If Victony could rank all his musical experiments, one that is definitely built to stand out is his evergreen duet with Saint JHN dubbed, Tiny Apartment off his acclaimed album, Stubborn. The song is best enjoyed for its richly melodramatic and soulful composition. It’s ambitious enough to even become a notable template for Afrobeats-American RnB duets.

Let’s get into the lyrics. This is essentially a very tenderly written romantic poem tucked within the exciting percussion of Disco funk. “I was in my tiny apartment/ It was a normal Saturday night/ I ordered Chinese, it was wine night/ But then we started fighting,” Saint JHN’s sharp imagery sets the mood for the song. His story is of love, of one well enjoyed and sadly endured. The paradox of letting go and still yearning bathes Saint JHN’s lyrics with the tenderness of a hopeless romantic.

On the other hand, Victony’s memoirs are punchy, cocky and regretful. “As you say make I park well/ Girl, na my blankie I use hold body o/ I use hold body o/ My beautiful darkness/ Abi na here your devil lodge, eh?/ Na my blankie I use hold body oh, ayy,” he sings. The result is a storyline flowing like separate parts of a cascading waterfall, connecting within the plunge pool of a painful love story. “Tiny Apartment” is personified and is sewn as a metaphor to represent memory, one which both singers carry like an open scar.

The other low-hanging fruit of the duet is its composition. Think the heart-soothing pace of Jazz from the ‘80s, combined with the daydreaming feel of the synth-y ambient piano chords and backing drums and you have a slight understanding of the record’s architecture. The song stretches one’s interest with the chemistry from both artists, as their verses intertwine along the song. It keeps the record vibrant till the outro, ramping up the replay value.