Oleku
crooner, Olawale Ashimi, aka Brymo, crashed the internet during the
week when he released a video for his song, Heya. In the video, he
appeared unclad, playing a grand piano under a network of bridges.
In
a chat with Sunday Scoop, the singer shed light on why he took that
step. “The song is an expression of my environment. I like to paint as
much as I can and I think that most of us are bush people, even though
we live in cities. The video portrayed a bush man living in the city. If
you look around, you wouldn’t see much evidence of civilisation. We did
not create most of the things that we use in this country and that’s
not good. We need to think, he stated.
Brymo reacted to
claims that his nudity in the video was just a publicity stunt to draw
attention to the song saying, “Even if it’s a publicity stunt, is there
anything wrong with that? Singers spend a lot of time and energy in the
studio. So is there anything absurd in them drawing some attention to
their songs?
”On whether he feels underrated in the country,
he said, “No, I am not. People are used to a system and if you want to
change them, youhave to do it slowly. My albums are doing well and we
found that most people, who download my music are in Europe and America.
Right now, I have no complaints.
He also refuted claims that
he doesn’t perform at top gigs in the industry anymore by saying, “I
only perform at top shows. Just this week, I have had two events. I will
also be performing today (Sunday) as well. Generally, I get a lot of
love in Africa, and as for the people who say they haven’t seen me
perform on big stages lately, they are most likely looking in the wrong
places. As much as I’m looking at having an international career, Africa
will always be my root. I was once signed to an American company, EGM,
and I released an album with them but things didn’t go as planned and we
went our separate ways.”
Punch