gratitude is a must: the Koffee thread

Sorry, we don't really care about hot weather good vibes like that on ILM, all those spontaneous youth exclamations are hurting our ears, and what's that about having the time of your life, this is indecent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ERr4G6gaPs
Koffee - The Harder They Fall

I'd prefer an album announcement but excited nonetheless

PULL UP 🏁🧡
Next Thursday https://t.co/arF37TdIBA pic.twitter.com/T4Mm4I1yuC

— Koffee (@originalkoffee) January 28, 2022

North American tour finally
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZZhMqQK_JG/

omg Montreal!

and oh shit w/Ayra Starr and Buju!!

oh sorry, it's OR not AND

might check her out at coachella.

i feel like the ny play must be webster hall

The Montreal venue already has it listed so it’s worth checking (assuming you didn’t already)

good call
Pier 17 huh?
https://www.ticketmaster.com/koffee-the-gifted-tour-new-york-new-york-05-12-2022/event/1D005C3B92D50CC2

lol, two ga standing room tickets are $106; fuck you ticketmaster

hopefully this salves that wound forks:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvp9E12E4hQ

Pull Up, prod by Jae5

it rules btw, she is so much FUN

goddamn she is really great

impressed with Jae5 here too, the sax is a major(ly great) element

she dropping the album this year?

yes! Gifted, scheduled for March 25. apparently Lockdown and West Indies are on it along with this

Here's the tracklist. No mention of features, though I was reasonably certain Burna was on this

01 x10
02 Defend
03 Shine
04 Gifted
05 Lonely
06 Run Away
07 Where I’m From
08 West Indies
09 Pull Up
10 Lockdown

love the sax, jae5 rules

looking forward to the album

damn can't wait

what a great tune. i'm a car hater and i love it lol.

great song, use of sax reminds me of made in lagos

Tix secured for the Nashville show! Psyched.

the way the sax interplays with the organ during the solo is *chef's kiss*

different palette, different textures, but Koffee sounds good on Cruel Santino’s “Deadman Bone” as well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snjnbEfB6jc

(Cruel Santino is the Nigerian alté artist formerly known as Santi - he’s got a new album out)

yeah she sounds cool on that. the whole album sounded good on a somewhat distracted listen

yeah, listened to it in full yesterday - really liked it, apart from the indie lull in the third quarter.

Where's it out? I thought it was March 25? Or has it just leaked?

we were talking about the Cruel Santino album, Subaru Boys: FINAL HEAVEN - and yes, it doesn’t really belong on this thread.

Oooooh. Gotcha. Just Koffee-focused.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwZSx8Ud9pE

really pleased that she's both living up to the hype and that there IS so much hype behind her now

otm! I was initially a little sad about there being no features on the album—I just want the Burna collab please—but it's pretty rad her label didn't force any off-brand guests on her

here's the studio version of Shine for the curious (it's not v different):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68IqNQE6Iio

Gifted is very sweet. It's a little more laidback than I was expecting, but she's so positive it feels p different from other overly chilled pop (also there is contemporary reggae on here you'd likely never hear elsewhere in the pop megaverse). And the track sequence is like an energy crescendo with "Where I'm From" the clear standout new one for me, and some of the first few tracks sound almost demo-ish. So sort of like w/ the new Rosalía, there's an expectation adjustment wrt to big pop moves and there's something possibly covid-era about its horizons. That said, if you know someone who hasn't heard the singles, this could be mind-blowing.

Tempted to put it on again immediately but I also need to hear the new Rema

happy koffee day

i'm hard-wired to think that something that sounds like "lonely" should be corny, but no, i'm floored. what a song.

"where i'm from," goddamn

just started this again and I wish Defend was a full track

worth noting Where I'm From is one of the several she has sole producer credit on

I love Koffee, but on first listen this sounds a little too geared towards the early hours open air festival stage set. I love the second half with all the already released hits - but so far the first half seems to miss a little bit of edge. I can see myself warming to it though.

Where I’m From is basically what I was hoping for more of.

this is quite good but a little slight compared to what i would have expected for her proper debut album

I need to listen a few more times but it brings me no joy to agree

That's a fair take; it's only about 20 minutes of new music.

My disappointment is mitigated by otherwise being impressed with how methodically she has developed her career. But I can't deny it's a bummer we didn't get a whole set that sounded like Where I'm From, West Indies, Lockdown etc.

I hear what you all mean by "slight," but tbh I love the album. I listened to it like 4 times in a row last night. I rolled my eyes the first time at the "Redemption Song" sample in the intro, but she makes it work musically and also I respect it as a sign of her ambitions — she wants to break big, and I'll be happy for her if she does. Overall I think it's basically delightful, everything flows nicely from one track to the next.

yeah this is better than I gave it credit for on day one (didn't help that it was competing for my attention with the maximalist new Rema). There's something subtly sophisticated about how the production creates space(s) for her voice, but does so differently on every new track; the title track is particularly good at this but I hear it on Runaway and Where I'm From too. Very much agree about the flow too

one thing: if you are surprised to find yourself loving "Lonely" you should probably check out Chronixx if you haven't before :)

Being bedridden sick was probably not the best way to enjoy Koffee but I couldn't shake off the feeling that the last three previously released songs are still the strongest, followed by the two immediately before it. The impact of the album is completely overshadowed by the impact that the singles and EPs had.

Oh my wife is right, that is her singing "fiesta forever" (Lionel Richie quote) in the great song "West Indies." "Where I'm From" and "Locked Down" and a bunch of others are faves of mine also. Her best cuts have a pop catchiness but with rhythmic power that's not watered down.