LokpoLokpo
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@lokpolokpo1.bsky.social
· Mar 14
Mar 11: MEMIE - Rae Thoma Rae Fetsa (2025)
From the ever reliable @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social comes this short delightful record, six tracks of lekompo, SA house with a bubblegum twist in the beats and bleeps, like the producers are turning the dials with one hand and playing pinball with the other
From the ever reliable @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social comes this short delightful record, six tracks of lekompo, SA house with a bubblegum twist in the beats and bleeps, like the producers are turning the dials with one hand and playing pinball with the other
I will have you know that I’m ever reliable
(also, I may not always be there when you call, but I'm always on time and I gave you my all, now baby be mine)
(also, I may not always be there when you call, but I'm always on time and I gave you my all, now baby be mine)
Reposted by LokpoLokpo
#2025FavSingles
#top25of25
1️⃣7️⃣/25
can’t go without ~singeli•ng~ out the guy who gave me the year’s best live experience, not once but twice! 🇹🇿Tanzania’s DJ Travella, for it is he, made his biggest *recorded* banger in “Mchakamchaka”, Pitchfork’s #67 song of 2025!
youtu.be/jZ90jnrCVoM?...
#top25of25
1️⃣7️⃣/25
can’t go without ~singeli•ng~ out the guy who gave me the year’s best live experience, not once but twice! 🇹🇿Tanzania’s DJ Travella, for it is he, made his biggest *recorded* banger in “Mchakamchaka”, Pitchfork’s #67 song of 2025!
youtu.be/jZ90jnrCVoM?...
December 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
#2025FavSingles
#top25of25
1️⃣7️⃣/25
can’t go without ~singeli•ng~ out the guy who gave me the year’s best live experience, not once but twice! 🇹🇿Tanzania’s DJ Travella, for it is he, made his biggest *recorded* banger in “Mchakamchaka”, Pitchfork’s #67 song of 2025!
youtu.be/jZ90jnrCVoM?...
#top25of25
1️⃣7️⃣/25
can’t go without ~singeli•ng~ out the guy who gave me the year’s best live experience, not once but twice! 🇹🇿Tanzania’s DJ Travella, for it is he, made his biggest *recorded* banger in “Mchakamchaka”, Pitchfork’s #67 song of 2025!
youtu.be/jZ90jnrCVoM?...
#PeoplesPop25
DAY 6️⃣/7
I’m hearing a lot of horny talk in these PPParts, well I think we got a live one here: “Pas Jalouse” by 🇬🇫Bamby x 🇫🇷Kerchak. faut le booster !
youtu.be/vCRztEFJc50?...
(pro tip: compare & contrast with Aya Nakamura x Damso’s “Dégaine”)
DAY 6️⃣/7
I’m hearing a lot of horny talk in these PPParts, well I think we got a live one here: “Pas Jalouse” by 🇬🇫Bamby x 🇫🇷Kerchak. faut le booster !
youtu.be/vCRztEFJc50?...
(pro tip: compare & contrast with Aya Nakamura x Damso’s “Dégaine”)
December 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
#PeoplesPop25
DAY 6️⃣/7
I’m hearing a lot of horny talk in these PPParts, well I think we got a live one here: “Pas Jalouse” by 🇬🇫Bamby x 🇫🇷Kerchak. faut le booster !
youtu.be/vCRztEFJc50?...
(pro tip: compare & contrast with Aya Nakamura x Damso’s “Dégaine”)
DAY 6️⃣/7
I’m hearing a lot of horny talk in these PPParts, well I think we got a live one here: “Pas Jalouse” by 🇬🇫Bamby x 🇫🇷Kerchak. faut le booster !
youtu.be/vCRztEFJc50?...
(pro tip: compare & contrast with Aya Nakamura x Damso’s “Dégaine”)
#2025FavSingles
#top25of25
1️⃣7️⃣/25
can’t go without ~singeli•ng~ out the guy who gave me the year’s best live experience, not once but twice! 🇹🇿Tanzania’s DJ Travella, for it is he, made his biggest *recorded* banger in “Mchakamchaka”, Pitchfork’s #67 song of 2025!
youtu.be/jZ90jnrCVoM?...
#top25of25
1️⃣7️⃣/25
can’t go without ~singeli•ng~ out the guy who gave me the year’s best live experience, not once but twice! 🇹🇿Tanzania’s DJ Travella, for it is he, made his biggest *recorded* banger in “Mchakamchaka”, Pitchfork’s #67 song of 2025!
youtu.be/jZ90jnrCVoM?...
