Just three years after he debuted with his single \u201cBaby\u201d \u2014 which topped charts across Africa and beyond \u2014 Joeboy is already approaching superstar status. The Nigerian singer\u2019s warm, down-to-earth energy is all over his 2021 debut album, Somewhere Between Beauty & Magic, a beautifully dreamy celebration of love in its myriad forms. He continued his hot streak with last year\u2019s \u201cSip (Alcohol),\u201d which amassed more than 50 million streams in less than a month, and this year\u2019s \u201cCubana.\u201d<\/p>\n
Joeboy\u2019s songs capture the innocence of young love and the sting of youthful heartbreak. Although, it seems, we might be in for a changeup: \u201cPeople might not be getting that lovey-dovey Joeboy in my forthcoming releases,\u201d the 25-year-old tells me, \u201cbecause I\u2019m not on that wavelength at this moment.\u201d We caught up with Joeboy as he embarks on his Young Legend Tour \u2014 his first ever headlining U.S. trek.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As he kicks off his first major U.S. tour, the singer goes in depth about what it means to be an African pop sensation and why he might be done with love songs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12963,"featured_media":9099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,31],"tags":[7,14,32],"class_list":{"0":"post-9102","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-music","9":"tag-apie-project","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-music"},"yoast_head":"\n