On his fourth project, street-pop star Seyi Vibez keeps up with the blistering pace and blinding quality he’s set since his breakthrough Billion Dollar Baby. Most of what has come before Vibe Till Thy Kingdom Come has been a maximal tribute to his life as an ascendant star coming to terms with the demands of upward mobility, and navigating hostility from industry mainstays and peers. This project, however, has the befuddling nature of loss as its subtext following the tragic death of Seyi Vibez’s mother in early in 2023. “The situation I’m in and the kind of mood I felt over the last few months has not been the best,” he tells Apple Music. “So I just had to put Vibe Till Thy Kingdom Come out with the kind of mood I’m in. The perspective I’m seeing [the album] from and what I want people to see from it is that ‘till thy kingdom comes’ means infinity, and that means ‘vibes till infinity.’ That means in everything we do, just remember that one day, we’re all going to leave this road, no matter how long we live, or no matter how we enjoy this life and what we do.” Vibez is clearly keen to advance his gospel of living vicariously as he unleashes an incisive manifesto that takes influences from dancehall, Fuji, apala, and amapiano while unpacking his pantheistic worldview across 10 tracks. The opener “Kingdom” is an effusive dedication to a higher power that bigs up Vibez’s artistic credentials as an addendum, while “Fuji Interlude” is a lively celebration of good times. On the occasions that Vibez gets reflective, the ante is dialed up a notch: “Dejavu” is a spiritual retelling of momentous occasions in the singer’s life that are bound together by his griot-like storytelling skills and keen sense of observation. “Blacka Rhythm,” meanwhile, retrofitted with a Burna Boy sample, is a powerful proclamation of Vibez’s staying power. Read on as the singer takes us through Vibe Till Thy Kingdom Come, track by track. “Kingdom” “Basically, all of the album except one song was produced in January of 2023. All of the songs were made in advance except ‘Blacka Rhythm,’ which I recorded [a few] days before we released the album. This one was produced by Dibs.” “Hat - Trick” “‘Hat - Trick’ is just a conversational song. I had to put some conversations out and I think I achieved that. In my past songs and my past projects, I’ve never recorded a vibe like that. ‘Hat - Trick’ is another type of amapiano that Nigerians are really not used to. So I just [had] to try my hand at it and make sure I was [conversing] in the song.” “For the Gods” “‘For the Gods’ is another song produced by Dibs. The first day he played me the beat, I thought it was very heavy and I just had to jump on it immediately. It’s me singing about the title because we have a phrase in Nigeria—‘for the gods.’ Everything else I’m saying in this song is like someone having an opposition, and you’re trying to say something about it, but do it indirectly. At the end of the day, it’s actually for the gods.” “Dejavu” “‘Dejavu’ is just a reflection of what has happened to me in the past. So, it’s not something I can really say much about, but the spirituality in the song is so real for me, trust me. The stories in the songs are real. These are things that have actually happened and I sang about them. Every single thing in the song happened in real life. I just put it in the song and then that just came together.” “Suddenly” (feat. Young Jonn) “Jiggy has been my bro since way back. Recently, he sent me two or three songs. He said he would like me to pick one of them and have us work on it together. When we wanted to drop this particular project, I decided to put him on it because I love the song. We put it out because it was going along with my feelings at the time.” “Fuji Interlude” “I recorded that song around January. I had just gotten a car that I had always wanted, and I also got a house for my parents. I was very happy at that time. So, that day, I told my producer, ‘Make me a Fuji beat,’ because my parents like that sound. They like how I’ve been vibing lately because the sound is happy. I freestyled, and it’s one of my favorite tracks from the album.” “Gangsta” (feat. Russ & Jibrille) [Remix] “Russ is my big OG. We linked up in South Africa, in Cape Town, and we recorded this song. [Nigerian singer] Jibrille is someone who’s coming up. She has a lot of melodies and I think she’ll be a star. I put her on with Russ on this song because I believe in her.” “Money Matter” (feat. Focalistic) “Focalistic is someone that loves the amapiano sound. He’s from South Africa, so he really gets amapiano and that sound. He’s also really into my vibe and my own interpretation of amapiano.” “Amdallah” “Amdallah is my mother’s name. The song is just speaking directly to my enemies. I think all of us have enemies even though we have a lot of friends—or we think we have a lot of friends. I think I have a lot of friends. There are some people that won’t still like you. Some people didn’t like Jesus when he came around. So everybody cannot like you at the same time. Also, I lost my mom [in early 2023]. During that time, this was the first dancehall beat I recorded on. So I wasn’t feeling too good. It’s not really a song I made for the club, even though it’s a dancehall beat, but I made it a happy vibe because I put my soul into it. I named the song after my mother’s name and it means, ‘Thank God.’ So even though that situation wasn’t great, I’m still thanking God that I’m here and I’ll keep moving.” “Blacka Rhythm” “‘Blacka Rhythm’ is just a ’piano song I decided to record. It’s a freestyle, also. The inspiration behind it is the depth of my heart as well. The thing with me is that, whether it’s a dancehall song or a calm song, I try to sing from my soul and my emotions. I put my emotions into the song, so ‘Blacka Rhythm’ happened on a day when I was just calm and [within] myself.”