{"id":61580,"date":"2020-10-02T16:27:52","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T14:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/?p=61580"},"modified":"2020-10-02T16:29:18","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T14:29:18","slug":"burna-boy-stormzy-real-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/burna-boy-stormzy-real-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Burna Boy and Stormzy unveil the spiritual \u201cReal Life\u201d video"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The African Giant was joined by a British giant to “bridge the gap” between Nigeria and its diaspora. <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The words of American superstar Diddy serve as an introduction to Burna Boy’s new music video: “the music you making is life<\/em>“. Indeed, the executive producer of the Nigerian singer’s latest album was right: the “Real life” visuals precisely depict random scenes of life. In the impoverished districts of London, Meji Alabi’s camera paints a touching portrait of London’s black youth, who navigate between friendship, love, family and soft drugs. Then, suddenly, the narrative takes a dramatic turn, plunging the protagonist’s life into the violence of a crime… and the beauty of a reincarnation. Stormzy\u2019s chorus perhaps serves as a moral or an explanation to this spiritual video: “Real life is for living, use this life that you’re living, be free<\/em>“.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The visuals are also to be analyzed bearing in mind the terrible stabbing phenomenon that particularly affects the popular youth of the English capital. Either way, this thought-provoking video definitely has the aura of a beautiful conclusion to “Twice as Tall”, Burna Boy’s latest album that conquered the world charts. We hope that the singer still has some surprises in store for us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen to \u00ab Real Life \u00bb in our Songs of the Week playlist on Spotify<\/a> et Deezer<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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