Jamaican singer D’Yani, who has played the St Kitts Music Festival, sets date for new album
The 12-track ‘Live Life & Prosper’ is due on 21 August, preceded by the lovers rock single ‘Miss You Bad’.
NEW YORK, United States. Jamaican poet and singer-songwriter D’Yani has announced that his album “Live Life & Prosper” will be released on 21 August, previewing the 12-track project with his latest single, “Miss You Bad”.
Decota Letman of Roots Global Agency told Caribbean Life the single follows “Journey”, released in June alongside a live acoustic choir session that premiered on the GRAMMY Global Spin platform.
Caribbean festival circuit
Letman said D’Yani had grown from an emerging talent into a headline act on some of the Caribbean’s biggest stages, including the St Kitts Music Festival, Saint Lucia Jazz & Arts Festival, Reggae Sumfest, Barbados Reggae Weekend and City Splash Festival.
The new single
Rooted in lovers rock and drawing on reggae, soul and R&B, “Miss You Bad” explores longing and unresolved love, Letman said.
“My intention for the song was to capture the emotional pain of missing someone so deeply that their absence feels like withdrawal from an addictive substance,” D’Yani said, according to Letman.
He said he tried to paint “a powerful picture of love, obsession, vulnerability, and the struggle between wanting to let go and being unable to break free from an emotional bond”.
Letman said the singer “continues to establish himself as one of contemporary reggae’s most compelling new voices”.
Rise
D’Yani emerged in 2022 with “Feelings (Remix)” featuring Jada Kingdom, followed by singles including “Señorita”, “Goddess”, “Birthday”, “Lock and Key” and “Ride It”.
His work with Kareem “Remus” Burrell of XTM.Nation on “Live A Little” significantly raised his international profile, Letman said.
