“I wanted to bring back a Christmas song that people could get involved in,” says Lekiddo. “It has to uplift you, and I can’t recall a Christmas song lately that’s done that.”
Lekiddo, it has to be said, is an unusual candidate for the country’s chief festive songsmith. For a start, he claims that his moniker arose from a time eight years ago when he was chosen by the world’s lobster population to represent them: ““I realised that the crustaceans shall inherit the kitchen,” he says, matter of factly. “The lobsters knew that I knew this, so they chose me as their lord, and now I go around spreading lobster love.”
“I was raised in a Ghanaian party-loving home in London,” says Lekiddo. “So we played highlife and calypso as well as pop and classical music, so there’s a lot inside me.”
- It’s Christmas by Lekiddo Lord Of The Lobsters is out now. You can see view his rather intriguing advent calendar here.