Tunde Fisher’s ‘Kiss’ Slow Burns In Wishful Romantic Desires

By Emmanuel Daraloye

Tunde Fisher crafts catchy pop tunes that speak to the hopeless romantic dwelling within us all. His sparkling aura balances vibrant digital percussion and guitars and simple melodies that sound as if they have been recreated from a private conversation between two lovers. His style of lyricism imbues the longing for company, availability and search of commitment, and desires of intimacy. The kind of style that creates experiences where two people can be away from the public to be honest and open about their feelings, not holding back on yearnings.

Afrobeats is a great conveyor of intimacy. It can quickly go from seeking fun to initiating relationships. It is a smooth facilitator of desires. The artists behind this design creatively weave language and melodies that vividly describe what they long for. They blur true stories and fantasies with captivating delivery.

In its exploration of intimacy, it taps into shared chemistry, conversations, lust, and several ranges of emotions. Albeit local slang and dialects, it uses simple and relatable language of physical touch like “hold,” “feel,” “kiss,” etc. It is from the same register that Tunde Fisher picks the word as the title for his latest and second single of 2025. “Kiss” is more loose than its predecessor “Attention”, not overwhelming his love interest and the listener into a love web.

The percussion slaps and bounces, and his backup vocals and adlibs exude charisma. Where “Attention” was replete with running vocals, “Kiss” takes it slowly with a delivery that presents an attentive, present, and funny lover. When it gets to the chorus, punchy drums and animated basslines bounce, only to be coated in saccharine operatic and modulated vocals that ring like a bell, as if to announce his presence and emphasise what he wants and seeks.

On the surface, Tunde Fisher’s affectionate approach is charming and innocent enough—like a young teenager yet to get over his first kiss. But while singing about cute, cozy moments, it’s also draining that it may not offer more than affairs behind closed doors. The tail-end of the hook is a mumbled and dragged delivery — a candid admission of romantic but lustful notions after he gets lost in the moment with his lover and they find themselves in each other. “Kiss” is a tender song that enchants moments of intimacy and the thrills of chasing love high. Tunde Fisher’s music illustrates that infatuation, in measured doses, can be a unique comfort, which, depending on your mood, can feel like a pleasure-mad luxury or a boring canoodling test.

Sometimes, it’s hard to follow where “Kiss” is moving towards. Tunde Fisher’s music has never offered to build heaven out of an intimate space. Instead, like most love stories, it ideally lays down his desires and capabilities to win love over while remaining too elusive to offer any true full commitment.