Obongjayar, born Steven Umoh in Lagos, was raised in southern Nigeria, by the coast, in a town called Calabar. He’s since gone global, living in London and releasing music that's making its way all around the world. You might know him from the brilliant collaborative track with producer Fred Again, “Adore U”. Or maybe you hard his single “Gasoline” in F1: The Movie . There’s a lot more where that came from. The singer-songwriter has just released his newest album, Paradise Now , which is an unpredictable, infectious mélange of tracks and influences, not unlike the person I came to know over the course of the morning we spent together.

At 17, OB—as he’s called by those around him—moved to the UK to attend Kingston College. After that, he went to Norwich University of the Arts to study

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