Rapidly rising indie star Mudi Sama offers insight into his heart and psyche on debut EP, Will I Make It Out Alive?, out via Special Projects / Avenue A Records / Neon Gold.
Steeped in alternative culture, the British-born, Nigerian-raised artist unveils the project with lead single “End Of The World”, a track that saw the start of a stellar musical journey – “a gem and the foundation of everything to come.”
Revealing more about the new single, Mudi continues, “‘End Of The World’ was written when I had no hope about anything in my life. The lyrics in the second verse are based on things that actually happened, things that peers or employers would say to me, and I felt I had to sing it all out to remind myself none of these things are, in fact, true. It’s never the end.”
Mudi’s sonic world draws on 90s Britpop, the grunge-rock revival, and artists such as Bloc Party, Dominic Fike, Radiohead, and The Strokes, forming his musical identity at a time when very few black voices cut through a predominantly white early 00s guitar scene genre trailblazers like Kele Okereke (Bloc Party) and Dev Hynes (Lightspeed Champion, Blood Orange) galvanized Mudi to become an inspiration for a new generation of aspiring artists.
Releasing Will I Make It Out Alive?, Mudi joins his peers such as Bakar, Rachel Chinouriri and Master Peace, who together are shaping a new identity and era of British indie, one that’s uncompromisingly diverse.
Throughout Mudi’s life, he has looked retrospectively. Every single step or checkpoint constantly had him thinking, “How the hell will things get better? or, How will I get out of this situation? How do I save myself?” During the writing process of Will I Make It Out Alive? These same questions pop up in his mind. Mudi continues, “It’s the only train of thought that has run through my head during the songwriting process and serves as the spine to it all. This EP is the first chapter of my experiences, exploring my psyche, Love and relationships, and the cause and effect of it all over the years; a first step into the Pandora’s box of my emotions. At the end of it all, I don’t think I’ve found an answer, and I’m not sure I ever will.”
