31st January, 2024
By Taiwo Okanlawon
Queen of Soul , Bukola Elemide, popularly known as Asa has returned to the music scene with a new single titled ‘Odo’ after a two-year hiatus.
The ‘Bibanke’ hitmaker took to her social media pages on Tuesday to announce the release date of the track.
Sharing a art cover of the song, she captioned it: “Exited to share ODO you at Midnight ❤️”.
Exited to share ODO you at Midnight ❤️🦅 pic.twitter.com/hiKP3KtyP1
— Asa (@Asa_official) January 31, 2024
Asa last released any project on February 25, 2022 — which was ‘V‘, her fifth studio album.
The 41-year-old singer was shot into the limelight with the release of ‘Eyé Adaba’, her first single, in 2006.
Shortly after the single, she signed to Naive Records, a Paris-based independent record label.
Asa soon partnered with Cobhams Asuquo, the Nigerian singer and record producer, whom she had met through Janet Nwose, her manager.
Shortly after her debut album ‘Asa’ went platinum in 2008, she was voted best fresh talent of 10 singers or groups by a jury of 19 music-industry specialists in Paris.
Her second album, ‘Beautiful Imperfection’, in collaboration with Nicolas Mollard, was released in October 2010.
Asa’s third studio album, ‘Bed of Stone’, was thereafter put out in August 2014 as she went on a world tour from 2015 to 2017.
In 2019, she released ‘Lucid’, her fourth album.