Niniola Drops “Fantasy” Featuring Femi Kuti (Video)

Niniola has launched the music video for her infectious single “Fantasy,” that includes Afrobeat icon Femi Kuti.

The monitor, produced by Kel-P, is a sultry banger, that includes mellifluous vocals from Niniola, and groovy saxophone riffs and horn preparations from Kuti. It’s among the finest collaborations we’ve heard thus far this yr (and we’ve had it on repeat as we quarantine).

The music video, directed by Sesan, takes place at New Afrika Shrine in Ikeja, Nigeria and options colourful scenes and energetic dancers, carrying seems impressed by the late Fela Kuti’s all-female dance crew, the Kalakuta Queens.

“I used to look at movies of Fela Kuti and Femi Kuti, and I liked the music however I additionally liked the best way the dancers moved their waist and hips,” says Niniola. “I at all times needed to do this. It was a childhood dream to file with the legend Femi Kuti. It’s one factor to have that dream, one other for it to return to move and also you truly love the file. The vibe was surreal—we had been capturing in The Shrine, the house of Afrobeat!”

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