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 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 critisized 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
- By Naijahousewife
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