Afrobeats superstar BNXN releases his highly anticipated sophomore album titled ‘CAPTAIN’. The 16-track album comes with exciting features from top Afrobeats acts including Seyi Vibes, Victony, FOLA and Soweto Gospel Choir.
“…Bnxn has stayed true to his Afro-fusion background, refusing to stick to a specific sound and choosing instead to infuse his work with a recognizable sense of his Nigerian identity.” - Teen Vogue
On ‘CAPTAIN,’ BNXN draws inspiration from the struggles and pleasures of being one of Afrobeats most revered acts. He takes a step back to reflect and take in the views of success while trying out new sounds, crossing genre borders with songs like “Cutesy,” “Totori,” “Cough Syrup,” ft. Victony and many more. He also works with a diverse group of producers including Jiggy (Cash Cobain, Ice Spice), Vampire Craze, Sbthaproducer, BlaiseBeatz, Rymez, Young Soul, SB, Kel P, Synx, Tuzi, Kdagreat, Gemini Major, Semzi, Cesar, and Enta.
“Captain is not formulaic, and it’s definitely not generated; It’s alive, and it’s made a home in a voice we’ve come to know and trust.” - New Wave Magazine
Speaking about ‘CAPTAIN’, BNXN shares, “this album represents who I am right now and everything I’ve been through to get here,”. “_It’s the most honest I’ve ever been in my music. I want my fans to feel every high and every low, this is my story, the story of the captain.”
BNXN paved the way for ‘CAPTAIN’ with “Phenomena” (2024), “Fi kan We Kan” ft Rema (2024), “Cutesy” (2025) and “Very Soon” ft FOLA (2025). With these tracks, BNXN has already amassed 185 million streams across digital platforms so far, and with even more expected from this project, it’s shaping up to be one of the most highly anticipated Nigerian releases of 2025.
“It feels personal, like he’s letting us into a more vulnerable part of himself. It's definitely different from what we’ve heard from him before, and it works.” - Top Charts Africa
Following the release of this album, BNXN will kick off the North American tour this August starting in Atlanta heading to Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, Dallas, Montreal, Chicago, Los Angeles, Vancouver and finally, Edmonton. Tickets are available for sale at bnxnlive.com
‘CAPTAIN’ TRACKLIST
“I Alone”
“Set Up” ft Seyi Vibez
“Cutesy”
“Jies”
“Very Soon” Ft FOLA
“Eleyi”
“Captain”
“Yes Sir”
“Laye Mi”
“5hrs” Till Nairobi
“Phenomena”
“Fi Kan We Kan” Ft Rema
“Totori”
“Ashimolowo”
“Cough Syrup” Ft Victony
“In Jesus Name” Ft Soweto Gospel Choir
‘CAPTAIN’ is out on all platforms. Listen HERE.
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Executive Producers
Daniel Benson "BNXN" | Tomide "Bayarn" Abifade | Tomiwa Agbaje | Blessed Akinlabi | Bolaji Kareem
Producers
Rymez | Young Soul | Jiggi | Blaise Beatz | Vampire Craze | SB | Kel P | Synx | Tuzi | Kdagreat | Gemini Major | Semzi | Cesar | Enta
Creative Direction
Sore Adebisi | Z4 | Prodeigzy | MFB | Bruna Sio Feather | Chisom Njoku | TED | A.Insight | Titi Adesanya | Sinformas | Tobi Alo | Onyema Obioma
Mixing & Mastering
All records mixed by Synx except for “Phenomena” by Leandro “Dro” Hidalgo | Mastered by Stan Greene
A&R
Eashan Thakkar | Adil Khan | Shama Joseph “Sak Pase”
ABOUT BNXN Daniel Benson, professionally known as "BNXN", is an award winning & top streaming Nigerian afro fusion singer, songwriter and record producer. The 27 year-old is Nigeria's king of melodies and hooks as seen & heard on internationally acclaimed singles; “Mood” with Wizkid, “Finesse” with Pheelz, “POE” with Ruger and most recently “Fi Kan We Kan” with Rema. He's also worked with a host of talents including; BLK ODYSSY, Steff London, Zlatan, Burna Boy, Jae 5 and Darkoo amongst others. BNXN set a never before imagined precedence with Ruger in 2024 when the pair previously seen as musical rivals, released their joint body of work ‘RnB’ which amassed over 455M in global streams. In 2023, BNXN released his most honest body of work; ‘Sincerely Benson’ which 2 years in, still sits on multiple top album charts and has over 910M streams. This release was preceded by his debut body of work 'Sorry I'm Late' in 2021 and ‘Bad Since 97’ in 2022. In 2022 he won the “Next Rated” category at the HipTV Headies Award and won the City People music award for revelation of the year in 2020.
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