After spending a whopping 27 weeks atop U.S. Afrobeats Songs and providing an indisputable soundtrack for Summer 2025 with their Afro-dancehall smash “Shake It to the Max,” the powerhouse production duo of Silent Addy and Disco Neil is ready to unveil their official follow-up.
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On Friday (Feb. 27), the duo — collectively known as Bashment Sound — dropped “Ballerina,” a scintillating fusion of Afrobeats and dancehall. To pull it off, they recruited Grammy-nominated Afro-rave champion Rema — and reunited with Jamaican dancehall star Skillibeng.
“We wanted a record that feels like dancehall from Kingston, but still directly connects with the pulse of Lagos,” Addy explains to Billboard in their first official interview about their “Shake It to the Max” follow-up. “Rema and Skillibeng naturally represent both those worlds.”
Like any great dancehall track, “Ballerina” was born in Jamrock. Addy and Neil linked Skillibeng while they were in Jamaica near the end of 2025, resulting in a studio session where the duo played the Saint Thomas-hailing artist several beats. Skillibeng “gravitated towards Ballerina immediately,” according to the duo, and the three artists wrote the song on the spot, ending up with a fully solo Skilli track.
Early on, Addy and Neil felt “Ballerina” would benefit from a feature, which makes sense considering “Shake It” reached its astounding cross-cultural heights by blending Jamaican dancehall from Skillibeng and Shenseea, with Afropop elements courtesy of MOLIY. With Rema immediately coming to mind as their top choice, Addy connected with the arena-headlining star through a mutual contact at Platinum Grammar, an independent music publishing company.
“I appreciate how much time Rema took to get the song to where we all wanted,” says Neil. “He’s been very vocal throughout the process and really locked in. You can feel that he respects the music.”
Rema, of course, is no stranger to cross-genre collaborations or Caribbean rhythms. In 2023, he teamed up with Skip Marley to reimagine Bob Marley & The Wailers’ “Them Belly Full (But We Hungry).” The year prior, he teamed up with Selena Gomez for a new version of his own “Calm Down,” which ultimately became the highest-charting hit from an Afrobeats lead artist in Billboard Hot 100 history (No. 3), as well as the ranking’s longest-charting African song. Across HEIS, his unruly Grammy-nominated sophomore album, Rema incorporated unmistakable dancehall elements to round out his “Afro-rave” vision.
“Ballerina” arrives alongside a cinematic music video directed by Miklas Manneke. The steamy clip blends sleek choreography and striking cinematography, as well as Rema-centric footage filmed in Nigeria. Notably, the new music video is also produced by We Own the City, a company owned by two-time Latin Grammy-nominated visual artist STILLZ, who creative directed Bad Bunny’s historic Super Bowl halftime show earlier this month (Feb. 8).
The new single is a smart step forward for Bashment Sound, even as fans are still reeling from their Grammy snub. In November, Billboard exclusively reported that “Shake It to the Max” was deemed ineligible for 2026 Grammy consideration due to its submission as a “remix.” Considering the murky justifications given by the Recording Academy, the absence of “Shake It” during the Nov. 7 nominations announcement proved to be one of the most controversial moments of this Grammy cycle.
“We’ve both been in the music industry long enough to understand the politics of the Grammys. It’s not the end-all, be-all,” says Neil. “We were able to travel the world and see how that song really impacted the streets and the people, and that’s most important. It would be amazing to get that nod, but that’s not the only show of accomplishment. We were able to do the BET Awards, MTV Awards, etc. But I definitely feel like it deserved a Grammy nomination, at least.”
As Bashment Sound begins working “Ballerina,” they’re lining up a string of single-focused projects for the rest of the year, as opposed to a proper full-length project. “We have so many other records in the chamber,” teases Neil.
Naturally, some of the world’s biggest stars have been ringing the Bashment Sound line for a taste of their globe-conquering, dancehall-rooted riddims, but Silent Addy and Disco Neil are prioritizing working with dancehall artists from the Jamaican scene, particularly the ones who aren’t household names yet.
“We’re always down to work with young talent who are undiscovered, but amazingly gifted,” Neil says, with Addy chiming in, “If we didn’t think this way, there wouldn’t be a ‘Shake It to the Max!’”
Check out Silent Addy, Disco Neil, Rema and Skillibeng’s new “Ballerina” music video below.
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