Magixx - I Dream In Color (2025) Hi-Res

Magixx gets ambitious: “I dream big, and I’m coming for everything.” Since he caught mainstream attention with his Ayra Starr-featuring 2022 hit “Love Don’t Cost a Dime (Re-Up)”, Magixx has elevated his inquiries into the configurations of modern romance and dating into something of an art form while establishing himself as one of Nigeria’s most well-regarded stars. But on his debut album, I Dream in Color, the singer mostly sidesteps those matters of the heart for an unvarnished glimpse into the uneven terrain of his life. “There have been ups and there have been downs, but I feel like the downs make you realise your purpose,” he tells Apple Music. “My own life is just one entity and I’ve been able to convert these experiences that I’ve been through into music.”

Primarily inspired by familial intrigue, paranoia induced by the looming spectre of betrayal, and an abiding search for wonder, I Dream in Color unfurls like an attestation to Magixx’s resilience as much as it is a summons for his listeners to never give in. “I want this album to be remembered as something that helped people through the course of their lives,” he says. “Something that gave people hope, something that changed people’s lives, something that made people go on in life and become something. I want them to look back at everything and be like, ‘Damn, this album is a testament.’ For me, it’s a testament to preaching positivity.”

Across the 13 songs of I Dream in Color, the singer (born Alexander Adelabu) stitches experiences together with the skilled precision of a collagist. “I made the album intending to make it sound the way it does,” he explains. “Every song on the album was intentional. I Dream in Color simply means I dream big. It means the things that I want for myself: the greater lights, the stadiums, the accolades, the reach, the global domination, everything, I see it and I’m coming for everything.” Read on, as Magixx talks us through key tracks from I Dream in Color.