YEMI ALADE & ANGELIQUE KIDJO DELIVER A CLASSIC WITH “SHEKERE”
Multiple award-winning African pop diva Yemi Alade premieres the visual for her single “Shekere” off the album “Woman Of Steel.
“Shekere” features multiple Grammy award winning music icon Angélique Kidjo. Both share a relationship transcending music which ultimately lead to Angelique Kidjo’s call for Yemi Alade to revamp her classic hit titled “Wombo Lombo” to which the collaboration was born .
Yemi Alade & Angelique Kidjo
“Shekere” heavily samples elements from the original but updated to thecurrent mainstream Afro-pop/Afrobeats sounds.
“Shekere” tells the story of Yemi joining the local celebrations or party through the sounds of the popular Yoruba percussion instrument, which usually makes an appearance when there is a cause forcelebration, singing or dancing.
“I dey hear the sound of a tambourine o, Talking drums and shekere combination, I see people under the tambourine o, Dancing like sey there’s a celebration” Yemi Alade emotively sings before progressing into a stellar duet with the iconic Angélique Kidjo who also sings in her native Benin dialect over the groovy DJ Coublon orchestrated instrumentation.
Shot on locations in New York and more importantly The Maasai Mara National reserve in Kenya. The cinematic visual for the praised number opens up in dramatic sequence with its backdrop Kenya ( a second home to Yemi Alade).
A theme which has dominated in Yemi Alade’s artistry and has made her hailed as Africa’s championing artiste of her generation. “Shekere” is a rich and colourful affair, reminiscent of a Disney live-action remake and once again cements Yemi Alade’s throne as a royal of music videos.
The classic visual joins her elite videography part of which made her the first and only female Afro-pop artiste to have over 100 million views on a single video and over 1 million subscribers on her YouTube channel leading to a total cumulative visual stream of over 400 million views.
“Shekere” is sixth single off Yemi Alade’s critically acclaimed fourth studio album “Woman of Steel”, following hit singles “Home”, “Give Dem”, “Vibe”, “Shake” and “Oh My Gosh”. The album features a host of international stars like Rick Ross, Angélique Kidjo, Lemar , Dadju , Duncan Mighty and Nollywood superstar Funke Akindele.
YEMI ALADE & ANGELIQUE KIDJO DELIVER A CLASSIC WITH “SHEKERE”
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New York, USA. Behind the scene Music video “Shekere” Yemi Alade ft Angelique Kidjo. Photographed Michael Tubes.
New York, USA. Behind the scene Music video “Shekere” Yemi Alade ft Angelique Kidjo. Photographed Michael Tubes.
