Artist: Asake
Song: Lonely At The Top
Album: Work of Art
Genre: Afrobeats
Language: English and Yoruba
Released: June 16, 2023
Producer: Blaisebeatz
Duration: 2:37
Label: YBNL Nation
Few Nigerian songs have owned a year the way this one owned 2023. It was the most searched song in Nigeria that year and sat at number one on the TurnTable Top 100 for weeks.
Every month, money comes in.
And somehow, it all goes out. Sound familiar?
What if a little stayed back for you?
Autosave
PiggyVest saves it for you, automatically.
Daily, weekly or monthly. You choose, and it just happens.
Safelock
Lock it away. Even from yourself.
Keep your hands off money you've set aside, and get your interest paid upfront.
Small money adds up fast.
If you put aside ₦500 a day
In one year, you'd have set aside
Before any interest. Slide to try your own amount.
It also made history on Audiomack. In November 2023 it became the first song on the platform to pass 100 million streams, a record that showed how deep his fan base runs.
The song came from Work of Art, his second album on YBNL, the label run by Olamide, who also shares the writing credit. A remix with H.E.R. followed later that year.
Watch the official video below, then stream or download the original from the Audiomack player at the end.
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Start reading now →Why success feels lonely for Asake
The title says it plainly. The song deals with the loneliness, emptiness and lack of trust that can come with making it big. The Guardian Nigeria read it as a story of ambition and resilience in his chase for success.
Blaisebeatz built the beat with a backing choir and reflective instruments, and Zikoko called the result solemn but groovy. Rolling Stone even listed it among the best Afropop songs of 2023, calling it a refreshing detour from his usual amapiano sound.