December 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
#2025FavSingles
#top25of25
1️⃣7️⃣/25
can’t go without ~singeli•ng~ out the guy who gave me the year’s best live experience, not once but twice! 🇹🇿Tanzania’s DJ Travella, for it is he, made his biggest *recorded* banger in “Mchakamchaka”, Pitchfork’s #67 song of 2025!
youtu.be/jZ90jnrCVoM?...
#top25of25
1️⃣7️⃣/25
can’t go without ~singeli•ng~ out the guy who gave me the year’s best live experience, not once but twice! 🇹🇿Tanzania’s DJ Travella, for it is he, made his biggest *recorded* banger in “Mchakamchaka”, Pitchfork’s #67 song of 2025!
youtu.be/jZ90jnrCVoM?...
Reposted by LokpoLokpo
oh my dear god, listen up!*
🇸🇳Senegalese chanteuse Ndakhté Lo, who made my Song of 2024 with “Glow Up”, returns triumphantly (again) with the high-drama, log drum-enhanced (and soft drink-sponsored) “Néko hé”: youtu.be/SXKgLv4DkhQ?...
*which GoogleTranslate, fwiw, tells me what “Néko hé” means
🇸🇳Senegalese chanteuse Ndakhté Lo, who made my Song of 2024 with “Glow Up”, returns triumphantly (again) with the high-drama, log drum-enhanced (and soft drink-sponsored) “Néko hé”: youtu.be/SXKgLv4DkhQ?...
*which GoogleTranslate, fwiw, tells me what “Néko hé” means
December 15, 2025 at 9:43 PM
oh my dear god, listen up!*
🇸🇳Senegalese chanteuse Ndakhté Lo, who made my Song of 2024 with “Glow Up”, returns triumphantly (again) with the high-drama, log drum-enhanced (and soft drink-sponsored) “Néko hé”: youtu.be/SXKgLv4DkhQ?...
*which GoogleTranslate, fwiw, tells me what “Néko hé” means
🇸🇳Senegalese chanteuse Ndakhté Lo, who made my Song of 2024 with “Glow Up”, returns triumphantly (again) with the high-drama, log drum-enhanced (and soft drink-sponsored) “Néko hé”: youtu.be/SXKgLv4DkhQ?...
*which GoogleTranslate, fwiw, tells me what “Néko hé” means
not sure why my own skeet isn’t showing when I search for #PeoplesPop25 - maybe it’s another case of something untoward involving croissants happening in the vid, haven’t checked - but it’s definitely a +1 from me
#PeoplesPop25
DAY 5️⃣/7
the song is a morale booster in and of itself, so boost it I must:
“とか言って” by 🇯🇵xiangyu ft. 🇯🇵Sawa Angstrom
youtu.be/rx3nAO-0I84?...
or something like that < toka itte < とか言って
DAY 5️⃣/7
the song is a morale booster in and of itself, so boost it I must:
“とか言って” by 🇯🇵xiangyu ft. 🇯🇵Sawa Angstrom
youtu.be/rx3nAO-0I84?...
or something like that < toka itte < とか言って
December 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
not sure why my own skeet isn’t showing when I search for #PeoplesPop25 - maybe it’s another case of something untoward involving croissants happening in the vid, haven’t checked - but it’s definitely a +1 from me
#PeoplesPop25
DAY 5️⃣/7
the song is a morale booster in and of itself, so boost it I must:
“とか言って” by 🇯🇵xiangyu ft. 🇯🇵Sawa Angstrom
youtu.be/rx3nAO-0I84?...
or something like that < toka itte < とか言って
DAY 5️⃣/7
the song is a morale booster in and of itself, so boost it I must:
“とか言って” by 🇯🇵xiangyu ft. 🇯🇵Sawa Angstrom
youtu.be/rx3nAO-0I84?...
or something like that < toka itte < とか言って
December 17, 2025 at 10:04 PM
#PeoplesPop25
DAY 5️⃣/7
the song is a morale booster in and of itself, so boost it I must:
“とか言って” by 🇯🇵xiangyu ft. 🇯🇵Sawa Angstrom
youtu.be/rx3nAO-0I84?...
or something like that < toka itte < とか言って
DAY 5️⃣/7
the song is a morale booster in and of itself, so boost it I must:
“とか言って” by 🇯🇵xiangyu ft. 🇯🇵Sawa Angstrom
youtu.be/rx3nAO-0I84?...
or something like that < toka itte < とか言って
Reposted by LokpoLokpo
#2025FavSingles
#top25of25
#Twenty5Stinkers
1️⃣6️⃣/25
don’t be misled by the generic-looking title/artist combo, “Mon bébé” by 🇫🇷RnBoi is a rhythmically intricate delicacy of a song. it’s also very catchy and the biggest francophone song in the world rn. boring video tho: youtu.be/U2t5Y89I2tE?...
