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“Cubana” arrives as JOEBOY gets set to head out on his first U.S. tour dates this Spring. The singer will join Koffee on her The Gifted Tour from April 27 (Miami Beach) through May 2 (Charlotte, NC), before stepping out on his own for his headlining Young Legend Tour, from May 4 (Philadelphia) through May 30 (Seattle). 

“This is probably the most playful song I’ve ever released,” JOEBOY says of “Cubana,” which serves as both a preview of his upcoming project due out later this year, and an appetizer for fans ahead of this Spring’s tour dates. 

“I was in the studio trying to create a ‘heartbreak song ‘with my producer TYPE A, and there was this particular progression that was really vibey and trippy, and I just started playing around with it,” JOEBOY recalls. ‘Cubana’ started as a freestyle with this very catchy melody that stuck, and we decided to go with the flow, and create something very different from what we had originally intended.”

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“Panadol” was created organically in Ouidah, Benin, when two of Mr Eazi’s most frequent collaborators, the producers Type A and E Kelly, came to visit him with the talented songwriter, Favour Brown, in tow. “We were chilling, trying to catch a vibe, I heard that beat play and I started jumping to the song,” Eazi recalls. Panadol, the drug, is designed to reduce pain and fever, and the song is all about feeling good. It’s where Mr Eazi finally lets bygones be bygones, and settles into his groove, playing with the theme of sexual performance and health. “I am past all that craziness [from the beginning of the album], I’ve said what I said, and now I'm having fun.”

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