The word Essence has been popping up often of late. And it is all for the right reasons. In Wizkid’s words, he said, ‘Tems and I created magic.’ It has been almost a year since the song was first released, and we couldn’t agree more. Someone is probably wondering what the noise is about. But this song has amassed enough accolades to shut up any Critic.
Essence is a track on Wizkid’s 2020 album Made in Lagos. And while the album has done well for itself, appearing on several local and international charts with several international nominations, the Essence track has particularly stood out well. Listen here - Made in Lagos
Essence is the first Nigerian song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard Global 200. It ranked no1 on US World Digital Song Sales (Billboard) and UK Afrobeats Singles. It also features on 7 other international charts and has reached 1 million on Shazam.
The music video was released on 9th April 2021 and was shot in Accra, Ghana. The video carries an air of sensuality with its very colourful settings. It was on Barack Obama’s favourite song playlist of 2020 and Spotify’s Song of the Summer playlist released in June.
Essence remix featuring Canadian singer, Justin Bieber and Tems was released on 13th August and was quick to make its mark. In 23 hours, the song had surpassed a million views on youtube, ranked 30 on the US Apple music chart and 21 on Apple music's global music chart. Popular Us DJ, DJ Khaled, has also endorsed the remix. And hopefully, this would go beyond an endorsement to Wizkid featuring on one of his albums.
Now, that’s good stuff.
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