Pacific artist soars to the top of the world

Justin Wellington

By Rowena Singh

Spend a bit of time on TikTok and the chances are you will pretty quickly come across someone dancing to the iconic track “Iko Iko” performed by Pacific music star Justin Wellington, aka ‘JW’.

While Pacific radio stations have been playing JW hits for over a decade, and “Iko Iko” was released in 2017, in recent months the world has caught on, making it one of the songs of the northern hemisphere summer.

“The most prolific by far of all my releases and projects has been “Iko Iko”, ” JW told Islands Business

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