With the follow-up to 2021’s Resan, Nigerian street-hop singer and rapper Zlatan continues his mission to use his own journey to motivate others, while embracing a variety of sounds. “‘Omo Ologo’ is a Yoruba phrase,” Zlatan tells Apple Music. “Omo means ‘child’; ogo means ‘glory.’ I call myself a glorious child because of where I'm coming from. It's generally used for people that are successful in whatsoever they're doing, be it dancing, acting, being a banker, holding a corporate job, whatever. So whatsoever you're doing, if you're good at it, you're an ‘Omo Ologo.’ No ordinary people from [my hometown] actually get to where I've gotten to, so this is me glorifying God for making me come this far.” Here, he breaks down the EP, track by track. “Omo Ologo” “I went on a road trip with my friends to village setting in the east. When everyone was sleeping at night, it just keep ringing in my head: ‘Omo Ologo.’ It means that when you set your eyes on me, you are actually seeing a glorious child. I’m passing the message to the streets to say it doesn't matter where you're from, you can make it from the gutter. It doesn't matter the obstacles or limitations—if I can do it, you can do it. A lot of people, actually, viably, can relate to it. I’m a symbol to every little kid from the little town that I'm from. If I can make it this far, nothing should stop you from striving and trying to make it. So it's a motivational song.” “Let There Be Light” (feat. Seyi Vibez) “It was just me and Seyi Vibez vibing in the studio that night. I really love the energy; Seyi Vibez has a very fast energy, the way he goes with the amapiano. So I blended myself into that. Some people are still finding out that I’m a good rapper, because most of my songs are singing—but I still like to always remind them that I rap too. Amapiano is life, bro. The world knows now.” “Rara” “It’s a love song. ‘Rara’ means ‘no.’ So I was saying, ‘She says she wants love.’ And I ask, ‘You say you want love, but do you want love without money?’ She said, ‘Rara. I want love, not love without money.’ So it's me telling her, ‘Okay, no problem; even if I don't have money, I take her out to go and look for this money.’ So it's a love song. It’s me professing my love to her, [showing her that] this is the way I appreciate her—that’s the ‘money’ that she says she wants with the love.” “Astalavista” (feat. Young Jonn) “Young Jonn just called me and said he has a song but that the only person he's hearing on the song is me. He already took the chorus and then he came to the studio. I love the song so much. He chose the title, and he knows my songs—I kind of make slangs like ‘Astala, Astala’—so I don't know, maybe that was what made him say that I had to be on the song [laughs].” “Jaboti” “Jabo means ‘to fall,’ so jaboti means ‘I won't fall.’ I'm never going down, never going to back down, no matter what the circumstances; no matter how the music industry might want me to be; no matter the challenges. I'm not backing down; I'm going to be on my 10 toes.” “Oganigwe” (feat. ODUMODUBLVCK & Jeriq) “ODUMODUBLVCK is an underdog that the world is just starting to recognize now. The night we recorded ‘PICANTO’ [the 2022 collab with ODUMODUBLVCK, Zlatan, and ECko Miles], we also recorded ‘Oganigwe.’ [People in] the eastern part of Nigeria show me love, despite the fact that we don't speak the same language. So I made a song with their sound. And then I got Jeriq and ODUMODU on the song, so it's a cultural fusion kind of sound.”