Rema is 26 and comes from Benin City, Nigeria, and in the years since Calm Down carried his voice around the world he has become one of the names the whole Afrobeats circuit watches. This week he announced that his next project, a seven-track EP called E-Mortal Boy (EMB), arrives on Friday 20 November. If the tracklist circulating online holds, it opens with a pairing many fans will clear their Friday for: Rema and Wizkid on the same record.
That reported pairing, on an opening track titled Feel Alright, has made a short EP announcement the headline moment of the week for many fans. Here is what Rema has confirmed, what is still only reported, and why the collaboration would matter if it lands as listed.
What Rema Has Announced, and What Is Still Reported
The confirmed facts are simple. Rema has announced E-Mortal Boy (EMB) as a seven-track EP, due on 20 November 2026, and it will be released by Mavin Global Holdings and Jonzing World, the partnership behind his releases since his 2019 debut, according to Hot Augusta. It is his first EP since Ravage in 2023, as the Nollywood Reporter notes.
The tracklist is a different matter. Notjustok, DancehallMag and the Nollywood Reporter all describe the song titles and guests as coming from a tracklist circulating online rather than from an official listing. DancehallMag was direct about it: the list that has everyone excited could still shift before release, since last-minute changes to features and running orders are common in the days before an EP drops.
So the honest summary is this: the EP and its date are confirmed, and Wizkid’s place on the opener is reported but not yet official. Fans will know for certain when the project reaches streaming services on Friday.
The Seven Tracks on the Circulating List
According to that tracklist, E-Mortal Boy (EMB) runs in this order: Feel Alright, featuring Wizkid; Oh No; Velvet; Tanzania, featuring the American producer BNYX; TEA; SUGA; and Bang Bang, featuring the British producer London and the singer Kah-Lo, which closes the EP.
Two of those songs are already out. Oh No and TEA were released first as lead singles, so listeners have a sense of the record’s mood before the full project arrives. The Nollywood Reporter describes the EP as anchored by those two singles.
At seven tracks, the EP is lean. DancehallMag points out that the length keeps it firmly in EP territory, and Hot Augusta notes that some fans had hoped for a third studio album instead. Rema has kept calling it an EP.
Why a Rema and Wizkid Track Would Be a First
If Feel Alright arrives as listed, it would be the first joint release between the two artists. Until now, Rema has not put out a track with any member of what fans call the Afrobeats Big 3, Wizkid, Davido and Burna Boy, as Hot Augusta notes.
The generational angle is part of the appeal. Wizkid helped carry Afrobeats onto global stages more than a decade ago, with albums such as Made in Lagos and Morayo, DancehallMag notes, while Rema belongs to the wave that pushed the sound even further, above all with Calm Down, which became a worldwide hit and gained extra reach through its remix with Selena Gomez. A song that puts them side by side, and in the opening slot no less, would mark a meeting of two eras of the sound.
Putting a guest of that stature first is a statement in itself. As DancehallMag puts it, the placement suggests Rema wants listeners to hear the collaboration first, not stumble on it halfway through. It is the same instinct other Nigerian stars have shown with guest-heavy projects, as when Fireboy DML wanted more guests on ZUKO!
The Producers and Guests Behind the Sound
Beyond Wizkid, the reported guest list leans on producers Rema already trusts. London, the British producer, worked with him on Calm Down and Soundgasm, according to Hot Augusta, and is listed as a guest on Bang Bang. BNYX, the American producer who has worked with Yeat, Drake and Travis Scott, is listed on Tanzania. Kah-Lo, the Nigerian-American singer and writer best known for the collaboration Rinse & Repeat, joins London on the closing track.
Rema has thanked London and BNYX for their help in the recording sessions, Hot Augusta reports, and said he stayed out of public view while he worked on several music projects. That hints at more music to come, though Rema has not said what follows the EP.
The title itself remains open to interpretation. DancehallMag notes that E-Mortal Boy reads like a play on the word immortal, and that Rema has not publicly broken down what the name means or what story the seven songs are meant to tell.
From Benin City to Artiste of the Year
The new EP lands at a high point. In January, Rema won Artiste of the Year at the ninth All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) in Lagos, beating Davido, Burna Boy, Tyla, DJ Maphorisa and Egypt’s Amr Diab, according to allAfrica. He also took Best Male Artiste in Western Africa and Best African Artiste in African RnB and Soul on the same night.
His catalogue shows how quickly he has moved. Rema released his self-titled debut EP in 2019 under Mavin Records and Jonzing World, followed by the debut album Rave & Roses in 2022. The Ravage EP arrived in October 2023 with five tracks, including DND and Smooth Criminal, and his second album, HEIS, followed in 2024. E-Mortal Boy (EMB) returns him to the shorter format he has used between albums.
For a city that has watched one of its own become a global name, the release is another marker. Rema’s rise has taken him far beyond Nigeria, but the story of an artist from Benin City trading verses with one of Afrobeats’ founding stars is one the scene back home will be watching closely.
How the Afrobeats Year Set Up the Release
The awards night that crowned Rema also showed where the continent’s music stands. The ninth AFRIMA ceremony was held at the Eko Convention Centre in Lagos on Sunday 11 January 2026, organised with the African Union, with Lagos State serving as the host city, allAfrica reported. A week of events led up to it, including a music business summit and an AFRIMA Music Village at Ikeja City Mall that drew more than 20,000 people.
Collaboration ran through the results. Shallipopi’s Laho won Song of the Year, and its remix with Burna Boy took Best African Collaboration, while Burna Boy’s album No Sign of Weakness was named Album of the Year. Tanzania’s Juma Jux won Best Male Artiste in Eastern Africa, and South Africa’s Ciza walked away with Breakout Artiste of the Year. The spread of winners, from Nigeria to Tanzania to South Africa, is a reminder of how wide the circuit has become.
That context helps explain why a Rema and Wizkid song would land with such weight. Big pairings have become some of the most celebrated records on the continent, and a first collaboration between the AFRIMA Artiste of the Year and one of the artists who opened global doors for Afrobeats could become one of the season’s defining records. Whether it does depends on the song, and on the tracklist holding until Friday.
What to Listen For on 20 November
When the EP arrives on Friday, the first question will be whether Feel Alright is the Rema and Wizkid song fans have been promised by the leaked list, and how the two split the space on it. Nobody outside the studio knows yet what the track sounds like, as DancehallMag notes, so the first listen will be the real test. Fans online are already treating the Wizkid song as the headline moment of the EP, the magazine adds, which raises the stakes for how it sounds.
The second is how the EP holds together around its singles. Oh No and TEA set the tone, and the guests on Tanzania and Bang Bang hint at a record that moves between Lagos and international production. Pre-saves are open now on streaming services, and the full seven tracks arrive on release day.
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