TKandz, the 18-Year-Old Nigerian-British Rap sensation - follows up his global smash NOW OR NEVER with ‘One Hit Wonder'.
Rhyming over creeping strings and drill percussion, TKandz works a slippery, fast-moving flow, bending his accented bars between sliding 808s. If ‘NOW OR NEVER’ expressed the artist’s hopes and dreams of rising to the top, ‘One Hit Wonder’ finds the rapper enjoying the spoils of victory, gleefully saying goodbye to his time in the ends and saying hello to luxury: “Canada Goose or a Moncler coat, I don’t even know which one I’m choosin,” he spits.
Coming with a video that gives a peek into TKandz’s new penthouse lifestyle, the song is quick and effective, allowing listeners to make their own impressions: “I’m not sayin a lot, I let the numbers do all the talkin’,” he says.
Listen to ‘One Hit Wonder’ on North London Forever.
‘One Hit Wonder’ continues TKandz’s momentum, which launched last year with ‘NOW OR NEVER’, a viral smash that climbed charts across the globe. The song peaked at #28 on the UK Official Charts, generating hundreds of millions of streams across platforms. The song received a boost from its traction in the world of international football, earning posts from superstars Kylian Mbappe and Lamine Yamal, playing on a stream by noted football fan IShowSpeed and making its way into official videos by brands like FIFA, Bayern Munich, Barcelona and many more.
The song charted on the Billboard Global 200, reached #1 on Spotify’s Global Viral 50, and topped the Viral chart in the USA, UK, Spain, and several other countries. At its peak, ‘NOW OR NEVER’ racked up over three million on-demand streams per day. Earlier this year, TKandz shared a remix featuring Lil Baby, and dropped the official video, appropriately football-themed and filmed at the home ground of AFC Wimbledon. The video racked up over 1.7 million views in its first two weeks of release, adding to the 189 million streams generated on Spotify alone.
Though TKandz has experienced massive success so far in his short career, he knows his work is not done. “There’s always another level, another step,” he said in a recent interview with NME, who named TKandz one of the year’s NME 100 essential emerging artists. “Getting a gold record or going platinum won’t make me feel finished; it’ll just make me hungrier. I’m always in competition with myself. I’m not complacent. I’m taking everything one step at a time.”
