CKay is back, heart on sleeve, chords in hand, and this time, he’s doubling down. The Emo-Afrobeats prince has returned with CKay The Second, a six-track EP that extends and deepens his sound. It’s not a flex, it’s a feeling.
Since Love Nwantiti redefined virality, turning bedroom pop into global scripture, CKay’s every move has been studied, scrutinized, and streamed. Three billion plays later, he’s no longer just Nigeria’s sensitive heartthrob. He’s a global architect of emotion—one who’s learned that success without soul is just noise.
CKay The Second EP is the opposite of noise.
Built on intimacy and creative control thanks to a fresh partnership with AWAL, this EP is CKay pulling closer to the mic, whispering stories of love, loss, growth, and everything in between. It’s a therapy session masked as melody, a sonic diary of a man navigating fame without losing himself in the algorithm.
You don’t press play. You press pause on your chaos—and then let him talk.
From the smoky elegance of Is It You? featuring Sabrina Claudio, to the streetwise romance of Shayo Nights with Bella Shmurda, every feature is deliberate. Not just names for streaming clout, but voices that bring dimension. Claudio’s velvet smoothness brushes against CKay’s falsetto like twilight. Bella, raw and unapologetic, drags the EP into the Lagos midnight, where heartbreak meets hustle.
Production-wise, CKay stretches his palette. Emo-Afrobeats is still home, but the neighborhood’s gotten bigger—shades of R&B, alternative pop, and synth-soaked soul creep in like secrets. You hear it in the spacing. The restraint. The choice to let silence sing just as loud as 808s.
But it’s the pen game that truly elevates. CKay isn’t chasing bars; he’s chasing honesty. Lines feel lived-in, not lifted. On Too Much To Ask, he wonders if love survives ambition. On Broken Clocks, he confronts time as a thief—of feelings, of friends, of simpler versions of himself. It’s poetry in pixels.
He says, “If I made music like those before me, what would be the point?” It’s not arrogance. It’s clarity. CKay knows he’s not here to repeat history—he’s here to remix it in his voice. One that trembles, but never breaks.
This isn’t just an EP. It’s a statement of intent.
CKay The Second isn’t for the dancefloor. It’s for 2 a.m. conversations with yourself. It’s for looking back without bitterness, and forward without fear. It’s for the lovers, the loners, and everyone still figuring it out.
Twice the heart. Twice the risk. Still all CKay. Listen to CKay The Second EP
