Fave is Not Afraid to Talk About Unpleasant Love Stories – OkayAfrica

A woman with large hair rollers sits on a laundromat washing machine, wearing a black crop top, green skirt, and long nails—a scene straight out of OkayAfrica's Fave playlist of stylish yet unpleasant love stories. A yellow laundry basket is in the background.

It’s a few weeks before the release of her second EP, Dutty Love, and Fave is getting her nails done.

Over the phone, the 24-year-old sounds relaxed, like she hasn’t just made a quick exit from the nail salon to take this call. It’s a fascinating place to be for the Afropop artist who has been charting her own lane—and she is not anxious.

“I’m just excited, it’s been a hot minute. In the space of two years, I don’t think I have dropped a lot of songs. I still don’t have a lot of music out there that my fans could say, ‘Oh,…