FAVE’s Intentions: A Stripped-Back, Soul-Baring Reflection on Love and Growth

Nigerian pop powerhouse FAVE opens 2025 with Intentions — a stunningly vulnerable track that strips everything back to its emotional core.

There’s no posturing, just honesty, clarity, and a quiet kind of strength.

Intentions might be FAVE’s most intimate song to date. It blends soft Afrobeats textures with R&B sensitivity and a touch of dancehall cool, all without losing its sense of cohesion.

The track is produced by Jonah Little and OTIS, and it’s built around a minimalist acoustic guitar line, wrapped in delicate strings and layered vocal harmonies.

The result is beautifully restrained. In an age of sonic maximalism, FAVE lets the space between the sounds speak just as loudly as the words.

Lyrically, Intentions goes deeper than your average love song. It grapples with ambition, emotional honesty, and the quiet pressure of carrying other people’s expectations.

FAVE explores the heartbreak of knowing you can’t keep someone, no matter how deeply you love them — and the maturity that comes with letting go.

Adding to the moment, FAVE recently performed Intentions live for the renowned aesthetic music platform COLORS.

The minimalist stage, known for spotlighting artists without distractions, provided the perfect setting for her raw delivery and powerful presence.

The performance is now streaming and captures the full emotional weight of the song in real time — stripped back, and direct.

Intentions doesn’t just hint at FAVE’s artistic growth — it confirms it. Her ability to distil complexity into something so sonically graceful shows she’s an artist in full control of her voice and vision.

Intentions is available now on all major streaming platforms.