{"id":41662,"date":"2019-06-14T12:49:09","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T11:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/the-zongo-brigade-share-new-music-video-featuring-afropop-singer-wiyaala\/"},"modified":"2020-05-10T21:40:13","modified_gmt":"2020-05-10T20:40:13","slug":"the-zongo-brigade-share-new-music-video-featuring-afropop-singer-wiyaala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/the-zongo-brigade-share-new-music-video-featuring-afropop-singer-wiyaala\/","title":{"rendered":"The Zongo Brigade share new music video featuring afropop singer Wiyaala"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"pam-featured-content\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26294 pam-featured-content\"  src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Webp.net-compress-image-57.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1044\" height=\"874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Webp.net-compress-image-57.jpg 1044w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Webp.net-compress-image-57-759x635.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Webp.net-compress-image-57-1010x846.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Webp.net-compress-image-57-661x553.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Webp.net-compress-image-57-465x389.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Webp.net-compress-image-57-375x314.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4>The song is an uplifting celebration of life, enjoying each moment and not getting stuck in the past.<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Founded by<span style=\"color: #333333;\"> <a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/tag\/k-o-g\/\">K.O.G<\/a><\/span> (Kweku of Ghana) in 2015,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/the-zongo-brigade\/\">The Zongo Brigade<\/a><\/span>\u00a0is back with &#8220;Brand New Day&#8221;, their new\u00a0single since their last album\u00a0<em>Wahala Wahala<\/em>\u00a0released in April via <span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/heavenly-sweetness\/\">Heavenly Sweetness<\/a><\/span>. Featuring\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ghanaian pop-star\u00a0<\/span>Wiyaala<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0the\u00a0track is an uplifting celebration of life, enjoying each moment and not getting stuck in the past.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The song comes with a new video. Watch below :\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WsdWYQ8vjyk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wiyaala which means &#8220;the doer&#8221; in local Sissala dialect is from Funsi, a village in the upper west region of\u00a0 Ghana. Her music is a fusion of West African folk songs and contemporary afropop informed by traditional West African storytelling.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Sissala parts of the song translate to:\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;It&#8217;s a brand new day! We&#8217;re excited If you&#8217;re excited Get up and dance with us! Dance, dance, dance!&#8221;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/zongobrigade.bandcamp.com\/album\/brand-new-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brand New Day<\/a><\/span>&#8221; is available across all platforms <span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"http:\/\/hyperurl.co\/BrandNewDay-Wiyaala\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Read next : <a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/gafacci-like-water-tash-bnm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ghanaian producer Gafacci is back with new single \u2018Like Water\u2019 taken from upcoming EP<\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26308\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Wormfood-KOG-V2final-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Wormfood-KOG-V2final-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Wormfood-KOG-V2final-1-759x759.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Wormfood-KOG-V2final-1-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Wormfood-KOG-V2final-1-661x661.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Wormfood-KOG-V2final-1-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Wormfood-KOG-V2final-1-375x375.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Wormfood-KOG-V2final-1-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Wormfood-KOG-V2final-1-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Wormfood-KOG-V2final-1-73x73.jpg 73w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The song is an uplifting celebration of life, enjoying each moment and not getting stuck in the past. Founded by K.O.G (Kweku of Ghana) in 2015,\u00a0The Zongo Brigade\u00a0is back with &#8220;Brand New Day&#8221;, their new\u00a0single [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":26310,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3944,9408],"tags":[],"location":[7994],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41662"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41662"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=41662"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=41662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}