"The name Etran de L’Aïr translates to “the Stars of the Aïr,” the mountainous region of Northern Niger."


"The name Etran de L’Aïr translates to “the Stars of the Aïr,” the mountainous region of Northern Niger."

CKay's 2019 release titled, 'Love Nwantiti (Ah Ah Ahh)' was the first African song in history to surpass 1 billion streams on Spotify and the track garnered a billion combined views in a single day on TikTok...
When making my channel my main goal was and still is to make music fun. And I like to think I’m working towards that with every video...

It's almost like a radio you turn on. Maybe in 2015, it sounded very different, and I'm sure in 2025, it will sound very different as well...

I wanted it to feel like how the internet feels to navigate, so the variety of sounds is very reflective of that...

El Perro del Mar is merely an extension of me that enables me to do and say the things which I find hard to express in daily life. I’ve been using the name since 2004 when I came across a stray dog on a Spanish beach...

Each song in the album chronicles a different part of my life during that time, and ultimately captured the beginning and end of my first queer relationship - which inspired many lyrics in this album...

I’ve always wanted to make my own music purposeful in luring the listener either further into themselves or conversely, further beyond themselves...