fuji was the genre that raised me, adjacent erstwhile I didn’t realise it. It was the backdrop of my puerility successful Lagos. The thoroughfare sounds, the owanbes, the euphony floating retired of shops successful the markets. Fuji carried history, grit, and soul. It was ne'er conscionable entertainment. It is survival. It is storytelling. It is Lagos itself.”

On Instagram, helium opened up astir what Fuji means to him:

I’ve been moving softly connected thing that marks a caller section for me. Music that carries wherever I travel from, who I person become, and wherever I’m heading. This medium is my story, the lessons I person learned, the friendships I person lost, the wins I person celebrated, the grief of losing my father, the joyousness of welcoming my girl into the world, and truthful overmuch more.

This medium has been 5 years successful the making and it is my GREATEST enactment yet; my quality to outdo myself continues to amaze me. It’s a reminder that I americium genuinely susceptible of thing I acceptable my caput connected and truthful are you. I’ve shown you galore sides of me, changed my name, amazed you with euphony you didn’t inquire for oregon expect, but you person stayed. You’ve fixed maine your ears and embraced each azygous signifier I’ve embarked on.

This signifier is rooted successful the precise opening of my journey, a instrumentality to the essence of wherefore I started making music, to archer stories. Listen with unfastened ears, due to the fact that I won’t beryllium revealing immoderate features until you’ve experienced it for yourself. This is me, Adekunle Kosoko.

It’s harmless to accidental fans are successful for thing special. So prevention the date, the medium “Fuji” drops connected October 3rd. Ahead of the release, Adekunle Gold has already fixed america 2 singles, “Coco Money” and “Bobo,” teasing conscionable a glimpse of what’s to come.