'Why followers now not faint for musicians' – Paul Okoye

Nigerian singer and half of the defunct P-Square duo, Paul Okoye, aka Rudeboy, has claimed that social media has lowered the status and worth followers hooked up to musicians because of the mystique that artistes had earlier than the period of social media.

Speaking in a latest interview with Lun Lifestyle TV, Rudeboy argued that social media, regardless of all its advantages, has shattered the phantasm of artistes being mysterious and godlike.

This he stated has lowered the excitement artistes beforehand loved every time their followers bought the chance to see them whether or not bodily or visually.

The ‘Reason With Me’ crooner defined that as a result of artistes are now not mysterious, followers are now not keen to observe them in music movies.

He claimed that capturing music movies is now a waste of cash.

Rudeboy stated, “Music videos somehow now, because of this generation, is a waste of money. I am sorry to say this. But do you remember us [P-Square] before? You don’t see us anywhere. You just watch music videos, you see us and that’s it, or we come to your country, you see us.

“The cause you do not see individuals faint for artistes anymore is as a result of they see them on TikTok each day dancing and selling your music. If Michael Jackson was alive now and doing promotional content material on social media, no person would see him and faint.

“Unfortunately, it’s too late for us to bring back the era of artistes being mystiques. How can you advise an artiste to post every day? How? Post what? You don’t need to.

“Social media introduced constructive change to the business but it surely additionally led to ‘see-finish.’ Artistes are actually too uncovered. Fans see how they eat, cry. Before when artistes go to membership, they keep in restricted VIP areas, however now when they’re clubbing, everyone seems to be filming.”