Rather, She tries to depict the community in its smallest form, as a circle that never breaks – THE HOME. The singer shuns the pictorial expected-large number of masquerades, the overwhelming size of Lagosians in the metropolitan city or even the posh areas of Lagos that she could have easily portrayed. Tthe kids trailing behind her symbolise to me, the innocence and communal love and acceptance an average Nigerian gets but never really consciuosly appreciates until he/she is being isolated.įinally,the Solitary EYO masquerade at the end drives home the point. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators. Like a sojourner, she paints the image and reminds us of how a home-sick person feels and looks forward to leaving going back home. The yellow bus,keke, traders, kids and of course the EYO depicts her idea of Lagos, which she tightly holds dear to her heart. Chorus: Eyo o, eyo o Eyo o, eyo o Where the children run around There’s laughing. Bridge: O o o o o Would you take me and embrace me as your own o Would you take me and embrace me as your own o. The streets, noises, fights and the people that forms what a home means. The brand new song tagged Eyo is a song by Nigerian-French singer, Asa Bukola Elemide, popularly known as ASA. Eyo o, eyo o Eyo o, eyo o And there’s something in the song That makes you feel at home And that’s what’s calling out my name Eyo o o, eyo o o.
Instead it potrays the home the singer remembers she left in time past. O o o o o Would you take me and embrace me as your own o Would you take me and embrace me as your own o. One would think that with the thematic and chorus pre-occupation being the EYO masquerade, the visuals would be filled with the bunch of them, dancing and doing their thing but No! The video goes beyond the EYO as a masquerade. Eyo o, eyo o Eyo o, eyo o Where there’s something in the song That makes you feel at home And that’s what’s calling out my name Eyo o o, eyo o o. I am not saying the video is perfect…but nna ehn! the video odikwa make sense! You take the plain, bland and simple things around you, you clean it, polish it, recreate it and give it another meaning. In short, EYO made me fall in love with Lagos all over again.īut wait o, is it the france weather, your wonderful mother you sing so much about or just you? Your songs and videos are out of the box. Suddenly Ojota dumpsite did not smell as terribly as I thought, the endless trail of traffic isn’t as demonic as I felt instead my surroundings smelt of earth, instead of traffic I saw red-colored tail lights of cars as the eyes of hardworking souls all over Lagos. So, I’m going home after the usual-hectic toils of the day and I hear that same voice singing ‘ Eyo o…eyo o‘. The album was warmly received in France, winning her the Prix Constantin in 2008, and the follow-up, 2010's Beautiful Imperfection, which expanded on the R&B and funk elements of her sound, saw her nominated for a Victoires de la Musique award.The minute I heard that clear voice singing ‘ Waheedi….o mo shekina.’ I knew I for one was, is and will be stuck on whoever the singer was. Her music features mainly English lyrics, but she also sings in Yoruba, a West African language widely spoken in Nigeria. Her style is unique as the city she grew up in, lying somewhere between pop and soul - and just a twist of reggae. Asa Drops the Official Version of the lovely tune EYO which also appeared on VIBES2LYRICS.COM and is song found in her new album Bed of Stones released last. The influence of the city can be heard throughout her first album on tracks such as "Jailer" and "Fire on the Mountain", where tentative hints of Afrobeat waft through the folksy pop. In Lagos, she matured amidst a population balancing the beliefs of Islam and Christianity. Aṣa grew up in Lagos, the former capital of Nigeria and a city buzzing with energy but also home to a deep-rooted spirituality. Their time spent in Paris was brief, but Aṣa's fate was tied up with the City of Light and it was to Paris that she returned 20 years later to record her first major work in the studio. Born Bukola Elemide in 1982, the singer has only the vaguest of memories of her birth city, since she was only two years old when her family returned to Nigeria. Aa ( / / ASH- born Bukola Elemide 17 September 1982) 1 is a Nigerian- French singer, songwriter, and recording artist. Aṣa (pronounced Asha) is no stranger to France, where her album was recorded and produced, having been born in the capital city of Paris. The single (which has a surprisingly lilting melody for its accompanying lyrics warning of ecological disaster) had already received wide airplay on stations in Europe when her self-titled debut album hit stores in October of that same year.
Biography Aṣa set off to take flight with the release of her first single, "Fire on the Mountain", in 2007.
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