Kenya’s favourite lover girl Njerae has created pillowy earworms as her way of ushering in the 2025 Valentine’s season
Afro-Indie and soul singer Njerae is releasing her largely-anticipated EP, ‘Four Letter Word’ on Valentine’s day. Njerae shared that the release perfectly syncs with the month of love, giving her fans earworms to include in their playlists as they celebrate love. ‘Four Letter Word’ drops shortly after Njerae was absorbed into Apple Music’s Africa Rising stars class of 2025 to represent Kenya and East Africa.
Njerae explores the human love experience as a whole on ‘Four Letter Word.’ The EP has four tracks, “Fight for you” (produced by Wondamagik), “Beg for it” (produced by Kobby Worldwide), “Decide” (produced by Vic West) and “Hypnotize” (produced by Kobby Worldwide). The ‘Queen of Love’ released “Beg for it” on January 17th as a teaser to what is to the EP – that peaked at #36 on Apple Music Top 100 Kenya. “Beg for it” has become a favorite Kenyan sing-along song, with fans seamlessly jamming to it in different event spaces where Njerae has performed it. This has become a norm as Njerae’s music continues to resonate with many lovers, lovers-to-be, and those on the sidelines too. Her music explores the emotions that one has when they are in love with someone else.
“I wanted to create a body of work that not only talked about intimate love, but also the whole experience , from love, lust, obsession and social interactions.”
Njerae says that sonically, she experimented so much in previous years when she worked on her earlier body of works— there is a stark difference between her 2024 EP ‘Out with the Old’ and ‘Four letter word.’ With this EP, she is getting back to her original version while blending artistic abilities of the three producers who worked on the EP with her.
“In this project, I am going back to my roots, writing songs that are following my original style. This music is a fusion of what I have learned experimenting over the years working with different artists and producers with my original style.”
The EP is Njerae’s first body of work in 2025, from which her single “Beg for it” was born. The “Aki Sioni” hit-maker has teased the music video for “Beg for it” dropping on Valentines Day, with a lineup of other projects and live performances throughout the year.
About Njerae
Njerae is a Kenyan born and raised singer, songwriter and producer. Her music identifies as Afro-Indie with a touch of RnB and soul. She has played at Folk Fusion, Jamhuri Jam Sessions, Gig Dynamics Open House, Blankets and Wine, Raha Fest, Nairobi Street Food Fest, Cheche Sessions, and a number of her own curated events.
Njerae has obtained her bachelor’s degree in psychology and hopes to one day open a counseling center where music will be used as a form of therapy. She has equipped herself with the skills in live music performance and being a music entrepreneur as a graduate of perform music incubator.
Through her 2022 album unintentional it allowed her fans to interpret it as a girl’s handbook when going through a breakup which allowed more female fans to relate with her. The album allowed her to be featured in a number of radio and Tv shows.
Taking a more significant step toward modern RnB and contemporary Afro-pop sounds, Njerae was able to release her single “OTD” and “Valhalla” in 2023 opening huge doors for her in the music business.
In 2024, Njerae was able to release her EP – ‘Out with the old’ where she was able to come up with a number of collaborations with artists like Watendawili, Lisa Odour, Mbithi and Maali.
In August 2024, she headlined her show, launching the Out With The Old EP, featuring Maali, Mbithi, Hilda Watiri, Analo Kanga, Lisa Oduor-Noah, The Unit Band. This was a major milestone and proper stepping stones to advance in her career. It is only up for her from now on. The same year, she would sign her first record deal with Universal Music Group East Africa.
Njerae has received great praise from key industry players for her outstanding work as a musician. She was among the Hottest breakout artistes of ’24 by Hot-list Africa. Her chart-topping single “Aki Sioni” recently peaked at 2nd in Apple Music’s Apple Music Top 100 (Kenya). Njerae has continuously enjoyed topping charts, garnering continental award nominations and receiving great ratings notwithstanding being in the Apple Music’s Africa Rising Class of 2025 further propelling her to greatness. Her album ‘Unintentional’ remains in the Apple Music Kenya Top 50 albums, two years after it was released. Her fans rallied behind her, helping her scoop ‘Album of the year award’ for ‘Unintentional’ at the inaugural digital 254 Radio Awards in 2024. Beyond that, she was also named among Top 100 Kenyans for influencing the youth through her music by Kenya Popular Digital Media outlet Kenyans.co.ke.
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