{"id":2315770,"date":"2026-03-06T16:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T16:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2315770"},"modified":"2026-03-06T16:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T16:28:09","slug":"new-music-friday-five-songs-to-spice-up-your-weekend-playlists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/new-music-friday-five-songs-to-spice-up-your-weekend-playlists\/","title":{"rendered":"New Music Friday: Five Songs to Spice Up Your Weekend Playlists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s the weekend! And you know what that means. A chance to plug in your earphones at the close of work, or even right as you step into your work station, to listen to the best new music released today and from earlier in the week. Even better, a chance to do so from Culture Custodian\u2019s selection.\u00a0 If you\u2019re like us, and often get overwhelmed by the sheer number of releases, then this is for you. Same thing if you\u2019d\u00a0 like to spice up your playlists a bit.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahead of <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/culturecustodian.com\/all-you-need-to-know-about-international-womens-day\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Women\u2019s Day<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on Sunday, we\u2019ve taken special\u00a0 care to include top records released by Africa\u2019s femme fatales.\u00a0 Have a lovely weekend! And cheers to your jam sessions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b style=\"color: initial;\">1. \u201cOMO TI O COMMON\u201d \u2013 Lovn<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fuji\u2019s hold on the Nigerian music industry in the past three years is nothing but impressive. The latest entrant into this canon of artists fusing the indigenous sound into mid-tempo Afro-pop is none other than Mavins newcomer, Lovn. On \u201cOMO TI O COMMON,\u201d he channels his inner <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/culturecustodian.com\/adekunle-golds-fuji-fantasy\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adekunle Gold<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> cadence-wise, singing about ballin\u2019, sprinkling proverbs amidst his appeal to a love interest.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Where Do We Go\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/3sCinQALcMKnL6b6nYDnMb?si=vlsLLipQT8WOb_AV7sC-2g&amp;context=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A37i9dQZF1DXbTop77dnX35&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The production on here is crisp; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S\u00e1k\u00e1r\u00e0, \u1e62\u1eb9\u0300k\u1eb9\u0300r\u1eb9\u0300 <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">G\u00e1ngan<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> drums serving as a fitting receptacle for his vocal riffs. There\u2019s just the right amount of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lamba<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> too. We see this staying in rotation at owambes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>\u00a02. \u201cToss It\u201d \u2013 VvPete, DEELA, Lisha G, UTILITY<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Come for DEELA, stay for the whole squad. This is a dance record you want to hear at 3 AM on a Friday rave after enduring a hectic week without power supply or steady network. It\u2019s fun. Chic. Airy. The bars are light-hearted but also enough to know that these ladies are not to be tested. VvPete is feisty. DEELA\u2019s delivery is more laidback than usual but carries her usual charisma. Lisha G brings Carolina swag. UTILITY wraps up the posse cut without much fuss. Prepping for a night out? This is your jam!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Toss It\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/6bOCT1tRZEq8c3F5JrGaWL?si=vEAr6k4FQuSCbAn6eDXmEw&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b style=\"color: initial;\">3. \u201cFall On Me\u201d \u2013 Angelique Kidjo feat. PJ Morton<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cFall On Me\u201d is the latest single off\u00a0 Angelique Kidjo\u2019s forthcoming 19th studio album <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hope!!<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> You read that right. 19. The track is a lighthearted Afro-pop duet between both artists, admonishing support and calling for love and trust. As a bit of a background, this is the Beninoise singer\u2019s first album since the Grammy Award-winning <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mother Nature<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It\u2019s also dedicated to the memory of her late mother, Yvonne, making it equal parts inward-looking, but also a celebration of humanity, much as her work is wont to do. PJ Morton sings with the simplicity required to pull off ITS emotional heft.