13 moods Sauti Sol’s 5th album will set for you

Award-winning group Sauti Sol finally dropped the long-awaited album, Midnight Train yesterday at midnight on Universal Music Africa.

The 13 track album takes you through the journey of life, embracing the trials and tribulations that come with it.

Every song in this album has a mood we can all relate to. When you want to dedicate a song to your lover, they gat you, a song to encourage you, they gat you and even when you want to party, they have something for you.

I will break down for you every song in the album and the vibe each song brings.

The album starts with an Into where Sauti Sol’s short and precise message is to do what makes you happy and do not let anyone’s judgment stop you from living your best life.

1. Midnight Train

This song has lyrics that are a representation of a never-say-die attitude. The song is about their hustle and the effort they have put into their career, burning the midnight oil. Basically a song to encourage you that hard work and patience pays. It is a steady path but the end result is worth every effort.

2. Insecure

This song is one that bagged a lot of love because each and everyone, can relate to the lyrics in the song. Everyone is insecure about something in their lives. The song encourages one to consciously attack their insecurities rather than conceal them. So when you’re feeling low about any of your insecurities, this song will lift your spirits up.

3. Feel My Love

This song is for the lovers. You know that time when you have a fight with your partner, you just feel like you want out but this song reminds you that after passing through that misunderstanding, the love will be reignited. Love wins at the end of it all.

4. Brighter Days

We all have those days when you just feel like giving up after a horrible experience or two. When you need hope and encouragement that it is just for a season and that the best is yet to come, this is the song for you.

5. Nenda Lote

Break up’s and divorce can be hella messy. This song is for those going through that tiff but it is all about leaving in peace with no drama or bad blood. Sauti Sol go through every scenario that goes on in a break up from child custody to negative vibes from your ex partner’s friend. The song says that yes, things may have not worked out but the break up doesn’t have to be messy.

6. Suzanna

Sponsor life in Kenya has became too much and this is a concern for so many including Sauti Sol and this song they just tell the ladies who are under pressure to live the fast lane life that it doesn’t matter what they look like, what they wear and what they have, they are loved back home for who they are. So no need for that pressure.

7. Set Me Free

This is a song is very interesting with hilarious lyrics but what they are trying to tell those joining this life of fame is not to let it get into one’s head. The fame, the money, the women, the drugs all this will be presented but one has to stick to their roots. Also, they want to be set free from all the pressure that comes with being a celebrity.

8. My Everything ft India Arie

If you want to dedicate your first live song to that babe, this one is the best song to play on repeat on that special date night. She will love you after because the lyrics of the song are purely words of affirmation and that is what ladies want to hear from a man.

9. Wakes Up ft Mortimer

This is the song you need after getting the blessings you have been seeking. Basically a song of thanksgiving and living in the moment of the achievements.

10. Sober

We all make mistakes and we all have those days when we hurt people in our lives. This song is what you need when you want to start over and make a menace with those you’ve hurt and also with yourself. A wakeup call to change the ways in your life that stopped you from being the best version of yourself.

11. Rhumba Japani ft Sol Generation, Xena and Okello

12. Disco Matanga ft Sho Madjozi

The last two songs are party songs. How we do it in the 254. When COVID-19 troubles are finally over, this is the song to jam to in the club, in the house parties and concerts the Kenyan way.

I told you, there is every reason to listen to this album. Enjoy.