FALL IN LUV is a track on EMOTIONS, CKay's sophomore studio album, released October 18, 2024 under Warner Music Africa. Produced by Ozedikus and running 2 minutes 57 seconds, it is one of twelve tracks on a project CKay described as more than just a love album: "It's my story and my struggles, all the stuff I had to go through to get to this point." EMOTIONS followed a three-year touring stretch after his global hit love nwantiti (ah ah ah) made him the most-streamed African artist on Spotify in 2021, and CKay spent his break reconnecting with family and lived experience before recording the album across Mauritius, Spain, Saint Lucia, Lagos and Paris. CKay named FALL IN LUV one of his personal favourites on the record, explaining the contradiction at its heart: "It's about falling in love with someone after saying I didn't want to fall in love in the beginning. Even though I love her, I'm still asking her to chill though, and not take advantage of that affection. There's a line where I said, 'Because I love you no mean say I be your maga.'"
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Blaqbonez ft. Asake – ChanelYour original draft described EMOTIONS as an EP — it is actually a full 12-track studio album running 35 minutes. The album also features Ty Dolla $ign on DORIME, Olamide on both WAHALA and VANITY, Nora Fatehi on IT'S TRUE, and The Cavemen. on ADDICTED, making it one of the more eclectic Nigerian albums of 2024 in terms of its international and domestic feature list. FALL IN LUV sits as one of the album's more personal and emotionally layered solo statements, and CKay's "maga" line captures the specific Nigerian cultural tension between loving someone and refusing to be taken advantage of because of it.
Rating: 8.5/10.
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