At a recent show in France, the Oyinbo audience appeared to be unfamiliar with Omah Lay’s song, as evidenced by a video.
Instead of singing and jumping as was expected, a large crowd surrounded the musician in the viral online clip and simply stared at him.
Every time Omah Lay approached them, only a few people who appeared to be black and seemed to be familiar with Soso sang along. Despite the singer’s best efforts to animate the performance, the audience appeared uninterested.
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Omah Lay, who had just released his deluxe album Boy Alone, walked off the stage after performing the hit single “Soso” with less enthusiasm.
The video is as follows:
Tough crowd , I wouldn’t want to be Omahlay 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/Dub6PNTLMb
— 𝕂𝕦𝕤𝕤𝕞𝕒𝕟 (@kusssman) July 5, 2023
Social media users who watched the video tried to understand why the Oyinbo crowd did not sing or dance to Omah Lay’s song. Some reactions are shown below:
@Uriemuesiri_ said, “Why did they now leave their house?”
@hanamnzali76 said, “I swear I was pissed of I was almost the only one singing”.
@jerriejerrie_ said, “It’s their loss not his, he will get paid and move on but imagine spending hard earned dollars to get tickets to a show and not even try to enjoy yourself or the show🚮”.
@thesemiilore said, “This niggaz took my bro back to the days of upcoming artiste performing in a uni”.
@anthonystilldey said, “Omahlay too calm fr, Burnaboy for don match person for head.”
@Vipher72 said, “Make dis thing no add too Omahlay depression.”
@R0VIEL said, “Boy alone”.