If given a hundred chances to guess the meaning of her new song, you will blow them all up just like I would have, before speaking with her. Bouqui Bukola Folayan is definitely determined to take contemporary gospel music as high up the ladder as she can.


Bouqui real name Bukola Folayan


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She dropped the song to great applause in the last quarter of last year, October to be precise, and it caused quite a great stir in the gospel circuits as to what exactly she meant to say in the chorus. Some helped to conclude that she simply needed a rhyme and that was why she came up with the not-so-clear tongue-twister for a chorus.

The real meaning of the hit track ‘Morile’ proves that the rapper is just as creative and witty as her hair styles are. From the ‘red-head’ break and now over to the 80s look, this singer is as daring and as bold.

The chorus done in Yoruba language talks of the massive earth and the splendour of its creator. According to the singer, it can be summarised in English as ‘O Lord, my God; when I in awesome wonder consider all the works thy hands have made- I say how great thou art’.

She came about the song while driving around a city outside London in the company of a friend. The city had many high rise buildings and somehow they began to play with rhymes on the features of the place and the result was the Morile chorus.

Incidentally she was to see her producer Skillz same day to continue her recording and she sang it to his hearing; that was the beginning of the making of the now popular song- Morile.

As a matter of recall, the rap diva had told us then in October 2008 that the details of an international deal was being consummated and she didn’t want any misrepresentation and so would rather not supply additional details to that which was already making the rounds.

Ask about the ‘foreign body’ she told us highjacked her in our last interview with her and she says ‘why do you people just keep going on about it?’

Updating the reports, Bouqui says ‘I’m not signed to any record label. I’m on my own label- Bouqui’s Place Entertainment. I’m however being managed by an artiste management company in the UK. What if I was talking about heavenly bodies then (on foreign body). Why can’t you just believe’; she laughed it off.

Well, she did shoot the video for Morile in London and it has really upscaled the song further. The elaborate and classic video was shot and directed by Skillz, of the JJC squad; the same who produced her new album.

The video was released on her birthday February 17 and it debuted across Nigerian television same day.

Since its debut, your votes have kept it on ‘Your Top 7 video’ charts and so we enquired of the making of the video.

“I’d always wanted something different. I thought I needed a new concept and I definitely knew I didn’t want to do set (make-believe stages).

After a show at the KICC church in London in December, I knew it was time to shoot. So we projected for the third week in January. I wrote a first script which my producer rejected saying it was not ‘fun’ enough because Morile is a happy song.

I was in a dream in the script and suddenly I became a superstar. Then people were rejoicing with me.
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Bukola Folayan
It was a ‘fun’ dream but very ‘super starish’ which a lot of people may not be able to identify with.

So we dropped it. As for the second one which we eventually used, I was just in my room and Skillz called me over the phone to get on the internet to see a particular car- the Ferrari Limo. He screamed, ‘We’re using that car however we’re gonna get it’.

Since Easter 2007, Bouqui has been frequenting the United Kingdom, reason being that of her foreign deal and a new album whose waiting is now over.

The album, her second solo effort has being christened ‘Re-definition’ and is now ready. ‘The album is ready and should drop soon. I have it here mastered and marketers have been calling me’, she submitted.

The singer who’s breezed in and out of the country almost a dozen times since last Easter, has spent more times in the UK than in Nigeria in the last one year.   

And she did get the car and not just the car but even a bus. ‘The entire party scene was shot on a bus. It’s the same that Lil’ Wayne used in his Lolli Pop video.

That particular limo- the Ferrari Limo, is the only one in the entire world and its owned by two Italian brothers- actually their father. You should have seen the raucous it caused on the road, even oyinbos were running to take the picture of the car. My director had to be shouting “Get of the set, we’re trying to shoot a movie”’.

The singer had at a time - before the video was shot- hinted that she had a budget of ten thousand pounds for the video. Now did she overshoot that budget and by how much? ‘Don’t even go there.

I spent well over that amount. It cost me close to £15, 000, that’s like N3.5million’, she revealed.

What exactly is Bouqui trying to achieve by spending so much on shooting a video; especially when the gospel market in Nigeria does not appear very competitive in terms of video production? She says , ‘I want a video that can stand competition anywhere and at every level. The fact that it is gospel does not mean it should be second-class.

No way! In fact, the genre is the more reason it should be first class. I’m tired of seeing  boring gospel videos that without even hearing the lyrics, you can tell from the bad video quality that the song is Christian’, she finished off.

If this lady really spent 3.5 MIl on this video then this automatically equates to the biggest rip off of all times. There is nothing absolutely special about the video. Any good producer will have done the same for 3/4 of a million. Complete waste of money.

