While Burna Boy is yet to comment on his latest collaboration with Usher, the thrilling dancer and singer has explained why he roped in the City Boys composer on the brand new Coming Home album.
Coming Home, Usher’s latest project, premiered on February 9, 2024, with a lot more fans enjoying the well-arranged and seductive tunes by the legendary singer and dancer.
Apart from guests like H.E.R, 21 Savage, Burna Boy and Pheelz were the main Afrobeats artistes he teamed up with on the 20-track project. Burna Boy was on the opening song, Coming Home while Pheelz appeared on track 10, titled Ruin.
Speaking in snippets of a recent interview, Usher said he was confident about Burna Boy’s influence on the album.
“In creating the record, I just felt like Burna Boy would give it a different level of credibility. I do enjoy him as a solo artiste but I just felt like this song would only be lifted better if he was part of it,” he stated.
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Usher’s collaboration with two African talents, as well as initiatives by other performers in different music genres, gives credence to the impact made by Afrobeats and other music of African origin on the global music stage.
The Coming Home album has songs like Kissing Strangers, Keep on Dancing, On The Side, I Am The Party, Luckiest Man, and many others. The 45-year-old said he had put his “heart and time” into making the album, which felt like the “next chapter” of his life.
After delivering a sterling performance at the Super Bowl Halftime Show in Las Vegas recently, Usher will embark on the “Past Present Future” tour, which begins August 14, 2024.
The performance, which had been hailed by many observers, Usher said, was to honour his predecessor in the music industry.
Meanwhile, the singer has been nominated as Best Entertainer for the 2024 NAACP Image Awards, honouring outstanding performances in film, television, music, theatre, and literature.
The ceremony is organised by the U.S.-based National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People and is scheduled for Saturday, March 16, 2024.