# DEELA Thrills With Double Single ‘Dey Play! / Gbona’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/deela-thrills-with-double-single-dey-play-gbona/
- Published: 2026-07-22T12:06:52+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-22T13:22:07+00:00
- Original publisher: Clash
- Original article: https://www.clashmusic.com/news/deela-thrills-with-double-single-dey-play-gbona/
- Topics: Africa, Art, Business, Culture, Entertainment, Markets, Music, UK, World

## Key points

- DEELA releases double single 'Dey Play! / Gbona'.
- Follows collaborations with Amaarae, Little Simz and Vanco.
- Tracks blend trance influences with introspective pidgin-English lyrics.

## Summary

Nigerian-British artist DEELA has released a double single, 'Dey Play! / Gbona', marking a new phase after a busy run that has seen her support Amaarae's London and Paris shows and feature on Little Simz's EP 'SUGAR GIRL'. The release follows her 2025 EP 'WICKED' and a collaboration with South African DJ and producer Vanco, and it underlines her growing profile within the alt-leaning diaspora music scene.

The two tracks showcase contrasting sides of DEELA's sound: 'Dey Play!' is a precise, trance-influenced response to critics, while 'Gbona' — Yoruba for "hot" or "heat" — is a more introspective, pidgin-and-English track that signals her ambition to build a lasting career rather than a short-lived moment of attention.

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