Two weeks since the release of the new single "Viđi nane", which was recorded by the Kotor group Who See in collaboration with a singer of German-Persian origin TriXstar (There is Gafuri), the video on the YouTube channel has about 33 thousand views, and in addition to more than a thousand likes, there is not a single dislike.
The song they are Dejan Dedović Dedduh i Mario Đorđević Noyz, described as "international synergy packed into a sonic antidepressant, which is much needed in these challenging days", was financially supported by the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Montenegro.
Dedduh told "Vijesti" how they were satisfied with the audience's reactions, but also with the number of views, as well as how the cooperation with TriXstar came about.
When asked if the figure of 30 for the past period is a little or a lot for them, the rapper answers:
"If you were to rephrase the question and say - is it a habit for us or not, I would say that we are used to a faster pace of review. But again you have to be objective and understand that this is a light reggae song that is not in the same range of hits that we had before. But there will be those on the new album".
He adds that the album is "almost ready, and will not disappoint the audience's expectations".
However, Dedduh agrees that there are people who play songs like this on repeat.
"Everything is individual, I have also received such comments. In essence, someone likes and likes such a character of the song, the positivity, the light rhythm and melody, that kind of organicity that a person feels primal when it comes to music. And others don't, they prefer a harder rhythm and there are probably more of them", he believes, and then comments on the interesting fact that there is not a single dislike under the video.
"Strange information, but nice. Maybe that also speaks to the fact that the song is really well-intentioned and does not prey on anyone's low passions", concludes the rapper, and then explains how the cooperation with TriXstar came about, which was not so well known to the wider masses in Montenegro before this song.
"She is a German-speaking artist, although she also interprets her art in English. She is known to me as the editor of the show Lionstyle (on Radio Bruškin), she deals with reggae and rap music and I followed her a year or two ago and suddenly the idea came to do some international collaboration", Dedduh recalled.
"We went through the Embassy of the SR of Germany in Montenegro, which accepted the role of mediator in that story, and even supported the project in terms of combining music. So we very easily made a story about positivity that needs to be propagated and to get away from everyday life and politics that suppress even the imagination", he adds.
"After one sent message, TriXstar responded positively, moreover, she had previously sent a jingle for my show, because she recognized that we were following her and promoting her work, so she immediately knew who it was and was very happy to agree to that story. We translated the text for her, so that she would know what it was about and she could very easily fit into that rhythm," he said.
Dedduh used the opportunity to highlight the collaborators who participated in the project.
"These are the people who made up the whole story and through whom everything went while we were freed from all that paperwork and phone conversations and email exchanges. Among them is DJ Mono (Nikola Rajović) representative of the Beats per Montenegro label, who is also our official DJ, and tatamata for things that should bypass the artist in order to be completely relaxed while creating music. He created the whole story and the whole idea came through him, so he is one of the most deserving people for the song 'Viđi nane,'" said the rapper.
"Viđi Nane" does not have a classic music video, but it is accompanied on the YouTube channel by a video signed by Mario Đorđević and Nemanja Abazović.
"For such beautiful songs, it would be desirable to make a music video, but this is some kind of cover and lyrics purely so that it would not be just a cover that is static. So it can't be counted in the video, but if we did it would probably be reflected in the reviews. But today it's difficult to organize video recording at all, and we haven't done it for a long time, since 'Đedovina,'" admits the rapper.
"Let alone make it with TriXstar, because it would have to be recorded in Germany or we would have to bring it here", he added, emphasizing that at the start with this song "they are not shooting for the top of the charts".
She is a German-speaking artist, although she also interprets her art in English. She is known to me as the editor of the show Lionstyle (on Radio Bruškin), she deals with reggae and rap music and I followed her a year or two ago and suddenly the idea came to do some international collaboration
There will be harder songs on the album
"Viđi nane" is another announcement of the long-awaited, fifth, Who See album, which is taking its final form and preparing for next year as another authentic, organic and indigenous release of this Mediterranean hip-hop duo.
"We started the announcement of our fifth album with 'Đedovina', then 'Idu dani', which is a mixture of rap and reggae, and now again 'Viđi nane', which is reggae, we will have some similar energies on the album, and there will normally be so-called 'bangers' ' for those with a harder sound. So, as before, we will play with genres, but we will also keep the recognition that we have been building for years", said Dedduh.
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