Rukmani Returns With “Serial Kisser” Ft. Boj and “HIH ( Hot In Here)”

On the one-year anniversary of her debut album 3XL, the Nigerian R&B artist drops a double sided EP that is bold, deeply felt, and completely on her own terms.

Rukmani is not known to go about music quietly, ever since her debut album, 3XL, she has continued to reinvent herself as one of the most compelling and freshest voices in Nigerian R&B and cementing herself with this double sided EP that feels less like a follow-up and more like a full step forward. Serial Kisser, featuring alté pioneer Boj, and its companion piece HIH (Hot In Here), arrive together as two sides of the same musical coin, they are both playful and sonically self-possessed, sensual and assured, and yet cohesively together, they make the strongest case yet for why Rukmani deserves every ear she’s earning.

Serial Kisser is the kind of track that proclaims itself immediately, a mid-tempo alternative R&B cut with Afro-pop bounce and a groove that immediately gets under your skin while the lyrics center desire as something intentional, something Rukmani holds, not chases. The concept of the ‘serial kisser’ is a statement of character for Rukmani and also a call for affection on her own terms.

Bojadds the perfect touch of diversity that the beat sordidly craves, it interprets syncopation that establish the alté veteran as it brings a darker, more seductive energy to the record, gliding between English and Yoruba with the unhurried confidence that has long made him an unbeatable force in the scene. The chemistry between the two is immediate and less a feature; it completely flows like sonic conversation.

“This is me at my most playful. I wanted to make something that felt free and unapologetic. It is a song where I get to be bold, cheeky, and completely in charge of the narrative. Having Boj on it was the cherry on top. His energy matched the vibe perfectly. HIH (Hot In Here) takes a different step sonically, it is deeper and rooted in something more personal, what began as a song she wrote without fully understanding has grown into something she now lives entirely, it is a neo-soul meditation on self-assurance, presence, and the quiet authority of a woman who knows exactly who she is.

The result is a track that doesn’t need to announce itself before owning the listener’s complete attention. It is warm, intense, and layered with intention; HIH is the kind of song that rewards repeated listening, revealing itself a little more each time.

“I was beat surfing on YouTube when I found the instrumental. I saved it, came back to it, and wrote ‘HIH’ almost immediately. It’s intense for me because when I wrote it, I didn’t fully understand what I was writing about yet, it almost feels like my past self wrote it for the version of me performing it now. You’ll feel it first before understanding it.”

Born and raised in Port Harcourt now based in Lagos, Rukmani is a Nigerian singer-songwriter and producer whose music lives at the convergence of R&B, soul and afrobeats. She began singing in church at six , and that early intimacy with music developed into something felt rather than performed that has stayed with her ever since. Her songwriting is personal by design, she draws from lived experiences to create records that feel honest, relatable and emotionally unguarded.Rukmani Returns With “Serial Kisser” Ft. Boj and “HIH ( Hot In Here)”