#top25of25
#Twenty5Stinkers
1️⃣6️⃣/25
don’t be misled by the generic-looking title/artist combo, “Mon bébé” by 🇫🇷RnBoi is a rhythmically intricate delicacy of a song. it’s also very catchy and the biggest francophone song in the world rn. boring video tho: youtu.be/U2t5Y89I2tE?...
December 16, 2025 at 10:09 PM
#2025FavSingles
#top25of25
#Twenty5Stinkers
1️⃣6️⃣/25
don’t be misled by the generic-looking title/artist combo, “Mon bébé” by 🇫🇷RnBoi is a rhythmically intricate delicacy of a song. it’s also very catchy and the biggest francophone song in the world rn. boring video tho: youtu.be/U2t5Y89I2tE?...
#top25of25
#Twenty5Stinkers
1️⃣6️⃣/25
don’t be misled by the generic-looking title/artist combo, “Mon bébé” by 🇫🇷RnBoi is a rhythmically intricate delicacy of a song. it’s also very catchy and the biggest francophone song in the world rn. boring video tho: youtu.be/U2t5Y89I2tE?...
#2025FavSingles
#top25of25
#Twenty5Stinkers
1️⃣6️⃣/25
don’t be misled by the generic-looking title/artist combo, “Mon bébé” by 🇫🇷RnBoi is a rhythmically intricate delicacy of a song. it’s also very catchy and the biggest francophone song in the world rn. boring video tho: youtu.be/U2t5Y89I2tE?...
#top25of25
#Twenty5Stinkers
1️⃣6️⃣/25
don’t be misled by the generic-looking title/artist combo, “Mon bébé” by 🇫🇷RnBoi is a rhythmically intricate delicacy of a song. it’s also very catchy and the biggest francophone song in the world rn. boring video tho: youtu.be/U2t5Y89I2tE?...
December 16, 2025 at 10:09 PM
#2025FavSingles
#top25of25
#Twenty5Stinkers
1️⃣6️⃣/25
don’t be misled by the generic-looking title/artist combo, “Mon bébé” by 🇫🇷RnBoi is a rhythmically intricate delicacy of a song. it’s also very catchy and the biggest francophone song in the world rn. boring video tho: youtu.be/U2t5Y89I2tE?...
#top25of25
#Twenty5Stinkers
1️⃣6️⃣/25
don’t be misled by the generic-looking title/artist combo, “Mon bébé” by 🇫🇷RnBoi is a rhythmically intricate delicacy of a song. it’s also very catchy and the biggest francophone song in the world rn. boring video tho: youtu.be/U2t5Y89I2tE?...
#PeoplesPop25
DAY 4️⃣/7
will happily +1 the most 🌍globally recognised/recognisable 3Step/3-steptrack so far, in honour of JAZZWORX↔️JAZZWRLD & Thukuthela, who 👑ruled👑 the 🇿🇦SA charts this year - so yes, it’s the pretty as fuqq “Isaka (6am)” by 🇿🇦Ciza: youtu.be/sel1mCYFJ8U?...
DAY 4️⃣/7
will happily +1 the most 🌍globally recognised/recognisable 3Step/3-steptrack so far, in honour of JAZZWORX↔️JAZZWRLD & Thukuthela, who 👑ruled👑 the 🇿🇦SA charts this year - so yes, it’s the pretty as fuqq “Isaka (6am)” by 🇿🇦Ciza: youtu.be/sel1mCYFJ8U?...
December 16, 2025 at 9:22 PM
#PeoplesPop25
DAY 4️⃣/7
will happily +1 the most 🌍globally recognised/recognisable 3Step/3-steptrack so far, in honour of JAZZWORX↔️JAZZWRLD & Thukuthela, who 👑ruled👑 the 🇿🇦SA charts this year - so yes, it’s the pretty as fuqq “Isaka (6am)” by 🇿🇦Ciza: youtu.be/sel1mCYFJ8U?...
