Culled From Naija Housewife
Please,
before you read this, ensure you are mentally mature because this post is not
intended to negatively judge Tiwa Savage! I wrote this so that I could submit
my fifty naira take on the controversial video.
Dear Tiwa,
I am a major
fan of yours and I have always loved your music right from the very start. I
know how bad you must have felt seeing the way your fans reacted to your
recently released video ‘Wanted’. I have decided to take time out to explain
things to you and make you understand why we reacted the way we did.
Tiwa, from
inception, you have been perceived to be an Ambassador of the Youth. You
represented
the quintessential sexy female role-model, especially in the entertainment
world. When we listen to your songs, it sends a message across to the youth.
There is always something to ‘take home’ in your songs: for the young female,
how to be simple and sexy without being trashy; for the young aspiring person,
how hardwork pays; for the up and coming musician, how to sing songs that not
only inspire the youths but motivates them in focusing on their dreams. My
point exactly…we just
loved you and your music (oh! the freshness of your
songs). Continue..
After all
these and then the next thing we get from you is…’Wanted’! It was simply too
much for some of us to handle. We were so shocked because for some of us, we
thought “So she don join Maheeda group of companies!” Please do not blame the
fans for reacting the way they did.
You know how it is when you have a child
who does and says all the right things and then Boom!…she comes out ‘Unclad’!
If Maheeda or Cossy did a video like that, trust me, we won’t blink. We would
simply say, Oh, its Maheeda! Oh, it’s Cossy! But you are neither of them, you
are Tiwa omo Savage, who sings beautiful songs.
My
advice?…Please do not give into the pressure of “Sex Sells” attitude in the
music industry. We are shouting that Today’s Nigerian youth are losing their
sense of culture and sense of self, majorly because we want to be accepted by
the Westernised society!
Please do not add to the factors contributing to
societal decadence! Let us please practice what we preach through the music
which you give to us and the home-videos we watch. I want that, at the end of
the day, when my child sits to watch a musical video, it will inspire him/her
to become a better person. Not a person, who believes in using violence, sex
and sexually explicit materials to communicate.
I believe,
you wanted to say something with the ‘Wanted’ video, but what ever that message
was, we didn’t get it because you didn’t allow us that opportunity! Please, I
didn’t want to say this but a husband who truly loves you, is supposed to
protect his ‘wares’ and not make you do whatever to stay relevant in the public
eye!
Don’t feel
bad about being criticized for your video, even though there are some ‘touts’
in our midst who seize every given opportunity to exhibit their ‘toutery’! Let
me just tell you that, as long as you are in the public eye, you will
constantly be judged so don’t let all the ‘noise’ about your video get to you.
Celine Dion was one lady musician who never changed who she was and we all
loved her music. So, we want you to keep being our ‘Celine Dion’. Lol!
People make
mistakes and you are no exception because you are human (Losers, I hope you
understand?!). Afterall, if you think about it, we have a right to complain
because you are ‘working’ for us or is the music not for our own enjoyment? So
if we say we want Spaghetti and sauce, why do you give us ‘koko garri and
groundnuts’!
Love you
girl! You will always remain one of my number one sexy female musician
2 Comments
Spaghetti and sauce..lol..
ReplyDeleteI think the video's trashy.but it's just my opinion,she can do what she wants.
it's funny how people think artists do music for them hehehe
thank God, am not her fan.
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