The famous and well known Nigerian singer Simi has snapped back at a fan on the controversial media platform X, who criticized the singer’s songs stating her music is usually repetitive and sounds the same. A criticism that she didn’t take well and reacted promptly to, explicitly telling the user to go listen to someone else if the user feels that way.
Following the release of her first single of 2024, ‘All I Want’ which carried similar cadences of her jolly singing of light-hearted lyrics, some fans described the song as repetitive while asking her to switch it up, Simi responded saying:
“Omo because I’m doing girl next door, some of you think maybe I’m ok like that. If you don’t like my song, please go and listen to your faves. I’m begging. If it’s the features you want to allow yourself to acknowledge my talent, hear that one and be going.”
“I did not force anybody oh Small one that I’ve said now, they’ll say “not everybody will like you” but me I know. Me sef I no like everybody. But I’m not gonna lie – uninspired, unbacked, tired feedback like “switch up your sound” irritate the fuck out of me. Meanwhile the last fucking song you’ve heard from me is Joromi.”
Equally using the medium to comment on the constant praise she gets as a featured artist while her solo efforts are constantly being underappreciated and criticized, she said:
“Then you wait for your idolo on twitter to start a thread about how my verses are fire (on someone else’s song) before you respect me. I’m not dragging best with anybody. I make music because I fucking love it.”
“Na the same ballad Adele dey sing all these days, her people no disturb am. E fi mi sile. If you don’t like what I’m selling, go and listen to the one you like. Unless you don’t have data. And if you don’t have, owo e lo wa ku si.”