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<p>Afrobeats superstar Davido has been flying the Nigerian flag across the globe since his debut album, <i>Omo Baba Olowo</i>, dropped in 2012. A diasporic fusion of music widely performed by artists of African decent like original afrobeat, dancehall, hip-hop, and house, traces of Afrobeats have started to appear in mainstream North American music this year—most notably in Drake's hit "One Dance" which featured Nigerian superstar Wizkid. Davido, who signed a deal with RCA Records over the summer, is making his mark in establishing that connection as well, as he collaborated with <a href="http://ift.tt/2dfuzMZ Mill</a> last year for his song, "Fans Mi." The connection continues today as we're premiering Davido's new song and video, "How Long," which features <a href="http://ift.tt/2dRVi8z; and will appear on his forthcoming EP, <i>Son of Mercy, </i>set to release tomorrow, October 14. </p><p>The black and white clip is shot in Malibu and shows Davido and Tinashe meeting at a beach, her arriving on a white horse and he on a motorcycle. To find out what inspired the collaboration and what to expect from <i>Son of Mercy</i>, we spoke with Davido. Watch "How Long" below.</p><div class="article__embed article__embed--vevo"><iframe src="http://ift.tt/2e6sFjg; frameborder="0" style="width: 580px; height: 400px;" allowfullscreen></iframe></div><p><b>Noisey: What was the inspiration behind making "How Long" the song and the video? <br></b><b>Davido: </b>For the song, I recorded that record about a year ago. One of the executives at Sony International had the record. He played it for Tinashe, and he asked me if I would like to put her on the record. I thought it was a great idea. We just did it. We shot the video in Malibu. It was beautiful. I feel like it's something different. I call it Afro Fusion. It has all kinds of music. It has the Afrobeats, it has the house music. Everything just fused together. </p><p><b>This year a lot of Afrobeats and Caribbean music have shown up in mainstream American music. How does it feel to have that influence from West Africa infiltrate the rest of the world?</b><br>It's something I knew that would always happen. The vibe is cool. People love the Afrobeats. If you think about it, I call it World Music because over here in Africa we have people that do hip-hop as well. I don't think they're using our style. It's more of like they're rating us and appreciating the sound.</p><p><b>Can you speak on the process of making <i>Son of Mercy</i>? Was there a different process than your earlier work?<br></b>I wouldn't say it's different process. I had my producers. The only producer that I had outside of Africa was Dun Deal out of Atlanta. Everything was natural. </p><p><b>Was there anything on this project that your listeners and your fans wouldn't expect from you? Like a surprise or a certain technique you used that you haven't used before?</b><br>I wouldn't say there are any surprises. People know I'm very constant with my music. I have a certain style that people are familiar with. </p><p><i>Photo courtesy of RCA Records</i></p><p><i>Lawrence Burney is a Staff Writer at Noisey. Follow him on <a href="https://twitter.com/TrueLaurels" target="_blank">Twitter</a></i></p>

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