Nigerian Born Singer/songwriter D.MATTHEWS Return With ‘Jeje’
D.MATTHEWS, the Nigerian born singer-songwriter, is an
idiosyncratic artist, curating his own brand of Afrobeats
& Afropop music, worldwide. He blends traditional
African elements with global mainstream pop, for sounds that
are heartfelt, captivating and alluring. D.MATTHEWS has
collaborated with New Zealand producers Edyonthebeat
and Shaan Mehta, as well as Ghanaian producer
Possigee, who has worked with the likes of Wizkid, Mr.
Eazi, Sarkodie and Stonebwoy. He has also worked with and
collaborated with Nigerian Afrobeats superstar, Skales.
D.MATTHEWS has constantly stayed true & leveraged his
cultural origins over the years.
Flying the flag for
Afrobeats music in New Zealand over the past few years,
D.Matthews was first artist to bring Afrobeats to New
Zealand Fashion Week, as well as the first Afrobeats artist
to perform at one of the country’s biggest festivals,
Splore Festival. His music has also garnered critical
acclaim and support from Australian and New Zealand
tastemakers, such as Triple J Unearthed, The Beat Magazine
and Base FM among others, as he continues to spread the
gospel of Afrobeats music down-under, while representing
NZ/AU Afrobeats on the global stage.
D.MATTHEWS is
very resistant/reluctant to define his musical style. “I
make different music for different people. Same thing goes
for my sound. Music doesn’t have a stamp for me, as long
as you feel it deep down in your soul”.
“The major
thing is that, people hear and feel the rawness, realness
and authenticity in my songs with goosebumps from that, or
being able to dance and rage at the same time. In other
words, having a good time with real
music”.
Matthews says “ I’ve been ruminating
on a strong melody/chorus that would intoxicate and capture
a female’s heart, mind & soul on JeJe. I woke up, and
then came this beautiful morning with a sunrise at 6:32am
and I started pouring out fresh lyrical content, and went
straight to the studio the next day to wrap the track up so
I didn’t lose touch of it finishing the track with the
idea in mind, Right there and then”
D.Matthews has
an impressive streaming following with over 334,000 plays on
Spotify, 228,000+ plays on Apple Music, 128K+ views across
Youtube and 21.9K followers on Instagram.
“JeJe”
will be released on Friday 24th of February, and will be
available
Worldwide.
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