Rising Kenyan vocalist and songwriter N’Jiru has shared her first solo offering of the year titled ‘HYPE Song’.
‘HYPE Song’ is N’Jiru at her most potent – a reminder that the grind is glamorous, the hustle holy, and the magic touch was inside her all along. Press play, then press your luck.
The single grips listeners with raw, confessional lyricism before erupting into a club-ready mantra for self-made success delivered in sultry, assertive vocals over genre-fluid production.
A pulsing, sweat-slicked anthem for the relentless dreamers, ‘HYPE Song’ slinks between sacrifice and swagger over Kivuki’s deep house production – a world where synth tendrils coil around a hypnotic beat.
The track opens with a confession that feels like a dare: “How many times must I bleed for this? Plead for it? Worship at your feet?” Her voice, both velvet and blade, carries the weight of every late night, every compromise, before snapping into a mantra for self-made queens: “You’ve got expensive taste / You better work, bih.”
This isn’t just a dancefloor filler; it’s a baptism by bassline for the relentless dreamer – equal parts vulnerability and unshakable swagger, wrapped in hypnotic production that commands movement. The lyrics oscillate between whispered vulnerability (“I feel the strings on my body”) and rallying cries (“Go bestie!”), mirroring the push-pull of ambition.
Kivuki’s production elevates the tension, layering icy piano stabs over warm, throbbing percussion, as if the track itself is teaching you how to move through pain with rhythm. When N’Jiru hisses “mental clarity,” it’s both a boast and a revelation, the sound of someone who’s learned to turn hunger into art.
The result? A track that doesn’t just soundtrack the grind – it sanctifies it. Indeed, for N’Jiru, ‘HYPE Song’ is more than a dancefloor filler – it’s a manifesto.
“This song is for anyone who’s ever been told their dreams were too big,” she explains. “That ‘Go bestie!’ ad-lib? That’s the sound of me choosing myself.”
The track’s juxtaposition of sacrifice and celebration reflects her own journey: from independent artist to a rising force in Kenya’s electronic scene, battling doubt while sharpening her artistry.
‘HYPE Song’ is N’Jiru’s most personal work yet: a declaration of autonomy and ambition.
