Ajebutter22 – Polanco Dreams

Ajebutter22 stretches his creative lens beyond Lagos and into aspirational global territory on Polanco Dreams, a record that uses the upscale Mexico City neighbourhood as a canvas for exploring ambition, lifestyle and the version of yourself that lives only in the places your imagination takes you when everything is going right.

Polanco Dreams moves on a lush, cinematic production with a melodic sophistication that suits the elevated subject matter perfectly, creating a listening atmosphere that feels genuinely transportive and a little removed from the everyday in the way that the best aspirational music tends to when it is made by someone who understands the difference between dreaming with substance and simply fantasising without direction. The record carries Ajebutter22’s characteristic lyrical intelligence throughout, making Polanco Dreams feel like a destination that means something specific rather than just a name chosen for its exotic sound.

Ajebutter22 continues to build one of the most artistically ambitious catalogues in Nigerian alternative music, with Everybody Guide, More or Less and Lagos City Hustler all pointing toward an artist constantly expanding both the thematic and sonic range of what he is willing to explore without ever losing the creative identity that makes his work immediately recognisable to the audience that has followed his journey closely. His ability to root deeply Nigerian perspectives in internationally resonant contexts is exactly what makes him one of the more genuinely exciting and creatively unpredictable voices working in the Afrobeats space right now.

This record has the expansive, forward-looking quality of music made by someone whose ambitions are clearly bigger than the city that made them, reaching outward with a confidence that makes you believe every destination being imagined is entirely within reach.

Listen and Enjoy!