It takes a classic and a masterpiece song to make a mark, especially when it comes from a new artiste making his/her debut. We’ve had many debutants producing hit songs and Evangelist Diana Asamoah is no exception with her acclaimed song “Mabo Wodin” and she followed it up with an exquisite music video.

Music videos are simply meant to bring the message in the song to life; to depict what the song is about in a play form. Many musicians get it, since their music videos do not in anyway correlate with the messages of the song. But with Evang. Asamoah, she got it right with her video, telling and showing Ghanaians what the song was really about and that’s where my agitation stems from.

The “Mabo Wodin” video has been showing on televisions for months, and for menthe pictures in the video vis’a vis the song ain’t right. The said video depicts President Kufuor engaged in many endeavours and I’m not insinuating, but I think the video was clearly dedicated to the President. So what’s my beef with the Evangelist? I just wonder the real idea behind the video.

Was it meant to be political song or a scheme to get the sympathy of the numerous followers of the President to patronize the song? Interestingly, the song catapulted to number one on the charts and enjoyed the position for weeks.

So what then culminated in the mass sales and airplay the song enjoyed? Was it because she politicized the song and that won the sympathy of Prez. Kufuor’s admirers to purchase the song, or the song in itself were simply sublime and soul-inspiring[barring the Kufuor connection].

Regarding the success of the song, what if other musicians use the same procedure in their music videos in a bid to accumulate more sales? Then we’ll have a musician doing it for Prof. Atta-Mills, another will do it for Dr. Mahama, and maybe someone will do it for Kofi Way.

If that should be the scenario, then we’ll be politicizing our music industry, and it’s not right. Evang. Asamoah has no doubt, showed where she stands as far as politics is concerned and she has every right to do that, but since her video has been showing on national television, the impact on viewers is certainly great.

Musicians should try as much as possible to keep their political affiliations and interests out of the business. I would take the opportunity to apologies to the Editor and staff of Graphic Showbiz for the derisory remarks I made about them in the article, “what is Apluz up to” and I hereby retract the statement.

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