Blessing Offor (BO): My first introduction to the piano came from my third-grade girlfriend at the time. I was super jealous that she was playing piano and I was like, “I want to play piano.

Sometimes both exist in tandem. Blessing Offor is an artist who can recognize this kind of joy alongside the pain and harness a persistent hopefulness about the days ahead.

In February, Offor released his seven-song debut EP "Brighter Days" — a collection of must-hear piano pop-soul songs that Offor delivers with humbling humanity and hopefully storytelling.

During the past few tumultuous years, Offor has scored cuts on the albums of everyone from Chris Tomlin to Lee Brice and released his debut EP Brighter Days back in February. Blessing Offor. Caleb ...