Afrobeat singer, Simisola Kosoko, has shared the reasons behind her latest project ‘woman’, which she released weeks ago on Youtube.
The song, which had started with a hashtag generated a lot of responses from women who came up with a trend of sharing negative things said about them.
Simi, in an interview with Saturday Beats, said contrary to what people say, she doesn’t hate men. But rather, she believes women deserve better treatment rather than waiting for the reward in heaven, just as her song implies.
According to the mother of one, she decided to use her song to show women’s strength and what they can achieve if only they love themselves.
She said, “There were some ideas about women that were not very useful for women but I felt like it would be good to use my sound to speak out for my people (women) .
“The funny thing is that I expected more backlash and attacks after I dropped the song. But I am genuinely surprised that people are receptive to the song. I think that people are more open to the discussions especially if one is privileged in life.
“I had an interview a few days ago and the interviewer asked me “Do you hate men?” I replied that I don’t think I have ever said or done anything that insinuates that I hate men, I don’t have any reason to hate men. I simply want better things for women; I just want women to have what they deserve.”
She went further to say although there are changes in how women are being treated in recent years but a lot of work is still needed.
“I think it is hard to get acknowledgement as a woman, firstly some people do not even expect that one would be good, some people question one’s talent compared to the male counterpart.
“But it is like as a woman one is undermined and will have to work extra hard to get half the things that men have. Honestly, it is exhausting especially when one is speaking out and nothing is changing,” she said.
The video, ‘woman’, has generated 2.8 million views on Youtube, in just two weeks
SOURCE : Kaftanpost
