The singer-songwriter might be releasing a new project this week.
Nigerian sensational singer and songwriter Stanley Omah Didia, popularly known as Omah Lay, has revealed a new release date for a potential project he is expected to drop.
The Afrobeats singer’s last official and independent release was at the end of December 2023, a follow-up song to his debut album ‘Boy Alone‘, which featured heavyweights like Justin Bieber and Tay Iwar.
Having given a hint of an upcoming sophomore album via a recent cryptic post on X, the singer might be releasing a single off the album or the whole project this week.
On social media today, Monday, August 19, 2024, the singer made it known that the fans will be getting a musical project with a potential title of ‘Moving,‘ off his album ‘Clarity of Mind‘ and it’s expected to be released on Friday, August 23, 2024. He wrote:
Moving. 23/8/24.
#ClarityOfMind 💛
Who is Omah Lay?
Omah Lay is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and record producer. He first gained prominence in 2020 after his debut single ‘You’ went viral.
Born Stanley Omah Didia, to a family with deep musical roots in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Omah Lay’s grandfather was a percussionist for the legendary Highlife singer Celestine Ukwu until his death in 1976. His Dad also took up drumming though didn’t reach the heights of his father but he was a local hero.
Career
Omah Lay started music as a teenager rapping in the streets of Marine Base as Lil King but then he got bored and started learning how to produce music. He made his mark first on the local music scene in early 2019 as a producer making a couple of records that got massive radio spins in his hometown but he thought he didn’t get the accolades and credit he deserved writing and producing those records; that was when he made up his mind to pick up the mic and do it. In 2019, he recorded and put out ‘Do Not Disturb’ and ‘Hello Brother’ and they enjoyed good spins on his hometown radio stations. This caught the ears of record labels and he ended up signing with KeyQaad in July 2019 and left his hometown for the first time and moved to Lagos – The entertainment hub of West Africa.
In January 2020, he teased his Instagram followers with a verse he had recorded and the feedback was amazing so he decided to make the song available for free as a teaser to his official single, that song became ‘Bad Influence’ which went on to garner millions of streams on Digital stores. He then released his official single ‘You’ on the 14th of February 2020 which is deemed by many to be a sleeper hit. ‘You’ put him on some reputable lists of Freshmen to watch out for in 2020 like NotjustOk and Native Mag. The song got a mixed review from Pulse NG who wrote that “the song lacked resonance” though the same article went on to praise Omah Lay as a “master with everything associated with the song’s hook”.
On the 22nd of May, Omah Lay dropped his debut EP which included the previously released ‘You’ and ‘Bad Influence’. The EP became an instant commercial success becoming the most streamed Afrobeat album on Digital stores like Audiomack, Deezer and Apple Music and went on to earn him Apple Music Favorite New Artiste of The Month of June in Africa. On June 7, Omah Lay was interviewed on the then-new Apple Music’s Africa Now Radio by Cuppy where he spoke about the success of his new EP and music influences. On Friday 3rd of July, he was picked as the debut star for Apple’s Africa Rising Campaign which spots talent in Africa and projects them all through the continent and internationally.
