UK teenager TKandz follows up one of the surprise hits of 2025 with its sequel, 'NOW OR NEVER II', a collaboration with Lil Baby.
TKandz’s ‘NOW OR NEVER’ is an energizing, invigorating rap song about seizing the moment and not letting opportunity pass you by. Weaving his hard-charging flow between heavenly backing vocals, TKandz describes his life as a talented everyman, determined to escape his circumstances and reach his potential.
A perfect fit for ‘NOW OR NEVER II’, Lil Baby’s melodic warbling floating above the choral samples and providing proof-of-concept for TKandz’s stadium dreams: “Keep a level head amid the chaos/I done made it, you can do the same, dawg/I get money like someone playin’ ball,” sings Baby.
Listen to ‘NOW OR NEVER II’ on North London Forever.
Released in September,'”NOW OR NEVER’ was a global smash, catching fire on TikTok and hitting the charts. The song debuted at #41 on the UK Official Charts, before moving up 13 spots to a peak of #28. 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. To date, ‘NOW OR NEVER’ has generated over 155 million streams to date on Spotify alone.
The song received a boost from its traction in the world of international football, earning posts from superstars Kylian Mbappe (over 120 million IG followers) and Lamine Yamal (38 million followers), featuring on a stream by noted football fan IShowSpeed, and making its way into official videos by FIFA, FC Bayern, FC Barcelona, and many more.
