Song of The Day: ELO "OSAKA" (Feat. ZICO)

by Nefertiti Jenkins

The mid-tempo R&B beat drops first, before AOMG's ELO, pierces your heart with his new "GRADATION Vol. 4" single "Osaka." In the official music video released on May 29, along with the single, the soulful tenor sings "Osaka, oh yeah... the place you and I dreamed of," as he takes us to that city in Japan, with cameras, snapping shots (including pictures of the Ferris Wheel seen on the "Gradation" album cover).

Powerfully crooning throughout the video, ELO goes falsetto a third of the way in, making listeners swoon and later Zico, from Block B, comes in, with a smooth rap assist. The track "Osaka," off "GRADATION Vol. 4," can easily be anyone's 'Song of The Day,' any day of the week. You can find it on Apple Music/iTunes. And you can watch a live version of ELO singing the song (along with Zico) on Dingo FreeStyle's DF LIVE.

"GRADATION Vol. 4" is the latest in a series of releases for Elo's new album. Volume 1 (with "Melt" (feat. Colde) and "Oh I" (feat. PENOMECO)) dropped on May 11.

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