{"id":280238,"date":"2025-06-07T22:34:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T22:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/african-music\/bella-shmurda-narrates-how-he-spent-40k-on-a-song-that-still-failed-to-blow-up\/"},"modified":"2025-06-07T22:34:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T22:34:13","slug":"bella-shmurda-narrates-how-he-spent-40k-on-a-song-that-still-failed-to-blow-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=280238","title":{"rendered":"Bella Shmurda narrates how he spent $40K on a song that still failed to blow up"},"content":{"rendered":"


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In a recent interview on Afrobeats Intelligence, hitmaking Street pop star Bella Shmurda <\/strong>recounted how he splashed 40K USD on a particular song that didn’t later blow up. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Speaking to the host, Joey Akan<\/strong>, Bella Shmurda<\/strong> shared that he was a dreamer who allows himself to be led by his intuitions. <\/p>\n

According to him, he saw in a dream that his next single was meant to be a street song, but he proceeded to release a different kind of song just to confirm the authenticity of his dream.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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“I am a dreamer. A seer… I saw it in the dream that my next song should be a street song. It was very obvious to me that ‘Okay o your next song should be a street song.’ Then I released another song just to be sure of what I saw.”<\/i><\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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He further explained that he saw himself singing and people were singing along so which showed him that what he was meant to drop next was “the people’s song”. <\/i><\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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“For me to be sure, I have to drop a song that’s not a people’s song,”<\/i> he said on why he dropped a different song. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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“The song didn’t go well, even after 40K USD spent on promotion,n then I dropped an actual street song, then I didn’t even spend up to 20 million, and the song went to NO. 2 in the country,” <\/i>he recounted on the heavy lesson he learnt for not following his intuition. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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While Bella Shumurda didn’t share the details of the song, the 40K USD he spent showed the fast-rising cost of music marketing in Nigeria. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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In the interview, Bella Shmurda also shared the experience of being a label boss and how he got to sign fast-rising Nigerian star Fola to his Dangbana Republic Label, which is one of the leading labels in Nigerian street music<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Fola, <\/strong>who is one of the promising new voices to watch out for<\/a> in Nigerian music, is enjoying a fine run of hit singles that includes two hit collaborations with Bella Shmurda. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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You can watch Bella Shmurda’s full interview on The Afrobeats Intellignet Podcast below.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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