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Sam Akpro returns with new song, "Dusty"

30 June 2026, 14:00 | Written by Kayla Sandiford

Sam Akpro has released "Dusty", his first solo single since releasing his 2025 debut album, Evenfall.

"Dusty" follows Akpro's collaboration with TYSON on "Wayside", released back in March. The track sees Akpro combine synths with dub-inspired grooves, and arrives alongside a video directed by Dylan Coates. Speaking about how the single came to be, Akpro says: “I wrote the instrumental a couple months back during a creative block. It took me a while to find the melody and lyrics but once it clicked, I finished the track in a few hours. It’s a reflection on where I was over a year ago before I stopped drinking.”

Discussing the video concept, he adds: “The video shows how it felt to be so stuck in a loop of addiction and how the morning after feels,” Akpro offers. “Your emotions fluctuate throughout the day and that starts to latch on to those around you - you can get jaded and arguments over trivial things become the main focus. You start letting yourself and others down.”

"Dusty" is out now on ANTI-

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