Divine Ikubor, popularly known as Rema, a Nigerian Afrobeat singer, has expressed happiness at the completion of a project he set out to do three years ago in India.
He recently shut down a major Indian city as well as the performance venue where he held the first round of his ‘Rema Calm Down India Tour’.
Rema took to Twitter to share a video from a 2020 interview in which he discussed bringing Afrobeats to India and making a name for himself.
“You see Afrobeats, I want to take it to the next level. I want us to get into the India zone. Why can’t we shut down India?” he said in the interview.
He was overjoyed that, after three years, he had finally been able to shut down India, and he praised both the country and those who had believed in him.
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“3 years later I did it! Thank you India for your overwhelming love & my heart to those who BELIEVED. ✊🏾🇮🇳”, Rema Tweeted.
Rema’s first performance was in Delhi, and his next stop will be in Mumbai on Saturday, followed by a show in Hyderabad on Sunday.
Meanwhile, the Mavin Records performer told PTI in an interview that he enjoys Indian music and would like to work with artists from the Asian country.
“Indian music has very emotional vocals and I can keep listening to it. I’ve been playing a lot of Indian music since I landed in India… I love AR Rahman.
“Back home we have a lot of love and respect for India and all of its creative talent. I want to produce a new sound that merges Afrobeats and Indian music, that’s the way forward”.
“I had pretty garlands all around my neck, got someone to tie a turban on my head and put a red bindi on my forehead. Some dancers were performing to ‘Calm Down’ in their own Indian folk way. The love here in India is really huge and I am very excited to play for the audience here”, Rema said.
