Burna Boy said Afrobeats is mostly about nothing, no substance.
He said, “90 per cent of them [Nigerian musicians] have no real life experiences which is why most of Nigerian music or African music or afrobeats as people call it, is mostly about nothing, literally nothing.
“There is no substance to it — like, nobody is talking about anything in it. it is just a great time. It’s an amazing time. But at the end of the day, life is not an amazing time. No matter how nice of a time you are having now or you had at some point or you plan to have, you are still going to face life.
Burna Boy maintains that he uses his music to share his essence and his album is a window through which listeners can see some of that essence.
Burna Boy is set to release his seventh album ‘I Told Them’ on August 25, 2023, and in the interview Burna Boy describes the album as another glimpse into his mindset.
Grammy award-winning artiste, Burna Boy has described Afrobeats as ‘nothing’, saying it lacks substance.
According to the singer, 90 percent of Afrobeats songs is devoid of real-life experiences and only portray an amazing time which life isn’t all about.
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