Amaarae Drops ‘S.M.O’ And Announces Black Star Album

Ghanaian-American singer and alternative Pop star Amaarae has dropped her latest single, ‘S.M.O’. The track has been accompanied by an ambitious, liberating music video directed by Omar Jones.

Alongside the single, Amaarae has also announced that her new album, ‘Black Star’, is set for release on August 8th. The artist is famed for her sexually liberating style that blends elements from Pop, Highlife, Kpanlogo, and Zouk.

Speaking on the single, the artist states:

 “For as long as I’ve made music, fusion has been my strength and I think this comes to full fruition on S.M.O. The song takes inspiration from Ghanaian 80’s highlife trailblazer Ata Kak and blends it with a mean Detroit club bass, a drum roll akin to both Magic System’s “1er Gaou” & Michael Jackson’s “Rock With You” and an infectious zouk melody that sounds like a steel pan lipsing an evil synth.

I feel like the new Donna Summer mixed with Control era Janet and the song pretty much speaks for itself. Like Pleasure Principle or Love To Love You Baby, I don’t know how much clearer one can get when they ask you to “SLUT ME OUT”. The message can’t be mistaken and the beat makes you move. That’s all I want to do this summer, make people dance & feel things!”