{"id":40995,"date":"2020-02-04T17:49:55","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T16:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/obonjayar-unveils-new-single-gods-own-children\/"},"modified":"2020-04-27T03:33:10","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T02:33:10","slug":"obonjayar-unveils-new-single-gods-own-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/obonjayar-unveils-new-single-gods-own-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Obonjayar unveils new single &#8216;God&#8217;s Own Children&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"pam-featured-content\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36199 pam-featured-content\"  src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/dbfac6e5-obongjayar.jpg\" alt=\"obongjayar\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/dbfac6e5-obongjayar.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/dbfac6e5-obongjayar-759x455.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/dbfac6e5-obongjayar-661x397.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/dbfac6e5-obongjayar-465x279.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/dbfac6e5-obongjayar-375x225.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4>Obongjayar kicks off the year with &#8220;God&#8217;s Own Children&#8221;, an intense new single from his EP <em>Which Way Is Forward?<\/em>\u00a0set to release on the 7th of February.<\/h4>\n<p>A few weeks after his remarkable performance on Colors scene and the release of &#8220;Still Sun&#8221;, the first grandiose single from this new project, the charismatic Nigerian singer based in England once again enchanted audiences with &#8220;God&#8217;s Own Children&#8221;. Steven Umoh&#8217;s cavernous voice rises higher than usual and reveals a completely different side of the heavy jazz and afrobeat discharge of this new track.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8XbuKk6uWx4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\">The track follows November\u2019s\u00a0\u201cStill Sun\u201d\u00a0which utilized an\u00a0identical video aesthetic of a split screen intercut with original grade school childrens\u2019 artwork.<\/div>\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"teads-adCall\">\u201c<em>Which Way Is Forward?<\/em>\u00a0is a project about love, family, self-empowerment and self-belief,\u201d Obongjayar shared via his official press statement. \u201cIt\u2019s a mirror that allows you to look inward, to understand trauma, to heal. It\u2019s a project about mustering the strength \u2013 the strength to get up and clean house.\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"teads-adCall\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Which Way Is Forward?\u00a0<\/em>out on February 7th via September Recordings.\u00a0Check out the artwork and tracklist below.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-36216\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/f9d68a58-which-way-is-forward-obongjayar-vinyl.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"996\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/f9d68a58-which-way-is-forward-obongjayar-vinyl.jpg 800w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/f9d68a58-which-way-is-forward-obongjayar-vinyl-759x756.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/f9d68a58-which-way-is-forward-obongjayar-vinyl-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/f9d68a58-which-way-is-forward-obongjayar-vinyl-661x659.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/f9d68a58-which-way-is-forward-obongjayar-vinyl-465x463.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/f9d68a58-which-way-is-forward-obongjayar-vinyl-375x374.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/f9d68a58-which-way-is-forward-obongjayar-vinyl-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/f9d68a58-which-way-is-forward-obongjayar-vinyl-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/f9d68a58-which-way-is-forward-obongjayar-vinyl-73x73.jpg 73w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tracklist:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. 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