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‘Timeless’ was bound to draw on listeners’ sympathies after the much-publicised death of his child

Nigerian Afrobeats star Davido (David Adeleke) has demonstrated himself to be a master of showboating. He is able to milk every situation to the maximum.

And he did not disappoint with the recent trailer for his fourth studio album, Timeless, released on March 31.

It’s drenched with signifiers of the tragic loss of his three-year-old son in a drowning accident last year. The trailer is clear about his resolve to get over grief and dance again, and it leaves no one in doubt about his battle readiness: “If dem wan turn Goliath, I be David for life!”

Davido sold

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