{"id":2178982,"date":"2025-11-27T15:55:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T15:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2178982"},"modified":"2025-11-27T15:55:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T15:55:14","slug":"cupidszn-named-apple-musics-latest-up-next-artist-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/cupidszn-named-apple-musics-latest-up-next-artist-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"CupidSzn named Apple Music\u2019s latest Up Next artist in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cBeing selected for the Up Next Campaign means a lot to me,\u201d CupidSzn said. \u201cIt\u2019s a reminder that the vision is resonating and the journey is just beginning. My fans can expect more artistry and storytelling. We\u2019re not just making music anymore, we\u2019re shaping the sound of Afrobeats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Born Stevenson Njoku Anyinachiso in Port Harcourt, the artist has quickly gained recognition as one of Nigeria\u2019s emerging talents. Signed to Mavin Global, he released his debut EP <em>Mythera<\/em>, which presents a fusion of melody, myth-inspired themes and reflective songwriting. The project includes the tracks \u2018Palava\u2019, \u2018Super\u2019, \u2018Zesty Money\u2019 and \u2018Famous\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>CupidSzn began making music after discovering a Juice WRLD video and later taught himself Afrobeats production using digital music apps. After relocating to Lagos with the support of his family, he accumulated more than 10 million career streams before signing with Mavin Global.<\/p>\n<p>As part of his Up Next selection, he will appear on Apple Music\u2019s Up Next playlist, which highlights emerging artists selected by the platform\u2019s global editorial team. The playlist features musicians from a range of genres and aims to introduce new talent to wider audiences.<\/p>\n<p>The global Up Next initiative has previously spotlighted artists including 6lack, Daniel Caesar, H.E.R., Billie Eilish, Mr Eazi, Stefflon Don, Bad Bunny, Juice WRLD, Summer Walker, Burna Boy, Rema, Tems and others.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CupidSZN - Palava (Music video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mOKoJ-iWK98?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.musicinafrica.net \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cBeing selected for the Up Next Campaign means a lot to me,\u201d CupidSzn said. \u201cIt\u2019s a reminder that the vision is resonating and the journey is just beginning. My fans can expect more artistry and storytelling. We\u2019re not just making music anymore, we\u2019re shaping the sound of Afrobeats.\u201d Born Stevenson Njoku Anyinachiso in Port Harcourt, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2178983,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2178982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CupidSzn-named-Apple-Musics-latest-Up-Next-artist-in-Nigeria.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2178982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2178982"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2178982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2178984,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2178982\/revisions\/2178984"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2178983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2178982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2178982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2178982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}