Omah Lay: Tiny Desk Concert
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- Опубліковано 27 лют 2023
- This year's Black History Month celebration at the Tiny Desk features a carefully crafted lineup spanning many genres, generations and walks of life. Each artist represents the best in their class and will be performing at the Tiny Desk for the first time.
Bobby Carter | February 28, 2023
Omah Lay brought a calm demeanor and a bright smile to his time at NPR headquarters. By the third song of his Tiny Desk concert, “soso,” I realized that the Nigerian star was exercising lots of emotions through this set. The first two titles, “Bad Influence” and “i’m a mess,” are self-explanatory, yet the message of “soso” - that he’s yearning for something to take his pain away - could get lost in the song’s upbeat rhythms. At any rate, Omah Lay’s performance showcases a songwriter grappling with all the feels, unafraid to share them with the world.
Omah Lay rose to prominence during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic with his debut EP, Get Layd. In a short time, he’s joined the slew of African artists who’ve dominated dance floors and infiltrated America with Afro-fusion music. The feat is extraordinary and bittersweet, given that when he first broke through, the music industry was in a frenzy and the clubs closed. But songs like “Lo Lo” and “Free My Mind” resonated despite not booming in the big speakers, and he kept working until it was safe to come back out - and landed even more hits. He made the trip from Nigeria exclusively for the Tiny Desk and brought his band, The Raw Soundz, from Ghana, plus percussionist Boogie and singers Monet Shelton and Domo Abrams. Together, they flipped selections from Omah’s catalog, including a new version of his hit “understand” with a twist.
SET LIST
“Bad Influence”
“i’m a mess”
“soso”
“never forget”
Medley: “Infinity,” “bend you,” “understand”
MUSICIANS
Omah Lay: vocals
Ernest "Subroza" Osei-Bonsu: guitar
Donald Crentsil: keys
Kwabena Kyeremeh Adade: drums
Leroy "Boogie" Greer: percussion
Steve Millar: bass
Domo Abrams: vocals
Monet Shelton vocals
TINY DESK TEAM
Producer: Bobby Carter
Audio Engineer: Neil Tevault
Director/Editor: Kara Frame
Creative Director: Bob Boilen
Videographers: Kara Frame, Joshua Bryant, Maia Stern, Sofia Seidel
Audio Mix: Josh Rogosin
Audio Assistant: Josephine Nyouani
Production Assistants: Jill Britton, Ashley Pointer
Tiny Desk Team: Suraya Mohamed, Marissa Lorusso, Hazel Cills, Pilar Galvan
VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins
Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann
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Coool ❤ omahlay
Nice one
Nice 👍, enjoying it from Nairobi, kenya.
Kindly You need bring souti soul from Kenya here 🔥🔥
Not really! Omah Lay is enough!
Them two ladies in the background is gorgeous omahlay bro
He’s naturally very shy so seeing him like this is really commendable
An artist that can't perform live in a small room to live instrumentals and no effects ain't no artist at all. He's a charlatan
Extremely talented though. It’s extremely inspiring.
This comment did not age well
@@josh0833extremely? Idk bout that he can barley sing well
@@EYEAM1NDY world tour = talent? Ok great so lil Pump, sexxy Redd and Ice spice are talented to then with that logic. Never said he don’t make good music and doesn’t deserve whatever he has. Just that this performance was the moment I realized he can’t actually sing very well and is not that talented. Nothing wrong with that
You guys need to bring SAUTI SOL out here. Hands down the best live performers in AFRICA
Flavour nabania, Dbanj, Tubaba, Burna boy are all great on stage too.
sure albert umengea broo
@@agnesmomodu5790 don't forget CAVEMEN 📢📢
Sauti sol
They only bring Nigerians it seems, 3yrs and counting since we started to request for Sauti Sol
Tracks:
0:00 Bad Influence
2:35 Band intro
3:30 I’m a mess
7:14 Soso
9:50 Never forget
13:47 infinity
14:42 Bend you
15:17 Understand
J’ai mis du temps à comprendre 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂MERCI !
