Rema on making music, Afrobeats and being inspired by the film Oppenheimer – British GQ

Fans have Christopher Nolan to thank for much of Rema’s new music. “I took a lot of inspo from Oppenheimer,” Rema says, wincing, his hair at the mercy of two stylists in an east London studio. “For years, I’ve been looking from the point of view of the bomb maker and not from the bomb itself. Now I’m tapping into the fire, the madness, the rage. And I know that since I came into the industry, I’ve sparked something, right?”

To say Rema has sparked something would be an understatement. “Calm Down”, his hit with Selena…