Falana Drops Killer New EP 'Rising'

Canadian Nigerian singer, songwriter, and producer FALANA is set to springboard into her long-anticipated sophomore EP titled Rising. Arriving on October 15 via AWAL, the Rising EP is themed around women’s empowerment, according to Falana. It’s a journey of the different emotions and stories that we all experience – stories of self-love, personal struggle, romance, black girl joy, and chasing your dreams – told from a woman’s perspective, and told through song and music.

Through her own lens of living and experiencing different cultures around the world, from Nigeria, Canada and the UK, to Cuba, Denmark and America, Falana has crafted a record with a unique perspective and a sound that is truly global. The producers and contributors that she has collaborated with to bring the Rising EP to life also reflect this global story, including KingBjmn (Future, DJ Snake, Kranium) and Tyler Richards, both from the US, Canadian beatsmith Lord Quest (SchoolBoyQ, Raekwon, Bosco), Jamaican native Dale Virgo (Rihanna, Drake), British producer Tboy (Burna Boy, Serani), and Davey O (Adekunle Gold) from Nigeria.

The Rising EP, which is the long-awaited follow-up to her self-produced 2019 EP Chapter One that was described by The New Yorker as “changing the sound of global pop”, is the result of collaborations that started before the global pandemic – a process that has seen Falana recording in Jamaica, England, Canada, USA, Portugal, Ghana and Nigeria. The process has been one of healing and self-discovery; each trip unveiling a new layer that allowed her to write from a different perspective. “I feel that I’m in my spirit position to be able to speak to different people, because I’ve experienced so many different places”, she says about the 7-track Rising project.