Outspoken Catholic priest Father Kelvin Ugwu has berated Asake’s new song ‘Only Me’ and the accompanying video, saying it was a fake display of artistic talent.
The Grammy nominated artist came under fire from christian group for doing a caricature of the holy communion celebration the Catholic way in a musical video for his new ‘Only Me.’
Father Kelvin Ugwu who was writing on his Facebook page said the song when compared to TuFace Idibia’a song with the same title, is a cheap production that makes no sense.
“I just listened to Asaka’s song titled, Only Me – the same song whose video portrayed him dressed in priestly vestments with his “co-priests” as they carry out their form of worship as though they are on a mission to outdo Tinubu who has remained undefeated in the art of arranging fake priests and bishops,” Father Kelvin Ugwu wrote.
“After listening to the song, what I said immediately was, “Where is the song, has it started?”
“I don’t know about you, but the song is so empty (and this is me, not having the right words to describe how wack it is).
“If you don’t understand how wack the song is, try to compare it with 2 Baba song of 2010 which has the same title “Only Me.”
“It is now 14 years since 2 Baba dropped that song, and even though it is a secular song, not only is the song evergreen with lots of hard work put into it, the song is so deep that even monks will find it worth listening to.
“This is the time when the whole world listens to Nigeria and plays Nigeria songs, but what these artists do these days is package empty songs like how Asake did in “Only Me”, then get ThankGod Omori to give a high-definition video and cinematography with a little touch of controversy so that it will cause traffic to their page.
“This is why I am not surprised about the video. Ask yourself, what really is the connection between the video and the song? Music video is supposed to depict the song, but in this case, the video is unrelated.
“That is how you know how empty and wack a song is and also the artist. This is even someone who was once nominated for a Grammy.
“The whole theatrics of using the church and things for mass is so that people will watch the nonsense. Unfortunately, it works all the time because as of today, the song is approaching 1 million views on YouTube.
“So, while Asake disrespected the church by allowing such mockery, he first disrespected the intelligence of his listeners by packaging empty songs that can reduce people’s IQ.
“All these happen because we allowed it and because we will play and stream it, and because tomorrow, one church minister will even invite him to perform at his or her birthday party.”