@@ursulan4552ถ้าคุณใช้จิตวิญญาณในการฟังเพลง คุณจะเข้าใจได้ทันที.
Legend
Legend
I love Omah Lay to death and can sing most of his songs word for word but I feel like he needs a vocal coach for performances like this especially and on stage too. ❤ and light
Most Nigerian musicians are like that. Burna Boy is exceptional live! Most of them depend on lip synching when performing live shows
He needs coach Burna
@@gbubemia really ? I’m disappointed..
This is Afrobeats and not R&B. Vocal coach is not required for this genre
@@gbubemia will you shut up. Go and listen to another music genre and leave afrobeat alone since you are perfect, nonsense !!
Wow Nigerians stay winning. NPR is a major platform. Love from Ghana
@@laurawilliams4087 cry blood
You can actually feel and hear the emotion in his voice
Ahh swr
he out of tune....
This man is a raw and REAL talent. Where he comes from there’s no vocal coaches and vocal lessons. He saw his talent and worked hard to get out there and make a name for himself with what he has, what God just naturally gave him and clearly it has done well for him. Sometimes it’s the rawness and the emotion and that makes a song feel real. Not everyone needs to sound perfect for it to be enjoyable 🙏
i couldn't agree more!!!! the guy clearly enjoys what he does n we love him for that❤️❤️
so refreshing to see this comment yes girl 🩵 cause there’s a few mfs not understanding that in this comment section smh
YES
There are no vocals coaches in Nigeria?? Are you for real??
TBH, it sounds like he has the case of the nervousness in his voice. My bro, Omah Lay is an amazing talent. I'm still with him ✊🏽🇳🇬
You think is easy to easy to with some strangers in a studio
Bro Is amazing
Exactly he was just shy , nervous
He is not nervous anything. This is he's real voice. You see them very well when no studio mix
@@chrisoghenetegamaloney5799what are you saying. If you're a good musician it shouldn't matter who's singing with you. If they add studio mix now you won't know he was shy
I was expecting a little bit more from him, but I love NPR for broadening their horizon with artists from different musical and cultural backgrounds. We appreciate the inclusion!
His musics are the sources of our expactance to see more, than this. I also expected a little bit more from him.
A little bit more of what ? Him no try reach ?😂😂 nawa
I agree
I like him performance here
Mics and settings, not the best mic for a super star 😂😂😂
I dont see anything wrong with this performance!! He sounds raw and great❤❤❤
Sure and that’s what I respect 🫡 about the performance
1:22 that line was CLEAN
same here ,chilling straight fire
Garbage Garbage performance
I'm not an expert but he seems to have good vocal potential, but he's not hitting those notes correctly and harmonically, i think a good vocal coach will take him there. He's still talented
Sometimes it doesn't have to sound perfect. Just real, free, personal. Like on kids' playground during break.
Thanks NPR for nicely Lay-ing this..
Underrated comment.
Even if Omah lay was just breathing, it’s everything for me
Thanks!
If nigeria feels this performance is not good let them give us this guy in SA😅😅🔥🔥🔥🔥😍😍💖💓
100% organic performance by one of the Best out of many from Naija, Africa. I adore you Omah Lay keep repping us,the world is yours to Take Over!
I felt like crying when he was performing "soso"😢😢❤❤
...
Me too it was terrible
all of us...
🫠
@@Allthingswealth you say what,,,🖕🖕
This is the prime example of a talented artist who is finding his live voice! Check him out in a little bit he will improve and all those comments wont matter! These songs are very well put together Omah i see your big heart and the talented individual that you are! Thank you for this perfomance!
And this comment is a prime example of hyping subpar talent just because it's someone from the same country/city/continent as you..
