SAM AKPRO x TYSON SHARE VIDEO FOR NEW COLLAB SINGLE “WAYSIDE”
Today, Peckham-born alchemist Sam Akpro shares a brand-new single/video for 'Wayside', featuring a guest turn from London soul trailblazer TYSON, available now on ANTI-. The single marks Akpro's first new music since his acclaimed 2025 debut album ‘Evenfall’, a stunning document of his singular, prodigious talent.
A dub-laced slowburner, “Wayside” marks some of the richest production work yet from Akpro and his close collaborator Finn Billingham, finding a nocturnal hinterland between trip-hop and neo-soul. It fuses off-kilter beats, washes of woozy bass and flashes of brass to Akpro and TYSON's alternating vocals.
Watch the video for 'Wayside' ft. TYSON here: https://youtu.be/noV8HNz4jZI?si=Nb2rpoYjJfHDqAD0
"'Wayside' is about moving from one change to another & the feeling of isolation that brings," explains Akpro on the song's genesis, which aptly enough came to life shortly after the completion of ‘Evenfall’. Opting to carve out a new direction with the track, he linked up with TYSON at Billingham's studio in Camberwell only for the session to be cut short by a fire in a neighbouring building. Continuing the process remotely, TYSON went on to finish the vocals from a studio in New York. The results speak for themselves.
TYSON, meanwhile, adds: "When Sam asked me to be on this track I was struck by how much the lyrics resonated with me, like they could almost be thoughts in my own head. So I felt like I could comfortably climb into the track. I suppose it’s about being frustrated with yourself and life, going round and round in what feels like the same place forever, but there’s something hypnotic, meditative and soothing about it. I hope my vocals lend to that."