Ghanaian rapper and songwriter, Amerado has explained why he decided to release his latest single, ‘Date Rush’ just days after King Paluta’s hit single ‘Makoma’ dropped.
Some social media users argued that Amerado should have allowed more time for ‘Makoma’ to dominate the music scene before he released ‘Date Rush’.
According to critics, King Paluta’s song was strong enough to potentially overshadow Amerado’s release.
In an interview on Joy FM’s Showbiz A-Z, with Kwame Dadzie, Amerado explained, “Myself and my team, we have plans. Sometimes people make it seem they think about you more than you think about yourself, which is very bad. I was going to release a song I have with King Paluta on that Friday King Paluta dropped ‘Makoma’. We were going to drop ‘Playman’, and Paluta told me he was going to drop a song on that day. So I agreed that he should release his song on that day so that I drop mine a week after his”.
The ‘Kwaku Ananse’ hit maker went on to explained that he couldn’t have pulled the reins on his plans because of the release plans of other musicians.
“I am not a magician, I didn’t know ‘Makoma’ was going to be too big, and the fact that ‘Makoma’ took over doesn’t mean that it should mess up my plans. Because out of all the big songs I have dropped including ‘Abronoma’, the ‘Date Rush’ song has the most interactions on TikTok.
The fact that we are playing King Paluta doesn’t mean we cannot play ‘Amerado’. We cannot play one person’s song all the time. Also, not every song will be a monster hit. Even with the likes of Daddy Lumba and Amakye Dede, some of their songs are bigger than others,” he emphasized.
Amerado has however released a 5-track EP dubbed, ‘The Gold Coin’.
