{"id":917359,"date":"2026-07-04T04:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T09:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/04\/gridlocked-can-you-guess-the-musician-18-may-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T04:20:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T09:20:00","slug":"gridlocked-can-you-guess-the-musician-18-may-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/04\/gridlocked-can-you-guess-the-musician-18-may-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"GridLocked: Can You Guess The Musician? (18 May 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Music <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zikoko.com\/category\/games\/gridlocked\/\">GridLocked<\/a><\/em> is a daily pop culture guessing game built for Nigerians. Every weekday by 9am, you\u2019ll get six clues, sixty seconds, and an answer only a Nigerian would know.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Today\u2019s GridLocked is <strong><em>a musician.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>How many clues do you need to get it right? \ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n<p>Share your result when done, but <strong>don\u2019t spoil the answer <\/strong><b>for others. (Missed the last GridLocked? <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zikoko.com\/games\/gridlocked\/gridlocked-15-5-2026\/\">Play it here<\/a><\/strong>.)<\/p>\n<div id=\"gridlocked-6a48d0490d146\" data-config=\"{\"answers\":[\"simi\",\"simisola\"],\"clues\":[\"Born in 1988\",\"Began singing gospel\",\"1\/2 of famous music couple\",\"2nd woman to win 'Album of the Year' at Headies\",\"Mixes and masters\",\"StudIo Brat\"],\"timerSeconds\":60,\"gameTitle\":\"Guess The Musician\",\"winLegendaryTitle\":\"Legendary!\",\"winLegendarySub\":\"You really didn't come to play.\",\"winNiceTitle\":\"Nice one!\",\"winNiceSub\":\"You know your Nigerian hitmakers.\",\"winPhewTitle\":\"Phew!\",\"winPhewSub\":\"That was close, but you did it.\",\"loseTitle\":\"The grid won today!\",\"loseSub\":\"Better luck tomorrow.\",\"answerRevealPrefix\":\"The answer is \",\"answerDisplayName\":\"simi\",\"shareHandle\":\"@Zikoko_Mag\"}\" data-valid=\"1\">\n<article data-block-id=\"gridlocked-6a48d0490d146\">\n<div data-screen=\"landing\" id=\"gridlocked-6a48d0490d146-app\">\n<p>18 May 2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c7684bdb45.mjedge.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/zikoko\/2026\/01\/Logo_Vertical@3x-scaled.png\" alt><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>PLAY NEXT GRID: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zikoko.com\/games\/gridlocked\/gridlocked-19-5-2026\/\">Can You Guess The TV Show? (19 May 2026)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Come back\u00a0<strong>every weekday by 9am<\/strong>\u00a0for a new grid or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/subscribepage.com\/zikoko\">subscribe to\u00a0<strong><em>Z Daily<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, Zikoko\u2019s daily newsletter, to get new GridLocked puzzles, real Nigerian stories and other fun content in your inbox.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2>Music <strong>How to Play GridLocked<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Goal<\/strong>: Guess the\u00a0<strong>answer for the day<\/strong>\u00a0before time runs out. (The answer could be a Nigerian person, place, song, movie, or even slang.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Lock:<\/strong>\u00a0You cannot type a guess until you have revealed at least\u00a0<strong>one tile (clue).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Reveal:<\/strong>\u00a0Tap any tile to reveal a clue. Every clue describes the\u00a0<strong>answer for the day<\/strong>. The fewer tiles you flip, the better.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Clock:<\/strong>\u00a0You have\u00a0<strong>60 seconds<\/strong>\u00a0to guess right. The timer starts the moment you flip your first tile. (You get\u00a0<strong>multiple guesses.<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>The GridLocked Squares:\u00a0<strong>What Do They Mean?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>When the game ends, you see your guess count, total time spent, and the number of tiles flipped. The tiles are shown as white and purple squares.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u2b1c (<strong>White<\/strong>) = A tile you flipped<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udfea (<strong>Purple<\/strong>) = A tile you left closed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The fewer white tiles you have, the better your result.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Best Result\u00a0<\/strong>= \u2b1c\ud83d\udfea\ud83d\udfea\ud83d\udfea\ud83d\udfea\ud83d\udfea | Guesses: 1 (Only needed\u00a0<em>one<\/em>\u00a0<em>clue<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>one<\/em>\u00a0<em>guess<\/em>\u00a0to get it right)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>About the Authors<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"music\" alt=\"music\" alt src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0802071b7b27899270591faf8b52cb231ba6c9154803839e3e2346338d2fdeac?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g\"  height=\"48\" width=\"48\" decoding=\"async\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zikoko.com\/author\/daniel\/\" target=\"_self\">NerdEfiko<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TV taught me how to feel, now real life has no appeal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zikoko.com\/games\/gridlocked\/gridlocked-18-5-2026\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music GridLocked is a daily pop culture guessing game built for Nigerians. Every weekday by 9am, you\u2019ll get six clues, sixty seconds, and an answer only a Nigerian would know. Today\u2019s GridLocked is a musician. How many clues do you need to get it right? \ud83d\udc40 Share your result when done, but don\u2019t spoil the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":917360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[131522],"class_list":["post-917359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business-news","tag-podcast-music"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=917359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/917360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=917359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=917359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=917359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}