Can you post the video?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-u1GRlRQKw

i know how much this video cost but trust me only few peopole really say how much their video really cost but trust me the video cost far more cheaper than wot she mentioned,but i dont have beef with boqui so i wont say nothin, do ur thing bouqui but plz dnt lie again cuz i go vex

That's jst a market stunt , all is to get good money from marketer, That's music business on the run!

pureminded:

That's jst a market stunt , all is to get good money from marketer, That's music business on the run!

The same chick that is praising God in the video is also liar

well actually, i know jjc of jjc and 419 squad shot the video and actaully the video really cost around 6,500 pounds but i dont know if she did her calculations with the cost of the crew,her plight ticket and other expenises but i know the video actaully cost 6,500 pounds.

its was shot on red camera and anyone conversant with red will know its expensive.the same camera and crew (jjc aka skillz)was used for shooting olu maintain video (kamarkazee),justina omot 2 sexy and ragga remis burn dem video.

so dont jump into conclusion before u say one thing or the other, she mighthave her own calculations, she paid for her own project and she know how much its cost her

Plus d money for eating, clothes, accomodatn, nd tips for the police nd area boys abi? 3.5milli?

dejiariyo:

well actually, i know jjc of jjc and 419 squad shot the video and actaully the video really cost around 6,500 pounds but i dont know if she did her calculations with the cost of the crew,her plight ticket and other expenises but i know the video actaully cost 6,500 pounds.

its was shot on red camera and anyone conversant with red will know its expensive.the same camera and crew (jjc aka skillz)was used for shooting olu maintain video (kamarkazee),justina omot 2 sexy and ragga remis burn dem video.

so dont jump into conclusion before u say one thing or the other, she mighthave her own calculations, she paid for her own project and she know how much its cost her

Dear Friend

To hire a red camera - between 250 - 350 pounds per day or 1450 for the week = N86800 or N359600

6500 pounds sounds like a fair price

blacksta:

The same chick that is praising God in the video is also liar

I dont really understand your post , But well , the price of that video can never be up to 2m not to talk of 3m, She just have to increase the price to the public just to get good offers from promoters and marketers etc , Do you understand the bussiness? No more reason than that !

3.5 milla total waste of money ,, bouqui fell victim to video 419ners.lmfao plus the song is wack .
but the girl is cute small. at least her front is cute

;DHAHAHAHAH na who dem dey lie for so that is the cheapest Video i have every seen, so u wanna say u use 3M to fly to Uk that all abi, na BIG lie , Jor, HYPE

Someone got scammed

Or someone's tryna scam . . .  either or . . .

Bamsyle:

Or someone's tryna scam . . .

Lol that too

3.5 m what? Ah ahn - that video does not look it at all. I don't even think Mo' hits spend that much on one vid and those ones are wayyyyyyyyyyyy better than this video

Are we talking about cowries shells here??

Bamsyle:

Are we talking about cowries shells here??

YOU!

Bamsyle:

Are we talking about cowries shells here??

I won't be surprised. That video did NOT look like a 1.5 m naira video sef.
Inflation is not that bad now. . . except she made it in Zimbabwe.

Moonstone:

I won't be surprised. That video did NOT look like a 1.5 m naira video sef.
Inflation is not that bad now. . . except she made it in Zimbabwe.

Both of you! Biko! Abi na your plan to give ibkaye heartattack? It will not work o!

ibkaye:

Both of you! Biko! Abi na your plan to give ibkaye heartattack? It will not work o!

Take it easy my dear. I don't want to have to explain myself to your uncle o!

Moonstone:

Take it easy my dear. I don't want to have to explain myself to your uncle o!

Lmao, better!

@Ibkaye/Moonstone

This lie could make the dumb speak . . . Bloody hell . . . I can hear the dead turning in their graves . . .

Bamsyle:

@Ibkaye/Moonstone

This lie could make the dumb speak . . . Bloody hell . . . I can hear the dead turning in their graves . . .

LMAO! You're so mean
She's gotta be telling the truth. She's a gospel artiste. I'd hate to think she's inflating the money for more support.

Bamsyle:

@Ibkaye/Moonstone

This lie could make the dumb speak . . . Bloody hell . . . I can hear the dead turning in their graves . . .

Roflmao, there can be miracles

Moonstone:

LMAO! You're so mean
She's gotta be telling the truth. She's a gospel artiste. I'd hate to think she's inflating the money for more support.

Yeah . . . letz be a lil' kind here . . . she's telling the gospel lie . . .

ibkaye:

Roflmao, there can be miracles

Must be a miracle . . . a visit to TB Joshua's church . . . and she's gonna steal the show.

Bottomline - it's not that expensive. Why would she even disclose the price in the first place?

H Y P E = Showbiz

Say, do something that keeps you in the NEWS!! and eything will be fine