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ZeXzy Makes A Huge Impression On Catchy New Anthem “Obsession”
One of the music scene’s hottest new talents, ZeXzy has returned with his brand-new single, “Obsession”, which features Natasha Gartner. Born and raised in Benin City, Nigeria, and now based in Lagos, ZeXzy made his huge music debut only last year but has already firmly established himself as an artist with a huge future ahead. An independent artist, ZeXzy has quickly accumulated millions of streams, including two million streams on Spotify alone for last year’s hit single “My Mind”, and he looks set to reach even greater heights with new release “Obsession”.
With catchy melodies, an infectious hook and hypnotising silky-smooth vocals from featured artist Natasha Gartner, the track has all the right elements to be another hit for ZeXzy and proves just why he’s one to watch. Speaking further on the new release, ZeXzy says, “I have always wanted to make a track about a girl who’s obsessing over a guy. I had this experience where a girl in my class would stare at me non-stop, and my friends would tell me, ‘look this girl never stops staring at you.’
“On one fateful day I left the class, and on my way back she had come out of the class, and in a desperate bid to not look at me, she got distracted from her walking pattern, tripped and fell into the gutter, and I had to quickly help her up. She was so embarrassed but the deed had been done. Now I always had that story in mind and kept it in my subconscious that I would make music out of this one day.”
“Obsession” is available to buy/stream now on all platforms: https://onerpm.link/194466020470.
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There’s a particular kind of hunger that defines a band on the verge — that combustible mix of raw talent, hard-won momentum, and the unmistakable sense that everything they’ve been building is about to break wide open. The Chads, the pop-punk-ska fireballers out of Sayville, New York, have that hunger in abundance. And in 2026, they are ready to feed it.
The foundation is already in place. The four-piece — Joy, Mike, Mark, and Santino — spent the past year stacking wins that most bands spend a decade chasing. They took home the WEHM Battle of the Bands, earned a coveted spot on the Jumbalaya Stage at the Great South Bay Music Festival, and walked into a WPIX Morning Show segment that put their faces and their music in front of a New York City-wide audience. For a band still in the early stages of their career, it is a résumé that commands attention.
Their debut single “The Neighbors” — a razor-sharp, high-energy pop-punk-ska hybrid pulled straight from a true story of Long Island life — announced their arrival with a wink and a riff. Tongue-in-cheek in tone but tight as a drum in execution, the song showcases exactly what makes The Chads stand out in a crowded regional scene: they can make you laugh and make you move at the same time, which is a far rarer skill than it sounds. The track is available on Spotify and has been making steady inroads on radio, building the kind of organic buzz that no marketing budget can manufacture.
Now comes the next chapter. The Chads are heading into Dream Studios with producer Jason Mekler to record their new EP — a project that represents the most significant creative investment of their career to date. Mekler’s production experience combined with the band’s live-honed instincts makes for a pairing with serious promise. If “The Neighbors” was the introduction, the EP is the statement — the recorded proof that what audiences have been experiencing in clubs and on festival stages across Long Island translates just as powerfully through speakers.
The tri-state area has been the proving ground. The world is next.
Pop-punk has always thrived on authenticity — on bands that sound like they mean it, that write songs about real places and real people and real absurdities of everyday life.
The Chads check every one of those boxes. They are a Long Island band in the truest sense: specific enough to feel genuine, relatable enough to travel far beyond the island that made them.
Watch for the EP. Watch for the tour dates. Watch for the name.
The Chads are coming — and they are bringing Sayville with them.
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