Your thumb no dey rest, and EYAA just made a song about it. On 2 October 2026, the French-Ghanaian trio dropped “LUKU LUKU” — an Afro-electro single that clocks about 3:16, out via Sharma / Take It Easy Records. The hook goes Stukuluku luku luku, and if that sounds like somebody scrolling past three crises before breakfast, that is exactly the point. Accra voice, Bayonne machines, and a mirror held up to your For You page.
📌 Quick Facts
- Song: LUKU LUKU
- Artist: EYAA
- Released: 2 October 2026
- Type: Single
- Genre: Afro-electro / Highlife–Afrobeats groove
- Length: ~3:16
- Label: Sharma / Take It Easy Records
- Line-up: Kyekyeku (vocals), Fred Faure (drums), Kevin Bucquet (bass / synths)
- Smart link: fanbase.to/4gwQU9OR
Who Is EYAA?
EYAA is not a solo brand with a borrowed highlife sample. It is a trio: Accra-born vocalist and guitarist Kyekyeku (now based in Bayonne, south-west France), drummer Fred Faure, and multi-instrumentalist Kevin Bucquet on bass, synths and machines. Kyekyeku’s CV already brushes highlife royalty — work around Pat Thomas and Ebo Taylor — and he previously built the seven-piece Ah! Kwantou. Two of that band’s members became the other two thirds of EYAA. The name itself leans toward a cry of encouragement tied to trance: not a soft life slogan, more like “wake up and move.” In 2026 they have already played France, Accra’s Les Francophonies Festival, and Portugal’s Tom de Festa — so this single no be bedroom experiment that never left SoundCloud.
The Vibe: Scroll, Bounce, Think Twice
“LUKU LUKU” sits where highlife rhythm and Afrobeat muscle meet electronic production — 808s, live drums, bass and synths locked for the dancefloor without turning the lyric into background noise. Kyekyeku sings across Twi, Pidgin and English, so Ghanaian ears catch the joke immediately while the groove still travels. The record is the first of five planned singles ahead of EYAA’s debut EP, and it landed the same night the trio shared a bill with BCUC at Atabal in Biarritz. Cover art keeps it clean: the single staring back at you, no tourist postcard. Play it when your timeline feel like a market without prices — plenty noise, little context.
Why It Matters Now
Ghanaian entertainment blogs love a soft-life flex. Fair. But “LUKU LUKU” is doing something sharper: it treats doomscrolling as a danceable confession. Press coverage (including Afrobeats Head and Rhythm Passport in early October) frames the lyric as the gap between a street scene consumed as viral content and the political history that clip can erase. That is Accra talk for a global habit. When West African sounds keep topping international playlists, it helps when the song itself asks whether we are listening — or just sliding past. EYAA’s Accra–Bayonne pipeline is not cosplay diaspora either; the Twi is in the booth, the machines are in the arrangement, and the release date is stamped on Apple Music and Deezer for 2 October 2026. Chale, if your thumb dey move faster than your mind, this one is talking to you.
🎧 Listen Now
- LUKU LUKU — official smart link (all platforms)
- Apple Music — LUKU LUKU
- Spotify — LUKU LUKU
- Deezer — LUKU LUKU
- TIDAL — LUKU LUKU
- YouTube — LUKU LUKU
- Audiomack — LUKU LUKU
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