"Stubborn“ by victony

Victony officially kicked off his music career in 2017 with the release of a mixtape on Soundcloud titled “The Outlaw King”.
 

He started off solely as a rapper and later honed his skills and developed a more dynamic artistry that allows him to perfectly swing between different genres such as RNB, Trap & Afropop and express the extent of his versatility.

Victony sees his music as the best language to communicate in today’s world and hopes to change the world with his music in its truest form.

The singer and songwriter Victony leans into the idea of reintroduction for his debut album. Across 14 tracks, 2024’s Stubborn represents a fully realised version of the artist, whose boldness and propensity to experiment with a variety of sounds and moods underscores his maverick approach to both life and career.

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The  singer makes a bold attempt to memorialise his journey from being a curious kid in Ojo, to standing on a pedestal as one of Afropop’s great hopes.
 

It’s a delicate task that requires a slight recalibration of his sound from the sun-drenched dancehall and soul fusion of 2022’s ‘Outlaw’ for a more pared-down sound that still manages to be a vibrant mosaic of the people, places, and experiences that have made a mark on Victony.  
 

In many ways, the artist is a product of a specific Lagos subculture that has survived for decades. Despite the divisive narratives spread by bigots online during the 2023 presidential elections,  families from all over Nigeria, and across all income levels, have always lived side-by-side in the coastal city largely without issue.

In these communities, kids of all tribes play football together, shop at the same local markets, sing aloud to the same songs, grow up celebrating at both Eid and Christmas, and have developed a creolization of their many languages that’s often adopted as a lingua franca. It’s a heritage that Victony proudly claims as his across ‘Stubborn.’