DAY 4️⃣/7
will happily +1 the most 🌍globally recognised/recognisable 3Step/3-steptrack so far, in honour of JAZZWORX↔️JAZZWRLD & Thukuthela, who 👑ruled👑 the 🇿🇦SA charts this year - so yes, it’s the pretty as fuqq “Isaka (6am)” by 🇿🇦Ciza: youtu.be/sel1mCYFJ8U?...
Reposted by LokpoLokpo
totally engrossed in 🇵🇸Palestinian-Jordanian🇯🇴 singer Zeyne’s debut album AWDA - عودة
she fuses the Arabic (dabke!) with the (sometimes trip-hoppy or ama-poppy*) r&b-ish (*occasional log drums!)
great videos too (all with English subs, her lyric videos too)
“hilwa - حلوة“:
youtu.be/7ZwMa6F6l6A?...
she fuses the Arabic (dabke!) with the (sometimes trip-hoppy or ama-poppy*) r&b-ish (*occasional log drums!)
great videos too (all with English subs, her lyric videos too)
“hilwa - حلوة“:
youtu.be/7ZwMa6F6l6A?...
Zeyne - Hilwa | زين - حلوة (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by zeyne زين
youtu.be
December 14, 2025 at 7:49 PM
totally engrossed in 🇵🇸Palestinian-Jordanian🇯🇴 singer Zeyne’s debut album AWDA - عودة
she fuses the Arabic (dabke!) with the (sometimes trip-hoppy or ama-poppy*) r&b-ish (*occasional log drums!)
great videos too (all with English subs, her lyric videos too)
“hilwa - حلوة“:
youtu.be/7ZwMa6F6l6A?...
she fuses the Arabic (dabke!) with the (sometimes trip-hoppy or ama-poppy*) r&b-ish (*occasional log drums!)
great videos too (all with English subs, her lyric videos too)
“hilwa - حلوة“:
youtu.be/7ZwMa6F6l6A?...
oh my dear god, listen up!*
🇸🇳Senegalese chanteuse Ndakhté Lo, who made my Song of 2024 with “Glow Up”, returns triumphantly (again) with the high-drama, log drum-enhanced (and soft drink-sponsored) “Néko hé”: youtu.be/SXKgLv4DkhQ?...
*which GoogleTranslate, fwiw, tells me what “Néko hé” means
🇸🇳Senegalese chanteuse Ndakhté Lo, who made my Song of 2024 with “Glow Up”, returns triumphantly (again) with the high-drama, log drum-enhanced (and soft drink-sponsored) “Néko hé”: youtu.be/SXKgLv4DkhQ?...
*which GoogleTranslate, fwiw, tells me what “Néko hé” means
December 15, 2025 at 9:43 PM
oh my dear god, listen up!*
🇸🇳Senegalese chanteuse Ndakhté Lo, who made my Song of 2024 with “Glow Up”, returns triumphantly (again) with the high-drama, log drum-enhanced (and soft drink-sponsored) “Néko hé”: youtu.be/SXKgLv4DkhQ?...
*which GoogleTranslate, fwiw, tells me what “Néko hé” means
🇸🇳Senegalese chanteuse Ndakhté Lo, who made my Song of 2024 with “Glow Up”, returns triumphantly (again) with the high-drama, log drum-enhanced (and soft drink-sponsored) “Néko hé”: youtu.be/SXKgLv4DkhQ?...
*which GoogleTranslate, fwiw, tells me what “Néko hé” means
#2025FavSingles
#top25of25
#25SongsFrom2025
#Twenty5Stinkers
1️⃣5️⃣/25
“Maghnatees” by 🇪🇬Maii Waleed and (producer) 🇪🇬Mallawany. beautiful track - turns out I’m an indie guy after all, all you need to do is walk it like an Egyptian:
youtu.be/Sg2UscBGbuo?...
#top25of25
#25SongsFrom2025
#Twenty5Stinkers
1️⃣5️⃣/25
“Maghnatees” by 🇪🇬Maii Waleed and (producer) 🇪🇬Mallawany. beautiful track - turns out I’m an indie guy after all, all you need to do is walk it like an Egyptian:
youtu.be/Sg2UscBGbuo?...
December 15, 2025 at 9:14 PM
#2025FavSingles
#top25of25
#25SongsFrom2025
#Twenty5Stinkers
1️⃣5️⃣/25
“Maghnatees” by 🇪🇬Maii Waleed and (producer) 🇪🇬Mallawany. beautiful track - turns out I’m an indie guy after all, all you need to do is walk it like an Egyptian:
youtu.be/Sg2UscBGbuo?...
