Mr Eazi Shares Intimate ‘Maison Rouge’ EP
GRAMMY and Latin GRAMMY Award-winning musician and creative innovator MR EAZI is back today with Maison Rouge, a seven-song return to the Banku Music sound he pioneered on modern-day afropop classics “Skin Tight,” “Bankulize” and “Leg Over.”
n intimate and inward-looking set consisting exclusively of solo tracks, Maison Rouge takes its name from a guest house in Cotonou, Benin where Mr Eazi lived and recorded while making the EP. Produced by an all-star cast of afrobeats hitmakers including P.Priime (Wizkid, Rema, Tyla), E.Kelly (Major Lazer, Joeboy) and Kel-P (Burna Boy), the project conjures the intimate and soulful glow of Eazi’s Banku classics while dialling it forward with inventive contemporary soundscapes and resonant story-first songwriting. Across warm grooves, palm-wine motifs, intimate vocal textures, and rich melodies, Mr Eazi reconnects with early listeners and welcomes a new generation into his Banku Music universe.
Leading up to the EP’s release, Mr Eazi has shared the music video for “Violence,” produced by P.Priime and E.Kelly
The EP’s third single, “Violence” unfurls on a mellow afrobeats groove, delivering something romantic and quintessentially Eazi. The black-and-white video, shot in Iceland by Ademola Falomo, the Nigerian-born, Spain-based director behind each of the Maison Rouge project’s videos, further extends the understated visual theme—a look that’s more arthouse cinema than standard afrobeats.
Elsewhere, the Selebobo-produced “Busstop” channels upbeat Ghanaian hiplife into a kinetic afrofusion earworm built for radio, street parties, dancefloors, and big playlists alike. Lead singles “Casanova,” a cheeky and candid ode to choosing commitment produced by TXMO (Adekunle Gold, Oxlade) and Kel-P; the playful, stripped-back and tender offering “Corny”; and “Love Me Now,” a track that describes Eazi’s relationship with his late mother, deepen the tapestry of the project, and reveal their own layers in Mr Eazi’s intimate Maison Rouge story.
“The energy of the project is very chilled and laid back,” Mr Eazi says. “Very signature in sound, It is very distinct and different from other music out right now. It is not made for the clubs, it is made for listening in your car, in the house, while you’re getting ready, when you’re lounging. It’s beautiful music.”
With over two billion streams to his credit, over fifteen million social media followers, and critical acclaim from the likes of The New York Times, The Guardian, and Rolling Stone, Mr Eazi frames this new Maison Rouge EP as a full-circle reset for the global star—it is his seminal Banku Music with renewed intention. The lush EP’s sonic palette blends nostalgic Banku Music instrumentation with modern detail, from its pocketed percussions, and lilting guitar motifs, to its spacious arrangements that leave ample room for feeling. It is intimate, romantic, and resolutely authentic, in the way that only Mr Eazi knows how to do.
For Mr Eazi, Maison Rouge is more than this collection of seven songs, it is a place, a house of memory and melody where the afropop trailblazer is reconnecting with why he started, and inviting listeners to step in, slow down, and stay awhile.