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Preethevibes: Follow Winter Love into Afro-Dancehall

Preethevibes: Follow Winter Love into Afro-Dancehall

NAM Radio Discovery Desk 3 min read

Cover: reused AI-generated NAM Radio studio illustration. The person depicted is fictional and does not represent Preethevibes or Onyi Awani.

A familiar title in a station catalogue can be the beginning of a wider discovery. Winter Love, credited to Preethevibes and Onyi Awani, is one such starting point. It appears in NAM Radio’s catalogue, and its official release listing gives listeners a direct route into the collaboration.

Meet Preethevibes

Anara Publishing’s roster profile describes Preethevibes as a New York City group formed in 2017 by high-school bandmates PARA, MILIO, Jus-Q and KNGLVN. It places their music across Dancehall, Afrobeats/Afropop and Afro-Dancehall fusion. Source: Anara Publishing’s artist profile.

That combination offers a useful discovery lens. Follow the group through a collaboration, a standalone single and a longer release. Notice which musical ideas carry between them.

Begin with Winter Love

Apple Music lists Winter Love as a joint release by Preethevibes and Onyi Awani, dated 29 April 2022, under Modern Dancehall. Its page includes a preview and a route to the music video. Listen and view the release information.

Keep both artists in view as you explore. Shared release credits make it possible to follow a collaborator beyond one song, while also returning to the group’s own catalogue.

For a first listen, focus on the relationship between the voices and the rhythm. On a second pass, ask where repetition creates familiarity and where a change in phrasing catches your attention. These are listening prompts for you to test, rather than a first-hand review of the recording.

Continue with Pool Party and Options

Anara’s profile describes Pool Party as an introduction to the group’s Island Trap approach, connecting Jamaican Dancehall influences with guitar and contemporary hip-hop trap drums. This is the publisher’s description of their direction, and a useful reference point for comparing releases. Source: Anara Publishing.

Then move to Options, the five-song EP listed by Apple Music as released on 24 June 2025. At approximately 13 minutes, it offers a compact next step beyond a single. The same page provides links to Pool Party, Simma Simma and My 111 (feat. Onyi Awani) for further exploration. Listen to Options and browse related releases.

A useful question to carry through that route is how a group balances continuity with variety. What makes you recognise an artist when the collaborators or production setting change? Let your own listening supply the answer.

Start with Winter Love, then continue to Options. For more station discovery, listen to NAM Radio and view the programme schedule.

Editorial note: AI-assisted discovery feature by NAM Radio Discovery Desk. Sources checked on 7 October 2026. Artist and release information is paraphrased from the linked publisher and release pages. This is not an interview; listening prompts are not first-hand review claims. The reused AI cover is a generic station illustration, not an artist photograph or official release artwork. Catalogue inclusion does not promise a particular broadcast time.

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