@@famousmwofficial8046 🤣🤣
@@famousmwofficial8046🤣🤣🤣
He's quite good in live performance. I've watched a lot of his performances
I was enjoying this so much, why did I read the comments lol. I don’t know this artist and I think this is great
I’m going to need the Nigerians or whoever here to calm down with the complaints
It’s a great concert. People just have made their judgment already from social media
The pb is this is not very similar to what the actual song sounds like. His voice breaks, sometimes he's off. But yeah the performance is okay. But not to the level we're we have him as fans. I was very disappointed when I went to his concert. So I kinda expected this when I heard about the live song
SET LIST
- Bad influence - 0:00
- I’m a Mess - 3:30
- Soso - 7:13
- Never forget - 9:51
- Medley: "Infinity," "bend you," "understand" - 13:46
nice...so he didnt do his biggest hit "Woman" I see
@@cd.cd.cd.cd-cd Woman is not his biggest hit. He have many better hit than woman
@@firstclasssergeant1936 I dont know if its technically his biggest hit but it seems to be the one that has become most mainstream/has most streams and views
Thankyou
@@cd.cd.cd.cd-cd looks like so is the biggest of his hits worldwide.
Big up to his producers and mixers. They are doing wonders because wow
Autotune simple
@@Altcoindaily2 his voice on his songs doesn’t even sound like it’s heavily auto tuned.
Sounds trash bro
Abomination. They really carried this TDC
It’s bursting my head💀
Even if this performance was for 1 hour I'll still steam it Omah Lay is simply my Best All Time Artist in the World.. I can't get enough of "PURPLE SONG" from his debut album.. I Love You Omah Lay.. Keep winning
I just got reminded of how obsessed I was with’Bad Influence’ 😭😭😭💜💜
I love his voice, a deep voice, raw but melancholy, I love it! it's his signature, part of his identity, he doesn't necessarily need to have voice lessons, if you expected him to sing like Withney Houston it would be to want to transform him into something that he is not necessarily. It is because he has this voice that we took the two ladies behind with high-pitched voices to balance . Continue like this to give us Omah lay from you.
Very authentic 100% loved it , it made me cry
Y'all be saying Omah didn't perform well, y'all wanted him to be jumping?? He did perfectly well 💜!!!
nah he just hit some flat vocals, still hard tho
Omah Lay !!!
Don’t listen to any bad comments
That was raw and I loved it!
seeing your true you made me love you more ♥️
I've been listening to all omah lay songs on repeat non stop for the last 2 months. This is such a treat. My African brethren bringing soul music back to life. I am so thankful for this vibe.
Yessir 🤞🏾
African music has been therapy for Africans for many years. The world is just seeing it because of social media. Afrobeat and amapiano have been African therapy for over 1000 years. Technology and social media is showing and transporting African music to the world now. Enjoy it.
SAME!
Hes my number 1 now toppling Burna
He sounded fantastic. You have no idea what you are talking about.
Big ups to the band and singers!!! 🙌🏽
Love love love love love this band, this artist, masterpiece ❤
Love you, omah!!! I love his band and singers. They are all amazing
I love this ❤️ so beautiful 🥰...the power of music 🎵🎶
I appreciate you omah lay ..your songs are relatable and comfort me in my dark and light times🧿🧿🙏❤️
❤ you can really hear Omah Lay has been through a lot. His voice is reflecting so much sadness ibut its beautiful.
Guy is so unique. His sound is very authentic 👌. And he is a lyricist on 🔥
Omah Lay’s music’s so refreshing!! This tiny concert’s a true gem 💎
I feel Nigerian artists need to start working more on their artist development especially as they get more famous globally
Amen! They need to lay off from the autotune!
@@dee24874Every artist has autotune on their record. Nigerian artist use it in excess tho.
Love this performance !
Just natural ❤️💛💚 (me love it)
Thank You for di message
May you all stay bless
❤ I Love Omah Lay
I love this artist so much, cuteness overloaded 😊
How much I love this
I absolutely love you guys! God bless ya all❤
I love you Omah Lay. Forever my fave 💜💜💜💜💜💜
I love every bit of this performance
This is so awesome. Can watch back to back.
