Watch Nigerian Afropop star Omah Lay’s Tiny Desk concert

If you’ve been following the Afrobeats trail since its global explosion in 2020, there’s a chance you’ve watched Omah Lay’s stripped-down performances of ‘Bad Influence’, ‘I’m A Mess’, and ‘Soso’ on NPR’s Tiny Desk already. If you weren’t amongst the first 140,000 people to have the at-home experience, we enjoyed his episode of Tiny Desk. We’ve seen the criticism online about his vocals, and this is what we’re going to say:

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It isn’t easy to sing for people in intimate spaces when your first single as a producer-turned-singer debuted in 2019, and in 2022, he collaborated with Justin Bieber for ‘Attention’.

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHjczZIxr_0&h=315]

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