{"id":26590,"date":"2019-06-21T14:17:17","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T13:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/?p=26590"},"modified":"2020-05-10T21:37:59","modified_gmt":"2020-05-10T20:37:59","slug":"adekunle-gold-kelegbe-megbe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/adekunle-gold-kelegbe-megbe\/","title":{"rendered":"Adekunle Gold drops Fela-inspired new single, &#8216;Kelegbe Megbe&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe  class=\"pam-featured-content pam-featured-content\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MucSft25l6I\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>The\u00a0Nigerian afropop artist&#8217;s new\u00a0single receives a\u00a0Clarence Abiodun Peters-directed Afrocentric visual.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The avant-garde afro pop artist <span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/nigeria-albums-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adekunle Gold<\/a> <\/span>is back with a new jam highly influenced by Afrobeat legend, Fela Kuti. With its jazzy horns and live instrumentation, &#8220;<\/span>Kelegbe Megbe&#8221; &#8211; translates to Know Your Level<b>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pays homage to the traditional sounds of Nigerian highlife, contrasting with the mainstream sounds of <\/span>Adekunle\u2019s<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> previous work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0concept\u00a0video, which is directed by renowned Nigerian filmmaker Clarence Abiodun Peters who has worked with the likes of Burna Boy, Rema, Tiwa Savage and Wizkid, echoes the song\u2019s message that you should follow your own lead and not obey any rules and do what feels good.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaking in detail on the themes behind the single, <\/span>Adekunle Gold<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> says:\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhen you know who you are, what you represent and are fully confident in yourself, you stop listening to opinions, trends and suggestions, good or bad because if you believe the good from a source, you better believe the bad from that same source, after all, human beings are fickle.&#8221;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Kelegbe Megbe (Know Your Level)&#8221; is out now, stream i<span style=\"color: #333333;\">t <a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/kelegbe-megbe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Read next:\u00a0<a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/rema-mavin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rising: the politics of Rema\u2019s Mavin deal<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26597\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Adekunke-Kelegbe-Megbe-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Adekunke-Kelegbe-Megbe-.jpg 900w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Adekunke-Kelegbe-Megbe--759x759.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Adekunke-Kelegbe-Megbe--100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Adekunke-Kelegbe-Megbe--661x661.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Adekunke-Kelegbe-Megbe--465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Adekunke-Kelegbe-Megbe--375x375.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Adekunke-Kelegbe-Megbe--200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Adekunke-Kelegbe-Megbe--85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Adekunke-Kelegbe-Megbe--73x73.jpg 73w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Nigerian afropop artist&#8217;s new\u00a0single receives a\u00a0Clarence Abiodun Peters-directed Afrocentric visual.\u00a0 The avant-garde afro pop artist Adekunle Gold is back with a new jam highly influenced by Afrobeat legend, Fela Kuti. 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