#top25of25
#25SongsFrom2025
#Twenty5Stinkers
1️⃣5️⃣/25
“Maghnatees” by 🇪🇬Maii Waleed and (producer) 🇪🇬Mallawany. beautiful track - turns out I’m an indie guy after all, all you need to do is walk it like an Egyptian:
youtu.be/Sg2UscBGbuo?...
#PeoplesPop25
DAY 3️⃣/7
lest, in the middle of all the ~other~ exciting goings on in 🇿🇦South African music, we forget about madafakinq 🎹amapiano: “Ibhanoyi” by Mellow & Sleazy + Tman Express ft. CowBoii, LastBornDiroba & TheBuu. jazz it up peeps, propulsively!
youtu.be/UrvHSCd_kbQ?...
DAY 3️⃣/7
lest, in the middle of all the ~other~ exciting goings on in 🇿🇦South African music, we forget about madafakinq 🎹amapiano: “Ibhanoyi” by Mellow & Sleazy + Tman Express ft. CowBoii, LastBornDiroba & TheBuu. jazz it up peeps, propulsively!
youtu.be/UrvHSCd_kbQ?...
December 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
#PeoplesPop25
DAY 3️⃣/7
lest, in the middle of all the ~other~ exciting goings on in 🇿🇦South African music, we forget about madafakinq 🎹amapiano: “Ibhanoyi” by Mellow & Sleazy + Tman Express ft. CowBoii, LastBornDiroba & TheBuu. jazz it up peeps, propulsively!
youtu.be/UrvHSCd_kbQ?...
DAY 3️⃣/7
lest, in the middle of all the ~other~ exciting goings on in 🇿🇦South African music, we forget about madafakinq 🎹amapiano: “Ibhanoyi” by Mellow & Sleazy + Tman Express ft. CowBoii, LastBornDiroba & TheBuu. jazz it up peeps, propulsively!
youtu.be/UrvHSCd_kbQ?...
#2025FavSingles
#top25of25
1️⃣4️⃣/25
customary 🇳🇬Wizkid pick! Wizzy retreated to Naija this year, did lots of domestically successful features, not all of them great. highlight was “One Condition” with buddy DJ Tunez and new guy Fola, nothing groundbreaking, just pure quality: youtu.be/qjV03SMeQB0?...
#top25of25
1️⃣4️⃣/25
customary 🇳🇬Wizkid pick! Wizzy retreated to Naija this year, did lots of domestically successful features, not all of them great. highlight was “One Condition” with buddy DJ Tunez and new guy Fola, nothing groundbreaking, just pure quality: youtu.be/qjV03SMeQB0?...
December 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
#2025FavSingles
#top25of25
1️⃣4️⃣/25
customary 🇳🇬Wizkid pick! Wizzy retreated to Naija this year, did lots of domestically successful features, not all of them great. highlight was “One Condition” with buddy DJ Tunez and new guy Fola, nothing groundbreaking, just pure quality: youtu.be/qjV03SMeQB0?...
#top25of25
1️⃣4️⃣/25
customary 🇳🇬Wizkid pick! Wizzy retreated to Naija this year, did lots of domestically successful features, not all of them great. highlight was “One Condition” with buddy DJ Tunez and new guy Fola, nothing groundbreaking, just pure quality: youtu.be/qjV03SMeQB0?...
totally engrossed in 🇵🇸Palestinian-Jordanian🇯🇴 singer Zeyne’s debut album AWDA - عودة
she fuses the Arabic (dabke!) with the (sometimes trip-hoppy or ama-poppy*) r&b-ish (*occasional log drums!)
great videos too (all with English subs, her lyric videos too)
“hilwa - حلوة“:
youtu.be/7ZwMa6F6l6A?...
she fuses the Arabic (dabke!) with the (sometimes trip-hoppy or ama-poppy*) r&b-ish (*occasional log drums!)
great videos too (all with English subs, her lyric videos too)
“hilwa - حلوة“:
youtu.be/7ZwMa6F6l6A?...
