Joy Oladokun has joined forces with
Grammy winner
Maren Morris for her latest single, "Bigger Man."
Arriving today (5/14), the track is Oladokun’s second single release since she signed a joint label deal with
Amigo Records,
Verve Forecast and
Republic. "Bigger Man," written by Oladokun, Morris,
Jimmy Robbins and
Laura Veltz, will appear on the singer/songwriter's forthcoming major-label debut album.
Reflecting on the song, Oladokun said, “In my life, I sometimes experience being the youngest and the most inexperienced, yet I have to conduct myself as though I'm way beyond my years or level of maturity. I think it’s an old feeling, especially for women and people of color, of having to be stronger, better, brighter and harder-working at everything just to get a shot. We wrote from that place—I’m really proud of what we did.”
The child of Nigerian immigrants, Nashville-based Oladokun has also released the single “breathe again,” from 2020’s
in defense of my own happiness (the beginning), as well as “sorry isn’t good enough,” “jordan” and “wish you the best” f/
Jensen McRae.
Part of
YouTube Music’s Black Voices Class of 2021,
Spotify’s
RADAR U.S. program,
NPR Music/
Slingshot and
Amazon Music’s Artists to Watch, Oladokun was recently highlighted in
Hulu’s
Your Attention Please: The Concert alongside artists like
24kGoldn,
Kiana Ledé,
Lil Yachty and
Swae Lee and is slated to perform at
Bonnaroo in September.
Stream “Bigger Man” f/Maren Morris
here.
