Santan Dave’s PSYCHODRAMA. A Thread.

The lead up to Dave’s debut album was years in the making. He had established himself as one of the best in the game with his EP’s Game Over and Six Paths, as well as great singles and collabs such as the iconic classic - Thiago Silva with AJ Tracey.

In 2018 Dave would release two singles: Hangman and Funky Friday with Fredo. The latter would be a smash hit, becoming the first UK rap song to go Number 1 in the country on the Official Charts.

On February 21st 2019, PSYCHODRAMA was formally announced with release of the single Black. The song was released with a music video, directed by Dave and Nathan James Tettey.

On March 3rd 2019, the tracklist for the album was released. Features were confirmed from Burna Boy, J Hus and Ruelle. The album was scheduled for release March 8th 2019.

The night before the release of PSYCHODRAMA, Dave would release the next single from the album, Streatham. The song was released with a music video, directed by himself and Nathan James Tettey.

PSYCHODRAMA released to huge success. The album went number 1 in the country first week, and saw the track Location with Burna Boy go into the top ten on the charts.

Location with Burna Boy is the most successful song from PSYCHODRAMA. To this day it has nearly 80 million views on it’s music video, and nearly 190 million streams on Spotify.

Location is now a certified summer anthem. Here’s a video of Dave performing the hit song at Glastonbury Festival 2019

After the release of PSYCHODRAMA, Dave would then tour the world.

The UK leg of the tour would feature special guests Slowthai & Jaykae. Every date was sold out including two special shows at the O2 Academy Brixton. These shows had special appearances from Stormzy, AJ Tracey, Burna Boy, Headie One, J Hus and more.

Dave would also win multiple awards for PSYCHODRAMA including the prestigious Mercury Prize as well as winning Album Of The Year at the BRIT awards.

Here’s the iconic performance of Black from the BRIT’s award show. Legendary.

After PSYCHODRAMA , @Santandave1’s potential is sky high. It was a brilliant debut album, and has perfectly set his career up for the future. At only 22 years old now, he has such a great future ahead of him with his career...

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