Jorja Smith – Alive (ft. Wizkid)

Jorja Smith Taps Wizkid for New Afrobeats Single “Alive”

Jorja Smith has released a new single titled Alive, and she is not on it alone. The British singer has recruited Nigerian superstar Wizkid for the record, placing one of the UK’s most respected vocalists alongside one of the biggest names Afrobeats has ever produced.

The collaboration makes sense on paper before you even press play. Smith built her reputation on soul and R&B, but she has never been shy about crossing lanes, and the UK’s connection to Afrobeats has only grown stronger in recent years. Wizkid, for his part, has a long history of working with British artists, and those link-ups have produced some of the most memorable crossover moments in the genre’s global rise.

Two Scenes That Keep Finding Each Other

The London-to-Lagos pipeline has been one of the defining stories in music over the past decade, and “Alive” adds another entry to that exchange. Smith brings the credibility of an artist who has been co-signed across genres, while Wizkid brings the weight of a career that helped push Afrobeats onto festival main stages and global charts. For fans who follow both scenes, this is exactly the kind of pairing they have been asking to hear.

For Smith, stepping fully into an Afrobeats single signals a willingness to keep expanding her range rather than settling into one lane. For Wizkid, every feature is an event, and his presence alone guarantees the record a serious first-week audience across Nigeria, the UK, and the diaspora.

“Alive” arrives with clear playlist ambitions. It is built for Afrobeats and cross-genre playlists, weekend gatherings, and the kind of rotation where UK R&B listeners and Afrobeats heads overlap. Anyone tracking either artist’s output this year will want to hear how their two worlds meet on a single track.

No album or project has been attached to the release so far, so for now “Alive” stands on its own as a standalone single. Whether it points toward a larger body of work from Smith or simply a one-off moment between two heavyweights, it earns a spot on any current Afrobeats rotation.

Listen below:

Jorja Smith – Alive: Song Details

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