Today, Ohio-born, Los Angeles-based linguist, producer, visual artist, and vocalist megiapa shares the second single from her forthcoming International Anthem debut album Intentions (out on vinyl LP and digitally September 25). The new single — “on the spaceways (frfr)” — comes via a music video directed by Eric Coleman, the LA-born visual artist who founded Mochilla in 1997 with his longtime creative partner B+, and is known for photographic work (including the iconic album cover and session documents for Madlib & MF DOOM’s Madvillainy) and music-related film work (including videos for DJ Shadow, Sudan Archives, Cinematic Orchestra, and more).

Watch, listen to “on the spaceway (frfr)” here and preorder Intentions here.

still from “on the spaceway (frfr)” music video

“on the spaceway (frfr)” is an instrumental diddy that finds megiapa thriving in her long-running musical practice, as a beatmaker. Produced by megiapa, her deeply swung SP404 beat work is augmented with instrumental layers by bassist ghalani of Greenwood (aka The Growth Eternal), as well as pianists Ahmad Muhammad (aka Kafari) and Telemakus. Employing language from the liberatory philosophies of Sun Ra, for megiapa, the abstract track evokes joyful imaginings of “Black people in this spaceway just enjoying themselves in all their expansiveness.”

Director Eric Coleman — with cinematographic support from B+, and a cast of characters from LA’s new-gen jazz and Black creative music community including drummer and Pan Afrikan People’s Arkestra musical director Mekala Session (whose backyard and garage also served as locations for the shoot) and Voices of Creation singer Aankha Neal — helps megiapa fully realize this vision in his video for “on the spaceway (frfr).” About the video, Coleman says: “The inspiration comes in part from Charles Burnett’s Killer of Sheep and the way Burnett found beauty, intimacy, and humanity within the everyday rhythms of Black life. But rather than focusing on the mundane or the weight of daily existence, I wanted to turn the camera toward joy — specifically the joy that exists within Black spaces. The backyard became the center of that idea. A familiar, almost sacred space where we gather, eat, laugh, create, listen to music, talk shit, tell stories, and simply exist with one another. My intention was to create a day in the life of creative Black folk without making the creativity itself the spectacle.  I approached the editing with the same intention. I wanted the video to feel deceptively simple — to move naturally between moments, gestures, conversations, and details while quietly revealing the complexity underneath them. Black life can be joyful and complicated, ordinary and extraordinary, intimate and expansive all at once. I wanted the images, rhythms, and relationships to speak for themselves—to create a small portrait of Black life from the inside, where the backyard is not simply a location, but a space of freedom, creativity, family, and belonging.”

Intentions is a collection of music birthed by megiapa during her decade of development on Chicago’s underground beat scene, but was made truly possible by the surge of growth she experienced after relocating to Los Angeles in 2023. In three years on the West Coast, megiapa has had a full and enthusiastic embrace from the LA jazz, beats and underground hip hop communities, and has become a regular collaborator of artists like Stacy Epps, Stones Throw artist Mocky, and innovative bassist/multiinstrumentalist The Growth Eternal. As she found her voice and place in the LA scene, megiapa’s vision for her new album coalesced, and she finished the music by incorporating live instruments from The Growth Eternal, pianist Ahmad Muhammad aka Kafari (known for his work with Sudan Archives), Mekala Session, Telemakus, Will Miller (of Resavoir) percussionist Allakoi “Mic Holden” Peete, and others, plus vocals from Aankha Neal, and additional contributions from Blvck Spvde, 10.4 ROG, and more. megiapa then returned to Chicago in February 2026 to do final mixing on the album at International Anthem Studios with engineer Dave Vettraino.

In his liner notes for the album, writer Marcus J. Moore says Intentions “feels handmade in the truest sense: every synth patch, vocal harmony and drum pattern carries the residue of lived experience… By the time Intentions concludes, what remains is the feeling of having accompanied someone through a profound shift. The album asks listeners to relinquish their fear of the unknown. Again and again, megiapa returns to the same guiding principle: trust the process; everything will work out.”

About what she learned through her work, and what she hopes to communicate with Intentions, megiapa says: “Fear is a hindrance to our dreams and our goals and the beauty of life. Please dream with me. Please take a moment to reflect. And please be okay with things being uncertain.”