Rema is back outside. And this time, he's not just gunning for the charts—he’s aiming for the soul of the continent.
Fresh off the experimental sweetness of Baby (Is It a Crime) and the dreamy Bout U, the Mavin prince has released KELEBU—a chaotic, horn-heavy dance explosion that feels like Kinshasa on a Friday night, fused with the bounce of Abidjan and the polish of Lagos.
This isn’t just another record from Rema—it’s an experience.
Produced by his long-time sonic architect, London, alongside the genre-blurring Ambezza, KELEBU is a high-voltage return to the dancefloor. But don’t get it twisted: this isn’t Afrobeats-by-numbers. Rema dips into Coupe Decale, flirts with Bongo Flava, slides into Soukous and still manages to keep it Rema—raw, curious, and fearless.
In his words, this was a journey back to childhood. The joy. The dancing. The rhythm that didn’t need lyrics to make sense. Just groove. Rema found that groove again—and dragged us all into the memory.
What KELEBU does differently is dare to connect Africa’s dance languages in one body. It’s loud, it’s restless, and it’s deliberate. There’s no attempt to play safe here. This is music designed to move the body before the mind catches up.
And yet, in the madness, there’s mastery.
Listen to Kelebu by Rema HERE.
