Ebubé isn’t ready to accept heartbreak — and really, who is? His new ballad “Mr. Postman” stings like a papercut.
Over a mournful piano, joined by languid tambourine and resonant percussion, Ebubé dodges a love note written on a pink slip. He knows it’s on the way but isn’t ready to read the words that undo what was once bound. “Mr. Postman, I don’t want your letters / I’m sure she sent you / But I think you better stay away / ‘Cause if I read it / I can’t say goodbye,” he croons.
“Mr. Postman” arrives with a visualizer, which cuts between shots of Ebubé singing in a snow-covered forest and at a piano in a low-lit studio.
Regarding the meaning behind his self-penned track, Ebubé tells Rated R&B, “‘Mr. Postman’ is all about that internal feeling of dread over a relationship that you know is done, you just can’t bear to see it acknowledged; the feeling of rather living in denial than facing the hard truth.”
“Mr. Postman” follows Ebubé’s 2025 tracks “Eres Mi Sol” and “Dreamland,” both released after his Slow Jam Szn EP, which he delivered that spring.
“Slow Jam Szn comes from a very personal and vulnerable place,” he said. “I want to create a world in which listeners can be free to really feel the emotions they may hide deep down.”
On Feb. 16, the British singer will headline a show at The Lower Third in London.
Listen to Ebubé’s “Mr. Postman” below.