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Wizkid’s “essence” featuring Justin Bieber set to drop soon

A member of the Wizkid camp confirmed to The Gazette that the celebrated track would drop soon.

• August 12, 2021

Top 100 Billboard track “essence” by Nigerian Grammy-winning artist Ayodeji Balogun a.k.a Wizkid will feature Justin Bieber in a soon-to-be-released remix.

Peoples Gazette recently confirmed from the Starboy’s team by telephone that the groundbreaking song “essence” will feature award-winning music artist Justin Bieber in a remix.

The artist had earlier announced that he had something special for his fans tomorrow via Twitter.

“Got something special for you guys tomorrow,” Wizkid tweeted.

Although the particular date for the release was not stated, a team member, pleading anonymity as he was not authorised to speak with the press, confirmed to The Gazette that the remix will be dropping soon.

However, it’s been speculated to be released tomorrow with reference to WizKid’s tweet.

The global anthem essence featuring Tems, was the 11th track on Wizkid’s “Made In Lagos” album that was released on October 30, 2020.

The song is the first Nigerian song in history to ever top the Billboard Hot 100 and the Billboard Global 200.

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