Zeyne - Hilwa | زين - حلوة (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by zeyne زين
youtu.be
December 14, 2025 at 7:49 PM
totally engrossed in 🇵🇸Palestinian-Jordanian🇯🇴 singer Zeyne’s debut album AWDA - عودة
she fuses the Arabic (dabke!) with the (sometimes trip-hoppy or ama-poppy*) r&b-ish (*occasional log drums!)
great videos too (all with English subs, her lyric videos too)
“hilwa - حلوة“:
youtu.be/7ZwMa6F6l6A?...
she fuses the Arabic (dabke!) with the (sometimes trip-hoppy or ama-poppy*) r&b-ish (*occasional log drums!)
great videos too (all with English subs, her lyric videos too)
“hilwa - حلوة“:
youtu.be/7ZwMa6F6l6A?...
#PeoplesPop25
DAY 2️⃣/7
had earmarked his “Stranger” with 🇨🇮Ks Bloom for EOY action, but then last month 🇨🇲Kocee dropped “PDG” on the Cameroonian and afro-francophone massive and it’s even better. the backing vocals are dazzling!
youtu.be/wBRe8D-PKOs?...
either way, c’est l’Afrique🌍qui gagne !
DAY 2️⃣/7
had earmarked his “Stranger” with 🇨🇮Ks Bloom for EOY action, but then last month 🇨🇲Kocee dropped “PDG” on the Cameroonian and afro-francophone massive and it’s even better. the backing vocals are dazzling!
youtu.be/wBRe8D-PKOs?...
either way, c’est l’Afrique🌍qui gagne !
December 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
#PeoplesPop25
DAY 2️⃣/7
had earmarked his “Stranger” with 🇨🇮Ks Bloom for EOY action, but then last month 🇨🇲Kocee dropped “PDG” on the Cameroonian and afro-francophone massive and it’s even better. the backing vocals are dazzling!
youtu.be/wBRe8D-PKOs?...
either way, c’est l’Afrique🌍qui gagne !
DAY 2️⃣/7
had earmarked his “Stranger” with 🇨🇮Ks Bloom for EOY action, but then last month 🇨🇲Kocee dropped “PDG” on the Cameroonian and afro-francophone massive and it’s even better. the backing vocals are dazzling!
youtu.be/wBRe8D-PKOs?...
either way, c’est l’Afrique🌍qui gagne !
#2025FavSingles
#top25of25
#Twenty5Stinkers
1️⃣3️⃣/25
for everyone who’s doubting 🇶🇦 Qatar’s chances in the Pop World Cup stakes:
“سبحان (Subhan)” by Fahad Al Kubaisi* is a blistering banger
youtu.be/b18KVyM7QIs?...
(*try using Arabic (or Hebrew) script within Latin script at your peril)
#top25of25
#Twenty5Stinkers
1️⃣3️⃣/25
for everyone who’s doubting 🇶🇦 Qatar’s chances in the Pop World Cup stakes:
“سبحان (Subhan)” by Fahad Al Kubaisi* is a blistering banger
youtu.be/b18KVyM7QIs?...
(*try using Arabic (or Hebrew) script within Latin script at your peril)
December 13, 2025 at 11:16 PM
#2025FavSingles
#top25of25
#Twenty5Stinkers
1️⃣3️⃣/25
for everyone who’s doubting 🇶🇦 Qatar’s chances in the Pop World Cup stakes:
“سبحان (Subhan)” by Fahad Al Kubaisi* is a blistering banger
youtu.be/b18KVyM7QIs?...
(*try using Arabic (or Hebrew) script within Latin script at your peril)
#top25of25
#Twenty5Stinkers
1️⃣3️⃣/25
for everyone who’s doubting 🇶🇦 Qatar’s chances in the Pop World Cup stakes:
“سبحان (Subhan)” by Fahad Al Kubaisi* is a blistering banger
youtu.be/b18KVyM7QIs?...
(*try using Arabic (or Hebrew) script within Latin script at your peril)
#PeoplesPop25
DAY 1️⃣/7
the year’s ultimate feel-good song is “Ngishutheni” by 🇿🇦Goon Flavour, Master KG & Eemoh - and yes, it’s *that* Master KG, of bolobedu and “Jerusalema” global fame. let’s build a Coalition of Joy around it!
music video edit: youtu.be/756YdTT-WJ0?...
DAY 1️⃣/7
the year’s ultimate feel-good song is “Ngishutheni” by 🇿🇦Goon Flavour, Master KG & Eemoh - and yes, it’s *that* Master KG, of bolobedu and “Jerusalema” global fame. let’s build a Coalition of Joy around it!
music video edit: youtu.be/756YdTT-WJ0?...
