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Since the release of Korede Bello’s Godwin
video , it’s been trailed with mixed reactions
mostly positive. However, while most of y’all
choose to stay in this safe, happy bubble and
give Korede and his team pats on their backs,
there were certain things I found curious (I’m
trying to be polite here), as such this article will
address just that. Note to Bellovers: this is not a
review, so… chill!!! Biko.
If there’s such a term as “overcuteness”, then,
there was an overdose of it in this video. I’m
of the opinion that Korede needs to loose his
cute/innocent boy next door image and pull a
Justin Beiber on us in the nearest future (Dear
God, I don’t mean go haywire). Back to the
matter, Adasa Cookey is actually one of the
directors I’ve been rooting for but this?….
Gerarahiaa!! Obviously an HD picture, and from
what I heard, the label didn’t have to spend
money thanks to sponsorship from Access Bank
and Lekki Gardens. It’s not as if it was terrible
storytelling, truth is, it was a really good visual
translation of the song, also good use of
costume, but there were just a couple of things
terribly lacking in the video, and more
importantly few things we could have done
without….
1. BOVI
Everybody loves Bovi, but as is typical of the
Nigerian entertainment industry we tend to
overdo things. I mean after watching the ‘Hour
of Victory’ flick, I did laugh a bit. Plus it added
an extra 40 seconds (or more) to the 3minutes+
video, however it was as unnecessary as the ‘k’
in knee, and if we are being honest here we’ve
seen Bovi do better.
2. THAT DANCE
At first when I saw the dance I simply assumed
our dear Korede Bello was on the verge of an
epileptic fit, (I mean it could have been part of
the story line…) What was that? Seriously?? I
literally cringed every time Korede did the very
weird ….i don’t even know what to call it! As for
DonJazzy, don’t be an agbaya please. I’ve heard
and read various comments on that dance and
none of it fit for public consumption so I’ll just
keep them to myself. I get that Korede isn’t that
much of a performer (unlike Reekado), I mean
I’ve watched him struggle to actually get into
character on stage and in videos except maybe
Dorobucci where he actually had to act cute so
that didn’t prove to be too much trouble.
But if you really had to do a dance ( or shall i call
it jig?) try and get a choreographer to show you
some moves so you don’t end up looking like a
fulani cultural dancer without his stick. Just
don’t do that ever again! On the flip side, his
attempt at Igbo dance was pretty impressive.
3. HE WINKED….AGAIN!!!
Someone needs to tell Korede to stop with his
winks! It was cute in Dorrobuci video, it was
getting a little bit worrying in the Adaobi video,
now its just plain annoying!! Please retire
the wink !!
I’d describe Godwin as an energetic song with a
feel-good nature that inspires this feeling of
gratitude and makes you want to do a little jig,
sadly watching this video will almost bring all
that to a screeching halt.
Written By Funke http://tooxclusive.com/editorial/3-things-i-found-wrong-with-godwin-video/