Review: AYA NAKAMURA – “Destinée”

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Aya Nakamura, with “Destinée”, signs her most coherent and calibrated work, an album that consolidates her role as the fulcrum of contemporary Afro-French pop.

The presence of Kali Uchis, Shenseea, Kany, JayO and Joé Dowèt Filé is not ornamental: each featuring introduces a targeted timbral variation, amplifying its melodic idiom between R&B sediments, kompa vibrations and reggae iridescences that flow without fractures.

The strength of the album lies precisely in this semantic relevance: every choice – from the arrangements to the construction of the choruses – strengthens the identity of the artist, who here appears more centered, more aware, more skilled in orchestrating a global aesthetic without losing his Franco-Malian matrix.

“Destinée” does not aim for a cheap hit, but for precise architecture: a smooth pop that expands with rigor, transforming his personal signature into an increasingly international and recognizable language.

SCORE: 7.00

TO LISTEN NOW:

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TO BE SKIPPED IMMEDIATELY

One listen is fine. It relaxes, envelops and takes us into its world!

TRACKLIST:

DISCOGRAPHY

2017 – Journal intimate
2018 – Nakamura
2020 – Aya
2023 – DNK
2025 – Destinée

THE VIDEOS

WEB & SOCIAL

@ayanakamura_official

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Written by

Christopher Johnson

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