Goon Flavour, Master KG & Eemoh - Ngishutheni (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Wanitwa Mos Entertainment
youtu.be
December 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
#PeoplesPop25
DAY 1️⃣/7
the year’s ultimate feel-good song is “Ngishutheni” by 🇿🇦Goon Flavour, Master KG & Eemoh - and yes, it’s *that* Master KG, of bolobedu and “Jerusalema” global fame. let’s build a Coalition of Joy around it!
music video edit: youtu.be/756YdTT-WJ0?...
DAY 1️⃣/7
the year’s ultimate feel-good song is “Ngishutheni” by 🇿🇦Goon Flavour, Master KG & Eemoh - and yes, it’s *that* Master KG, of bolobedu and “Jerusalema” global fame. let’s build a Coalition of Joy around it!
music video edit: youtu.be/756YdTT-WJ0?...
highlighting this mashup/remix by 🇮🇩Indonesian DJ DS Revolution, which incorporates “Apt”, 🇧🇷Menina do Job, Moki Moki and other tracks in hypnotic fashion:
youtu.be/3yozafveHDU?...
“DJ paling enak sedunia” means ‘best DJ in the world’ (fwiw GoogleTranslate also offers ‘most delicious’)
youtu.be/3yozafveHDU?...
“DJ paling enak sedunia” means ‘best DJ in the world’ (fwiw GoogleTranslate also offers ‘most delicious’)
December 13, 2025 at 12:53 PM
highlighting this mashup/remix by 🇮🇩Indonesian DJ DS Revolution, which incorporates “Apt”, 🇧🇷Menina do Job, Moki Moki and other tracks in hypnotic fashion:
youtu.be/3yozafveHDU?...
“DJ paling enak sedunia” means ‘best DJ in the world’ (fwiw GoogleTranslate also offers ‘most delicious’)
youtu.be/3yozafveHDU?...
“DJ paling enak sedunia” means ‘best DJ in the world’ (fwiw GoogleTranslate also offers ‘most delicious’)
a wonderful deep* dive by @koganbot.bsky.social into Anan Ta Pad Chaye, APT. , Apataye and Annana Pathiya and virality in South & East Asian pop (and beyond)
(*altho he will probably say he’s just skimming the surface)
(*altho he will probably say he’s just skimming the surface)
APT Thai. I hitch a ride on a motif as it swims from nation to nation.
koganbot.substack.com/p/apt-thai
koganbot.substack.com/p/apt-thai
APT Thai
Contains the word “motif” and the word “viral”
koganbot.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:28 AM
a wonderful deep* dive by @koganbot.bsky.social into Anan Ta Pad Chaye, APT. , Apataye and Annana Pathiya and virality in South & East Asian pop (and beyond)
(*altho he will probably say he’s just skimming the surface)
(*altho he will probably say he’s just skimming the surface)
so yes, the man definitely does it on purpose. Kelvin Momo just dropped his annual December album and this time it’s *31* tracks and 3h*42*m. do I feel inclined to listen to it right away? hmmm… guess I will try the tracks with Babalwa first and take it from there - also: Bassie + Sykes + TNS
December 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
so yes, the man definitely does it on purpose. Kelvin Momo just dropped his annual December album and this time it’s *31* tracks and 3h*42*m. do I feel inclined to listen to it right away? hmmm… guess I will try the tracks with Babalwa first and take it from there - also: Bassie + Sykes + TNS
#2025FavSingles
#top25of25
#Twenty5Stinkers
1️⃣2️⃣/25
yeah baby, those 🇿🇦3Steppers are coming thick and fast in the wake of Thakzin, Thukzin and JAZZWRLD & Thukuthela.
the uplifting “Utshwala” by 🇿🇦Hypesoul, 🇿🇦ZuluBoy Musique & 🇿🇦DrummeRTee924 came out… [checking notes]… today:
youtu.be/2G6y4_XzA6s?...
#top25of25
#Twenty5Stinkers
1️⃣2️⃣/25
yeah baby, those 🇿🇦3Steppers are coming thick and fast in the wake of Thakzin, Thukzin and JAZZWRLD & Thukuthela.
the uplifting “Utshwala” by 🇿🇦Hypesoul, 🇿🇦ZuluBoy Musique & 🇿🇦DrummeRTee924 came out… [checking notes]… today:
youtu.be/2G6y4_XzA6s?...
