The Nigerian artist’s second album steps away from the survival narrative that shaped his previous titles and lets his melodic range lead.
Victony’s previous two releases carried titles—Stubborn and Very Stubborn—that read like a response to the crash that put him in a coma in April 2021 and left him in a wheelchair for close to a year. On STARLIFE, his second album, that argument recedes. Across 15 tracks, he doesn’t explain the story or use it as a frame. Instead, he works through songs, often in
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