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Fall On Me (feat. PJ Morton)\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/6upPGWLB6MTN290nSqVF1v?si=YbU6e3APRdKmkFLoE1tf7A&amp;context=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A37i9dQZF1DXbTop77dnX35&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>4. \u201cMofe\u201d \u2013 Mavo<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At long last, as it was promised a hundred snippets ago, \u201cMofe\u201d is here. And it\u2019s every bit as wavy as we expected. Open up your Bizzypedia and point out all the lingo you hear on the record. Ten points for every \u2018my baby\u2019, \u2018kilolo\u2019, \u2018casamigos\u2019, \u2018balenciaga\u2019 and \u2018guap.\u2019\u00a0 A hundred points for predicting what his expected out-of-place word on this song is (it\u2019s \u2018aesthetic\u2019). \u201cMofe\u201d is the quintessential Mavo <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/culturecustodian.com\/no-more-way-for-poor-people-a-street-slang-with-dose-of-reality\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lifestyle record.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Mofe\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/1w8lSGDuMUgRh7rygMp7VB?si=tQKUJr3LSY2urw2Ua4v2Rg&amp;context=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A37i9dQZF1DXbTop77dnX35&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>5. \u201cWhere Do We Go\u201d \u2013 Ayra Starr<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nothing satisfies dancefloor cravings like a Dancehall\/Ragga break-up song couched in sugary pre-choruses and R&amp;B sensibilities. On \u201cWhere Do We Go,\u201d <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/culturecustodian.com\/ayra-starrs-the-year-i-turned-21-is-a-tale-of-growth\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ayra<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> sings about closure, but not forthrightly, opting for euphemisms about drunken automobile trysts, and questions about the next steps. Simply put, she asks \u201cWhat are we?\u201d over lush ILYA production. Interestingly, her voice appears stripped back; a downer for fans waiting to belt along in the showers and elsewhere.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Where Do We Go\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/3sCinQALcMKnL6b6nYDnMb?si=vlsLLipQT8WOb_AV7sC-2g&amp;context=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A37i9dQZF1DXbTop77dnX35&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>Bonus Picks<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>\u201cPersonal\u201d \u2013 Juno<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The last time some of you listened to this songstress was on \u201cTOY GIRL\u201d off Odumodublvck\u2019s 2025 album <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/culturecustodian.com\/will-odumodublvcks-industry-machine-live-up-to-its-hype\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE MACHINE IS COMING<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Now, she\u2019s back with a sultry Ozedikus-produced number, employing metaphors about pulling guns out of holsters and daredevil \u201clet me pull your trouser\u201d lyrics to drive her point home about just what\u2019s on the table.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Personal\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/0EMXklypGROwo70DKaDZYY?si=vq1jeauGSJi0uVxwa_MONA&amp;context=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A37i9dQZF1DXbTop77dnX35&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>\u2018Second Thoughts\u201d \u2013 Ayl<\/b><b>\u00f8, Le Mav, Naya Akanji<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All three Alt\u00e9 acts combine on this R&amp;B banger about past relationships and sustained doubt. Le Mav\u2019s atmospheric bridge here is sure to quench a lot of thirst. Or trigger recollections of sour relationships; no in-betweens.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Second Thoughts\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/1LKGPZBZTeFrsSevbGqVz9?si=CZPXLMKzQDSQHLQMWWUhkw&amp;context=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A37i9dQZF1DXbTop77dnX35&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><b>Wife Material\u201d \u2013 Dremo<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fresh off the viral #Man2Man Challenge, Dremo is back in his loverboy bag, rapping about growing older with mature knowledge of the kind of woman he wants.\u00a0 Time is running out \u2013 for him. But don\u2019t be fooled by the title, his ideal partner is still a \u201cbaddie with <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ibadi.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d\u00a0<\/span><b\/><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Wife Material\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/0W9Yh7tdcBpstyQ5JP3YOJ?si=SRFmcnsDSoucMVhq4kmlNQ&amp;context=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A37i9dQZF1DXbTop77dnX35&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\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 culturecustodian.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s the weekend! 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