December 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
#2025FavSingles
#top25of25
#Twenty5Stinkers
1️⃣2️⃣/25
yeah baby, those 🇿🇦3Steppers are coming thick and fast in the wake of Thakzin, Thukzin and JAZZWRLD & Thukuthela.
the uplifting “Utshwala” by 🇿🇦Hypesoul, 🇿🇦ZuluBoy Musique & 🇿🇦DrummeRTee924 came out… [checking notes]… today:
youtu.be/2G6y4_XzA6s?...
#top25of25
#Twenty5Stinkers
1️⃣2️⃣/25
yeah baby, those 🇿🇦3Steppers are coming thick and fast in the wake of Thakzin, Thukzin and JAZZWRLD & Thukuthela.
the uplifting “Utshwala” by 🇿🇦Hypesoul, 🇿🇦ZuluBoy Musique & 🇿🇦DrummeRTee924 came out… [checking notes]… today:
youtu.be/2G6y4_XzA6s?...
Reposted by LokpoLokpo
#2025FavSingles
#top25of25
#25SongsFrom2025
#Twenty5Stinkers
1️⃣1️⃣/25
let’s turn this day into an impromptu 🇿🇦gqom day!
“Vala” by threesome 🇿🇦Dankie Boi, 🇿🇦Goldmax and 🇿🇦Blacks Jnr…
…plus 🇿🇦Dladla Mshunqisi & 🇿🇦Black Catz:
youtu.be/v5dwCR2HdHU?...
#top25of25
#25SongsFrom2025
#Twenty5Stinkers
1️⃣1️⃣/25
let’s turn this day into an impromptu 🇿🇦gqom day!
“Vala” by threesome 🇿🇦Dankie Boi, 🇿🇦Goldmax and 🇿🇦Blacks Jnr…
…plus 🇿🇦Dladla Mshunqisi & 🇿🇦Black Catz:
youtu.be/v5dwCR2HdHU?...
December 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
#2025FavSingles
#top25of25
#25SongsFrom2025
#Twenty5Stinkers
1️⃣1️⃣/25
let’s turn this day into an impromptu 🇿🇦gqom day!
“Vala” by threesome 🇿🇦Dankie Boi, 🇿🇦Goldmax and 🇿🇦Blacks Jnr…
…plus 🇿🇦Dladla Mshunqisi & 🇿🇦Black Catz:
youtu.be/v5dwCR2HdHU?...
#top25of25
#25SongsFrom2025
#Twenty5Stinkers
1️⃣1️⃣/25
let’s turn this day into an impromptu 🇿🇦gqom day!
“Vala” by threesome 🇿🇦Dankie Boi, 🇿🇦Goldmax and 🇿🇦Blacks Jnr…
…plus 🇿🇦Dladla Mshunqisi & 🇿🇦Black Catz:
youtu.be/v5dwCR2HdHU?...
Senegalese horns
are they trombones
happy ones or sad
are they even real
who’s to say
(dedicated to @bradluen.bsky.social)
are they trombones
happy ones or sad
are they even real
who’s to say
(dedicated to @bradluen.bsky.social)
#2025FavSingles
#top25of25
#25SongsFrom2025
#Twenty5Stinkers
🔟/25
“Célibataire” by 🇸🇳Wally B. Seck is a nifty little jam with funky horns & piano, quite unexpected for mbalax: youtu.be/18pLXsyU7eQ?...
#top25of25
#25SongsFrom2025
#Twenty5Stinkers
🔟/25
“Célibataire” by 🇸🇳Wally B. Seck is a nifty little jam with funky horns & piano, quite unexpected for mbalax: youtu.be/18pLXsyU7eQ?...
December 12, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Senegalese horns
are they trombones
happy ones or sad
are they even real
who’s to say
(dedicated to @bradluen.bsky.social)
are they trombones
happy ones or sad
are they even real
who’s to say
(dedicated to @bradluen.bsky.social)
still can’t get over this 🇨🇲song, and now that I can actually sing along to it all the way there is no end in sight for my obsession for the foreseeable future
genius.com/Kocee-pdg-ly...
c’est l’Afrique qui gagne, indeed
genius.com/Kocee-pdg-ly...
c’est l’Afrique qui gagne, indeed
December 11, 2025 at 10:09 PM
still can’t get over this 🇨🇲song, and now that I can actually sing along to it all the way there is no end in sight for my obsession for the foreseeable future
genius.com/Kocee-pdg-ly...
c’est l’Afrique qui gagne, indeed
genius.com/Kocee-pdg-ly...
c’est l’Afrique qui gagne, indeed