Amaarae Album Download Zip
Bethann Gendernalik
Fountain Baby was released to overwhelmingly positive reception. Metacritic, a review aggregator, awarded a score of 95/100 based on eight critic reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[5]
Pitchfork named the record "Best New Music" with Julianne Escobedo Shepherd writing, "The Ghanaian American singer's dazzling second album is a confident and unconventional record that flows, saunters, and boasts its way to one of the best pop albums of the year."[1]
Her portion of fame proud and earned, her voice simultaneously fragile and self-possessed, her star-time comforts and advantages acknowledged without vanity or apology, she doesn't so much boast about her crushes, trysts, and conquests as lay them out lubriciously or matter-of-factly as the cherished rewards of a lifestyle I wouldn't be surprised to learn she's exaggerating ... she appreciates what she's got without taking it for granted, and without assuming there are no more chapters to her story.[6]
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You can't escape the exceptionally fly musical wonder that is Amaarae. A few months after the Ghanaian American singer-songwriter's release of Fountain Baby, the album is emerging as the soundtrack of the summer, with countless listeners along for the ride. Whether it's "Co-Star" or "Princess Going Digital," Amaarae's music is a delicious treat that is being devoured by baddies worldwide.
Fountain Baby, which was originally planned as a summer EP release, was thoughtfully conceived with producers in Paris, London, and Lagos. The collective met in LA for a music camp, then ventured into organized writing camps in Ghana. The album was then mastered in Amsterdam, where fan-favorite "Counterfeit" was created.
But she quickly adds, "I must mention 'Wasted Eyes.' Although it may not seem like a profound message when you listen to it, I actually wrote it about the fear I experienced in a relationship. I struggled to commit fully and instead demonized the other person to justify my inclination to escape."
As for her beauty choices, Amaarae is as playful as ever, winged liner being her ultimate go-to, matched with black or brown liner and a glossy finish. "It's like the national anthem for me and many others," she says.
For example: Erykah Badu spent years performing in clubs before releasing her debut album in 1997. She captivated audiences with her voice and stage presence. We're missing that level of dedication and growth today," she says.
The second crucial aspect of pop for Amaarae is a willingness to take risks and push boundaries. "It's about going to great lengths to demonstrate to oneself and the audience that they are more than people perceive them to be," she says.
Ghanian-American artist Amaarae delivered a jewel of a debut album in 2020 with The Angel You Don't Know, an infectious album of alt-pop so memorable it landed on our annual Best Songs of the Year list twice in a row: once in 2020 with "Fancy" and again the following year for the Kali Uchis-featuring "Sad Girlz Luv Money" remix that conquered TikTok and racked up hundreds of millions of streams. Today, Amaarae is sharing the details of her sophomore album Fountain Baby: it's coming June 9, and today you can hear its latest single "Co-Star."
Fans of Childish Gambino have a few reasons to rejoice today (May 13). First, the Georgia-raised talent surprised everybody with Atavista, which he revealed to be the completed iteration of his fourth studio LP.
"This album is the finished version of 3.15.20, the album I put out four years ago," he wrote on Twitter. "There's a special vinyl coming soon with visuals for each song. The all-new Childish Gambino album comes out in the summer." Ariana Grande, 21 Savage, Summer Walker, and more make appearances on the 11-song effort.
Hours after the album reveal, the "This Is America" rapper-singer announced "The New World Tour," which will boast WILLOW and Amaarae as supporting acts. It all kicks off in August and will touch a wealth of North American, European, and Australian cities until February 2025. Check out Atavista, the "Little Foot Big Foot" video, and the schedule for "The New World Tour" below.
Where did this lead the young and free-spirited Amaarae? While she was in high school, she started assembling mixtapes. Having been influenced by the musical interests of her parents and family members during her formative years, Amaarae, whose real name is Ama Serwa Gerfi, grew up to become a teenager with a sense of multifariousness. At the age of 17, she took up a job as an intern at a music studio, learning the ropes of music production and recording engineering. Studying English Literature at the university, Amaarae found a way to balance her school work and her personal interests, practising a lot on her songwriting and training her vocals.
On the production aspect of the project, names like Dex Kwasi and MikeMillzOnEm were major contributors. Amaarae herself co-produced some of the instrumentals. Shortly after the release of Passionfruit Summers, Fluid picked up momentum and became the standout track on the tape. The creeping success of the song was amplified by stimulating visuals.
Later that year, around September, Amaarae dropped a new single titled Like It. The song was heavily inspired by dancehall rhythms and the singer flowed effusively, approaching the instrumental with RnB leanings. With soothing vocals and grandiose lyrics, Amaarae found herself teetering on the edge of pop without straying far from her alternative background.
The greatest thing that Amaarae has done for her craft, looking at it from where I stand, was to never fit herself in a box. She varies in the music that set the foundation for her blossoming career and has continually experimented with disparate genres, which mostly results in immersive Afro-fusion tracks. Her career is greatly defined by her perfectionist traits, and so she never rushes her process, taking time to carefully curate the components that make up her songs.
In 2020, the Nigerian music soundscape largely evolved, and we saw the likes of Omah Lay and Tems redefining what popular music meant. Meanwhile, Amaarae unceasingly showed up on her Instagram live to connect with her fans, answering all questions thrown at her, and giving her fans a peek into her creative process. All this while, the Ghanaian singer teased them with new music. One of her (first) major offerings of the year came when Odunsi released his EP Everything You Heard is True and Amaarae was one of the distinct voices on the track Body Count which featured Gigi Atlantis and Deto Black.
She released her first single of 2020 in July, following it up with a tweet that the single Leave Me Alone was basically for young people to vibe to amidst the anguish of social distancing. She used the song to demonstrate the importance of self-isolation, which serves as a way to avoid the Coronavirus as well as human beings in general. Sonically, the song was bolstered by resonant highlife guitar riffs and Amaarae managed to vitalise the instrumental with her moony vocals and brazen lyrics, employing RnB and pop melodies.
I\u2019m overjoyed to be working on this newsletter. Why? I\u2019ve had it in mind for some time to write about Amaarae, the singer, songwriter, record producer, and sound engineer. I\u2019m absolutely impressed by her career (so far) and it\u2019s an honour to introduce you guys to her craft if you don\u2019t already know her. And if you know her, then I guess you\u2019re as excited as I am to embark on this journey.
Amaarae is currently having the best time of her life. And deservedly so. How did she get here? Born in New York, and raised between the contrasting worlds of Atlanta and Accra, she found herself gravitating towards music at a tender age. As such, she wrote her first song when she was 13, a remake of R.Kelly and Usher\u2019s Same Girl. It started her down a path of creative pursuit, one where she started paying attention to various forms of visual content, particularly music videos.
Self-expression, that\u2019s what characterizes Amaarae\u2019s artistry. It is (and has been) the unbridled force driving her passion for music. Mostly so because Amaarae has never been one to conform and is always looking for unprecedented ways to self-express. During her childhood days, in the hip-hop dominated world of Atlanta and the Bronx, she developed an affinity for breaking norms after watching the music video of Kelis\u2019 Young, Fresh \u2018n\u2019 New. She thought to herself, there are a million ways to express yourself without following the rules of convention.
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