It’s the new phenomenon of the moment! Thanks to TikTok, singer Theodora is in the process of having a hit with the supercharged title “Kongolese Sous BBL”. It must be said that the 21-year-old artist, originally from 93, breaks the codes by mixing genres on his songs such as bouyon, from the Antilles, pop, afrobeat, drum’n’bass or rap, while tackling the subjects of his generation. “ My parents were political refugees, we lived in Switzerland, Greece, Congo, Reunion Island, then Bordeaux, Rennes and Saint-Denis. And it really impacted me musically, because my father had the reflex to listen to the Music of each country we were in each time » she explains to Abcdrduson, also a fan of Rihanna than Drake and The Weeknd.
The title explodes into the Top Singles!
Thanks to an infectious beat, Theodora is a hit today with this ode to her generous forms. “ It’s because of my fiak, it keeps my knees too far away / And my big breasts often hurt my neck » she sings on “Kongolese Sous BBL”, which is freaking out the counters and already has 3.2 million streams on Spotify. In rotation on Skyrock, the sound explodes from 113th to 35th place in the Top Singles with 1.3 million plays this week, an increase of 69%!
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Thus, fans discover the 13 tracks of his new album “BAD BOY LOVESTORY”, so much so that Theodora has nearly 600,000 monthly listeners on Spotify. A victory for the artist who, surrounded by her brother, the producer Jeez Suavqui, evolves in total independence! The one who calls herself boss lady was also invited on stage at Shay’s concert at Forest National this weekend. And it’s simple, she is taking the charts by storm in France but also outside our borders. On Apple Music, “Kongolese Sous BBL” is 22nd in Madagascar, 24th in the Republic of Congo, 35th in Belgium or 42nd in Benin, and is starting to creep into Niger, Mali, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Senegal and Swiss. Proof of the phenomenon, the title explodes on Shazam: it is 2nd in France and in the top 10 in Cameroon, Ivory Coast or Senegal. “Kongolese Sous BBL” is even the 54th most searched title in the world!
Buy your tickets for Theodora’s tour!
Accused of cultural appropriation by offering a sound with Bouyon sounds, Theodora wanted to defend herself. “ I made a Bouyon sound because I like Afro-Caribbean music, at no time did I pretend to say that I created something that didn’t exist. I talked about the origins of bouyon in a story, I lived on Reunion Island and I didn’t discover bouyon on TikTok » she explains on X, before adding: “ The problem comes from above: radios, media, platforms to which Caribbean people do not have access. In truth, this inaccessibility also results from racism towards people from overseas and the different Creoles. “. Notice to fans, Theodora has announced her tour, with two concerts already sold out at the Gaîté Lyrique on January 31 and February 2, 2025. She will also visit Lyon, Marseille, Nantes, Geneva and Lille. The ticket office is open!
