{"id":105232,"date":"2023-10-01T12:24:41","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T12:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/01\/bnxn-aka-buju-on-his-debut-album-and-name-change\/"},"modified":"2023-10-01T12:24:41","modified_gmt":"2023-10-01T12:24:41","slug":"bnxn-aka-buju-on-his-debut-album-and-name-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/01\/bnxn-aka-buju-on-his-debut-album-and-name-change\/","title":{"rendered":"BNXN, aka Buju, on his debut album and name change"},"content":{"rendered":"
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BNXN, formerly known as Buju, is one of Nigeria\u2019s most successful emerging artists. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

His unique honey voice has graced numerous hits in the last couple of years and he\u2019s been rewarded by awards including Next Rated Artist 2022 at the Headies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He even made it on to\u00a0the summer playlist<\/a>\u00a0of former US President Barack Obama last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His talent was spotted early on by\u00a0Burna Boy<\/strong>, who signed him, and the African giant feature on a remix of BNXN\u2019s song Lenu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 26-year-old has done a string of collaborations, with\u00a0Wizkid<\/strong>,\u00a0Timaya<\/strong>,\u00a0Stefflon Don<\/strong>,\u00a0Dave<\/strong>,\u00a0Pheelz\u00a0<\/strong>– the list goes on. In fact, I can\u2019t bring to mind any artist who has done more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI mean God is amazing because a lot of people call me. Somehow they always see me on the record,\u201d he tells me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Afrobeats singer’s debut album comes out on Thursday, so can we expect lots of features or will we hear more solo BNXN?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThere are a couple of collaborations on the album, I wanted them to be really specific to the message I was passing across. Like I have\u00a0Headie One\u00a0<\/strong>on the project, that is Headie One\u2019s best verse internationally. When it drops you can take it to the bank – they will give you 100k,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEverybody that\u2019s on this project came in with their A game, not even their A game, their A star game, I\u2019m super excited about it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The single\u00a0Sweet Tea<\/strong>\u00a0dropped earlier this month as a foretaste of what is to come – and is a sweet love song: \u201cIt\u2019s all about expressing the highest form of love and desire for somebody. It gives people a super nostalgic feeling and I love the song so much.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He says the whole album is \u201can envelope of emotions\u201d: \u201cI\u2019m ready to just give out. It\u2019s been super challenging because of how I really wanted people to see me on this project.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is reflected in album\u2019s title –\u00a0Sincerely, Benson\u00a0<\/strong>– which is also a reference to his change of names.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Afrobeats singer’s first album – Sincerely, Benson – drops on Thursday 5 October 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It was Burna who advised BNXN to emphasise his new name on his next project in order to make it stick. But things are going so well for BNXN right now, he\u2019s pretty cool with whatever people choose to call him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“BNXN, Buju, Buju-Benson, trust me we already know who you are talking about.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \n

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