Oxygen
by Oswald · 2024 · kompa, zouk · 3:38 · Haitian Creole, French
Oxygen is what you do not notice until it is missing. Oswald uses that image for a modern kompa where Haitian vocal cadence meets zouk, R&B and afro-Caribbean polish. Three minutes thirty-eight — among his tightest tracks of the year — and the compression matches the title: something essential does not need much room to matter. Released in February 2024, four months before Ou Fèm Vakabon.