The diamond-selling, 2x Grammy-winning recording artist Shaggy is returning with the upcoming party-ready single “Gyal Dem Time” featuring Teejay, which will be released through VP Records on February 3rd, 2023.
Across his sterling career, Shaggy has frequently broken new ground with his ability to merge musical worlds - from his early genre-blurring chart-toppers like “Angel” and “It Wasn’t Me” to the recent successes of 44/876 and last year’s “Com Fly Wid Mi”, his Grammy-nominated collaborations with the British rocker Sting.
With “Gyal Dem Time,” Shaggy once again leans fully into his Jamaican roots, offering a dancehall song that aims to bring the party from the island’s shores to the rest of the world. “Gyal Dem Time” features Shaggy trading lines with the Montego Bay vocalist Teejay (“From Rags to Riches,” and “Unfaithful Games”) and celebrating the ladies who help jump-start a night out. The vibrant riddim, produced by Teflon and Shaggy, along with the spirited vocals from the Jamaican duo make the song a fitting soundtrack for the pace and pulse of a buzzing dancefloor.
Shaggy and Teejay transport that energy from the studio to the club in a music video directed by Jay Will, who also collaborated with Shaggy on the “Go Down Deh” visuals.