I love the Drummer 🥰🥰💖💖🤗✨He's such a Vibe!😂🥰🤍🤗✨
Never heard of this man but im a fan now
You under a rock 🪨
Thank you for introducing to Omah Lay, and his Afro-fusion music 🙂💛
This performance 👏 🙌 👌
Love this! I really enjoy hearing his real voice. Beautiful
Love his artwork. I can really related with his songs ❤🌹
I love his music ♥️
Everything spectacular
Omah lay ❤ don’t change for anyone nor anything. Your good.
Got chills like this was my first time listening to him, this was great to wake up to and hear, ❤.
This is so inspiring to watch! PH to the world!!!!
He’s so calming. Best sounds to hear b4 bed. Love this performance ❤
I just found out about this precious gem a month ago and here comes npr with this gift!!! I’m so happyyyyyy🎉
Glad to find a fresh upload just 2 minutes uploaded.😊
Never Forget still remains my favorite Omah Song ever. There is something it does to me I can’t just explain. 😢
On God, that song is so beautiful. One the most beautiful song I've heard
I love never forget too❤️
I love this man and I love this performance!
Mannnnn🥺🥺🥺🥺
Ahhh. He started with my fav sing if his
I love you omah lay you are the best I usually in my prayers because what you sing is so touching and loving, I love you in every song you sing you always involve your maker....God is in your side indeed, nothing or anyone can restrain his hand over you and your band
He's truly become one of my favorite artist lately .. Loved the vibe
Thank u For the elevation Vibes u all give!!!
So sweet 🎉❤❤❤
I like the drummers face while he’s playing
I listen to "Soso" daily. ❤️ from 🇨🇦 🇬🇭
Luv
Love from France and Algeria. ❤❤
Love the way Omah is singing, the women behind sublimate his performance
I rewatched this video and I say it is a great performance what else we want
Hello from Japan🇯🇵
Thank you for amazing music!!!
All my favorite Omah lay music in one video..
That was beautiful ❤
J'adore. Omah Lay à fait le truc.🔥. Ce live est une pure merveille
Lovely 🎶🖤👊
This is so lovely
Love his voice, his songs and lyrics ❤️he’s definitely refreshingly unique ❤️
Ugh, NPR never disappoints. Thank you for the continued excellence.
Beautiful music beautiful people - bless up NPR for hosting this platform for such great artists 🌎🚀
Just the beginning 😢 it's so available!!! 😍❤️
Love Omah Lay.❤❤❤❤
Beautiful Performance
@omah lay if your reading this I want u to understand that u have people who get that you are a human first. We Love your music and energy. Keep perfecting the craft. You’re fully supported 💕
So so good to hear accoustic omah lay !!!!!
Fantastic Omah Lay Amazing - ANd The Band are also Adorable - I Love the Song Of Guitar
Please Keep Singing for me to live Long Omah lay💜💜
The beats sent goosebumps all over me and his voice is different and amazing,a great performance! On repeat.
I loved this❤❤
Thank you to give us something real !!!!!!🥰
I love this guy, nothing but hits! 🔥🔥🔥 You can feel and hear the emotion in his voice 🥹
Dope! Been waiting on this one.
Soso❤️
so sweeeetttt love him!!!!!!
The full Ghanaian instrumentalist section got me happy use who sabi do am❤️❤️❤️❤️
Big up the guitar guys. They were going hard. The back up singers were really on point with the vocals ❤️
I love these live sets 🥰🥰🔥
Everything on point love it
Omah lay sounds waaay different, i am surprised, the back up singers really helped him on this one
The messed it up the backup singers
This is not a music studio.
@@the_soughtout but we should feel that in the performance
If I am singing a sad song, my vocals should be able to convey the sad emotion
He was a bit stressed it happens.. but what a performance from the back up singers!!!
King 👑
WOW.