{"id":40695,"date":"2020-04-14T15:57:29","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T14:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/rising-afropop-artist-joeboy-in-an-apocalyptic-lagos-for-call-music-video\/"},"modified":"2020-04-27T03:32:18","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T02:32:18","slug":"rising-afropop-artist-joeboy-in-an-apocalyptic-lagos-for-call-music-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/rising-afropop-artist-joeboy-in-an-apocalyptic-lagos-for-call-music-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Rising afropop artist Joeboy in an apocalyptic Lagos for &#8216;Call&#8217; music video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe  class=\"pam-featured-content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cS61vkU6qLk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>Nigerian Afropop\u2019s most promising rookie unveils dystopian visuals from his upcoming album.<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Call&#8221; is one more love song in the repertoire of this very romantic artist. Produced by Dera,\u00a0the song\u00a0captures the innocence of young love and introduces a darker, more urgent edge to <span class=\"il\">Joeboy<\/span>\u2019s sound.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Directed by\u00a0TG Omori, heavyweight filmmaker,\u00a0the video places place Joeboy in an almost apocalyptic sci-fi Lagos, alternating between crowded streets, dark tunnels and desert expanses on the outskirts of the megalopolis.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After being discovered by Mr Eazi&#8217;s emPawa program, Joeboy continues to create his path,\u00a0to becoming one of African music\u2019s brightest new stars. \u201cCall,\u201d is the lead single from his upcoming debut album, slated for release this summer via Banku Music\/emPawa Africa. It follows<\/span>\u00a02019&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Love &amp; Light <\/em>EP, with the &#8220;Don&#8217;t Call Me Back&#8221;\u00a0featuring Mayorkun.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40057\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/57350831-joeboy-call.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/57350831-joeboy-call.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/57350831-joeboy-call-759x522.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/57350831-joeboy-call-1010x694.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/57350831-joeboy-call-661x454.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/57350831-joeboy-call-465x320.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/57350831-joeboy-call-375x258.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigerian Afropop\u2019s most promising rookie unveils dystopian visuals from his upcoming album. &#8220;Call&#8221; is one more love song in the repertoire of this very romantic artist. 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