Fay-Ann Lyon, Dexta Daps team up on ‘Blindfold’

The very first time that soca chanteuse Fay-Ann Lyons and dancehall general Dexta Daps went into the studio together, they recorded a track that has hit-bound stamped all over it.

Titled Blindfold, the song, which is produced by Swick B, came about when Dexta Daps visited Trinidad and Tobago for a concert which Lyons attended to show him support.

"We run in the same circuit and when he came to Trinidad I said we should catch a studio session. The very next night we were in studio and the song was literally finished that night and the next morning Dexta was on a flight out of Trinidad," Lyons told THE WEEKEND STAR.

In the run-up to the release, Lyons dropped a titillating video clip: " Hear what going on 'round here ... there's a new Fay-Ann and Dexta Daps. Fay-Ann and Dexta Daps singing rudeness!"

Fans have been responding positively to it and even her husband, Bunji Garlin, liked and reposted it. When THE WEEKEND STA R asked her about the "rudeness" she burst out laughing.

"Everybody has been saying that to me," she chuckled before giving her take on Blindfold, a song in which trust is the central theme.

"It's a very sexy song and I love that. It's a very mature, song, very energetic. It's a spicy song ... of course, that's true Dexta Daps fashion. And I love the fact that it's part Jamaican, part Trini and part Vincie because the producer is Vincentian. So it's a kind of coming together of Caribbean energies and creating something that has like a universal type sound," Lyons said.

She added, "You can hear the dancehall, you can hear the soca riddim in it and you can hear that whole Vincie magic in it. And, of course, we put that whole world beat vibe in it with respect of how we sing. Of course, he does his deejaying thing that Jamaicans are known for.. So, for me it's a song that reaches all the different genres."

On Blindfold, the soca artiste surprises fans by actually singing.

"A lot of people are like 'That's not you.' But that is me. It's just because power soca is my main genre. You don't get to push your vocals at the forefront of what you do. It's more energetic, it's more involved."

A fan of Jamaican music, she showed genuine love and appreciation for Dexta Daps, and also for the genre.

"Trinidad has long been a dancehall country. We are always so receptive and so open to whatever music Jamaica is putting on the table for the world to consume. The synergy, the energy, the vibe has always been there."