Weekly Discovery: Johnny Drille
We’re sure you might have come across the name of the singer before and probably not paid attention to him.
Johnny Drille is a freshman in the music industry with great
potential. In 2013, he was a contestant and finalist on Project
Fame West Africa. He was listed as one of ‘10 Nigerian artistes to
'blow' in 2016’ by Pulse Music editor Joey Akan.
“The Benin City native is a master of percussion, instrumentation,
and the best of lyrics. From his viral ‘Awww’ cover, to his now
trending ‘Wait for me’, the singer leads the new generation of
folk, rock and Afro fusion sounds. He is next in line”, Akan wrote.
The singer whose real name is John Ighodaro made his debut in
January 2015 with a cover of Di’ja’s ‘Awww’, the singer gave it a
country swing and embellished it with guitar strings.
Following this he released his first original song in June, 2015, ‘
Love don’t lie’ on which his showcases his songwriting expertise.
Drille also produced the song himself. Two months later he released
another love song titled ‘Wait For Me‘.
The song producer joined the ‘Hello’ wave and collaborated with
R&B artist, Byno on a cover of Adele’s hit song. On their
version, the create an alternative melody infused with lyrics
delivered in pidgin English.
Inspired by his parents and their love story, in February he
released a folk song titled ‘My beautiful love’.
In a time when duets have been scarce, Johnny Drille collaborates
with Niniola on a duet titled ‘Start all over’.
In an industry where everyone is vying for commercial success and
following the bandwagon of creating mainstream pop music, Johnny
Drille cleaves to his originality and a course in alternative, folk
and gospel music - definitely one worth adding to your playlist.
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