Lagos-based Nigerian artist Chidey has unveiled the first installment of his ‘Heartbreak and Palmwine’ series, a 7-track EP blending various genres.
Released on December 8, the project features real-life interviews, movie samples, and beer parlour discussions to explore themes of love, passion, betrayal, heartbreak, relationships, and Nigerian politics from a male perspective.
Chidey aims to encourage open discussions on men’s experiences with heartbreak, challenging toxic masculinity. The artist plans to create a hashtag for men to share and learn from each other’s stories.
Future releases include ‘Heartbreak and Palmwine Vol. II: Revenge of the Queens’ and ‘Heartbreak and Palmwine Vol. III: For This Tinubu Tenure’. Chidey, known for his stage presence and international recognition, previously released ‘Chidey As Chidey’ in 2020.
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“In this era where toxic masculinity is becoming the order of the day, there is the need for men to be able to discuss these issues they face in relationships and voice them out, instead of dying in silence, and this is one of the goals that ‘Heartbreak and Palmwine Vol.1’ aims to achieve: to give men an avenue to vent out what they’ve been through with women all in the name of love,” he said.
“But instead of from a bitter and vindictive point of view, it’s from a jocular or ‘cruise’ POV because there’s no need to be angry or vindictive for an entire gender just because one or two of their members jilted you. It’s why on the track ‘some girls riddim’, real life interviews were carried out on some men to share their different experiences in the hands of women.”
The rapper said there are plans to create a hashtag to enable men “narrate their experiences in the hands of women, so they can advise each other, comfort each other, learn the important lessons and just laugh over these stories”.
He added the next entries in the series such as ‘Heartbreak ‘and ‘ Palmwine Vol. II: Revenge of the Queens’, and ‘Heartbreak and Palmwine Vol. III: For This Tinubu Tenure’ would be released soon.
Chidey has performed on stage with other bigger musical acts and has had his works published and reviewed in both national and international media platforms.
In 2020, he came through with ‘Chidey As Chidey’, his debut EP.
