Tiwa Savage just pulled up with the one we’ve been waiting on. After years of mutual props and near-collabs, she and Skepta finally lock in on “On A Low”—a smooth, slow burner that fuses Afrobeats flavor with UK grime finesse. It dropped July 29 after premiering on BBC Radio 1, and it’s a clean preview of what her upcoming album This One Is Personal might be about: grown feelings, slick delivery, and real talk.
Produced by Rymez (credits with Wiley, Stefflon Don, Wretch 32), the track drips with low-key swagger. Skepta doesn’t overstep—he slides in with a low-register verse that balances Tiwa’s glow. The beat leans into that rich, percussive R&B zone, but never loses the bounce. This one isn’t a club banger—it’s a whisper in the backseat, a late-night confession with the windows down.
“It’s about trading the private for being able to tell your friends and loved ones about those flowers, that date night, that movie,” Tiwa Savage said, and you feel that tension in every line. There’s vulnerability in the writing, but it’s dressed in designer confidence—exactly Tiwa’s lane.
The drop comes hot on the heels of “You4Me,” which already pulled in 12 million streams, and after a festival-closing set at Little Simz’s Meltdown that showed exactly why they call her the Queen of Afrobeats. Tiwa’s been building for years—from Beyoncé songwriting credits to Billboard covers, Grammy nods, and performing for literal royalty (King Charles, no less).
Now, with This One Is Personal landing August 29, the rollout feels like more than an album. It’s Tiwa Savage stepping into full ownership of her legacy, on her own frequency. And “On A Low” is the kind of grown, real-world storytelling that hits different.
