Album Review: Joeboy’s ‘Viva La Vida’ trades pillow talk for pain, prayers, and pressure on an album that dares to grow up.

By the time Joeboy hit mainstream status, he’d already mastered the art of whispering his way into our collective subconscious. With Baby, Beginning, and that golden run of early Empawa bangers, he built a whole persona out of emotional minimalism. Heartbreak, but make it vibey. Love, but with bounce. But on Viva La Vida, his […]