Ego Ella May stars in Visualizer video for new single “Potluck Baby”

5 Jun

Ego Ella May - Potluck Baby

Award-winning British-Nigerian singer-songwriter and musician Ego Ella May, shares the visuals for "Potluck Baby", directed by Jelani Pomell, taken from her sophomore album “Good Intentions”, which charted at #2 on the Official UK Hip Hop and R&B Charts. Watch it here.

A NOTE FROM EGO

"I wrote this song reflecting on questions about heritage, identity and what it means to belong. It’s about growing up in London whilst feeling the presence of another home, history and language in the background, and the feeling of trying to piece together where you fit within it all. My mum is speaking Igbo at the start of the visualiser and it feels very special to have that weaved into the track".

“Good Intentions” was produced by Ego herself, along with Alfa Mist, Beat Butcha, LVTHER, Melo Zed, TAVEand more. Lead singles “What We Do”, co-produced with Wu-Lu, broken-beat groove “What You Waiting For”, “We’re Not Free”, with echoes of Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On” and “Don’t Take My Lover Away”, are a glimpse into the album’s thematic richness, examining community, liberation, vulnerability, and the complicated beauty of everyday human experience. Guided by introspection and candid conversations with her inner circle, the album is equally shaped by the authors she loves: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Patti Smith, Chinua Achebe, Ayobami Adebayo, and Joan Didion.

Drawing from an expansive palette of R&B and neo-soul, with a deep respect for jazz — the latter she calls “the root of it all” — South-East Londoner Ego Ella May released her seminal debut EP “Breathing Underwater” via SoundCloud in 2014. Her debut album “Honey For Wounds” earned her Best Jazz Act at the 2020 MOBO Awards and Best Vocalist at the 2021 Jazz FM Awards, with her music published by media mogul Issa Rae’s Raedio and featured across major film and television including Insecure, Sex Education, Dear White People, Queen Sugar, The Jackal, and And Just Like That. Across collaborations with Ari Lennox, Theo Croker, and Kojey Radical, Ego’s debut was followed by her celebrated “FIELDNOTES” EP trilogy. In 2024, Ego Ella May made her Canadian live debut, playing the main stage of the Montreal Jazz Festival, and sold out her debut headline show at the legendary Ronnie Scott's in London.