Author: wetalksound
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Coke Studio Brings Music and Culture to Life This December
COKE STUDIO™ 2025 has announced its highly anticipated line up of music and culture events in December. Coke Studio has been shaping how young Nigerians experience December through music and culture. In 2023, Coke Studio rode the “We Outside” wave with its “Outside With Coke” theme, keeping the brand at the center of Detty December…
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Lagos Trivia Night Returns for Its Biggest December Edition Yet
Lagos Trivia Night is set to return on Sunday, 28 December 2025, with its highly anticipated December edition, promising an evening of competitive trivia, team play, mini-games, and an over ₦2 million cash prize pool. The event will feature multiple rounds of trivia spanning pop culture, music, history, general knowledge, and more, with cash prizes…
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DEOLA ART ALADE CONVENES NIGERIA’S MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN ACROSS CULTURE, MEDIA, AND BUSINESS AT WOMEN DRIVING CULTURE LUNCHEON
Deola Art Alade, co-founder of Livespot360 and serial entrepreneur redefining the African creative and entertainment landscape, hosted the Women Driving Culture Luncheon, an intimate gathering that brought together some of Nigeria’s most influential women shaping the country’s cultural, creative, and consumer economy. Held at Mr Panther, Victoria Island, the luncheon was designed as a strategic…
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Rising From the Roots: TCRUIZE, A New Voice in Afrobeat Unveils His Debut EP
The Afrobeat scene has always thrived on fresh energy, bold stories, and sounds that move both the body and the soul. Today, a new voice steps confidently into that space as TCRUIZE officially releases his very first EP titled GENESIS, marking a powerful milestone in his musical journey. For TCRUIZE, this debut EP is more…
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Seyi G. Sets The Tone With His Debut Album WNTTA
Featuring the standout single “Melo” along with contributions from Minz & MOJO AF Seyi G. steps forward with his official debut album, “Who Needed That Therapist Anyways…” (WNTTA) — a bold, emotional and genre-blending Afro-fusion cinematic storytelling project that introduces him as one of the most refreshing new voices coming out of the scene. The…
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HOMECOMING™ and AlphaTheta Wrap ‘Start From Scratch’ Lagos Workshops, Announce Expanded 2026 Program
HOMECOMING™ is celebrating a standout year for Start From Scratch in Lagos, marking the first time the global DJ education programme has been delivered on the continent in partnership with AlphaTheta. The 2025 Lagos workshops were met with unprecedented demand, establishing a new blueprint for accessible music education in Africa and setting the stage for…
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CKay’s “Love Nwantiti” crosses the billion-stream mark on Spotify: A global icon, rooted in Africa
Nigerian singer, songwriter, and producer CKay has officially surpassed one billion streams on Spotify with his breakout hit Love Nwantiti, making him one of the few African artists to reach this milestone and the first Nigerian solo act to do so. The rise of the emotional Afrobeats anthem Originally an early hit when it dropped in…
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BCKYRDFEST Debuts to Over 200 Attendees, Setting a New Standard for Nostalgia-Themed Cultural Experiences in Lagos
Lagos’s First Nostalgia-centered Festival Celebrates Nigerian Millennial Culture with a Very Impressive Debut Event The city of Lagos witnessed a revival of childhood memories as BCKYRDFEST, an event set to be Lagos’ leading nostalgia-centered festival, made an impressive debut at Aimas Garden, Ikoyi. Organised by House of Apollo in collaboration with Comida by Niime, the…
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Multi-host magic: Why Africa’s radio roots are shaping a new era of podcasting
Ensemble podcasts are changing how African audiences make sense of life’s most serious and silly moments. These shows – featuring groups of friends discussing anything from personal finance to relationships, pop culture and more – enable a kind of digital companionship for listeners to laugh, learn and experience community in their personal space. This trend…
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The Nigerian Eclipse: Africa’s Giant, Naija Dominates with 6 wins at the TikTok Awards for Sub-Saharan Africa in Jo’burg
The verdict is in and the message from Johannesburg is clear; the TikTok community has spoken, and Africa has crowned its newest icons. This past Saturday, the 2025 TikTok Awards Sub-Saharan Africa saw Nigerian creators assert their dominance, securing six out of the ten category wins in a night that celebrated the theme “New Era, New…