AKA & Bonang break-up - was it a marketing ploy?
Is Caiphus Song AKA's way of apologizing for a real break up or was the break up engineered to market the song?
In an about turn from someone who’s all about singing about the baddest girls, the rise to the top and all things expensive, AKA has surprised fans by releasing a new loved-up track titled ‘Caiphus Song.’
This comes shortly after the two-second break up with his Queen (of everything), Bonang Matheba.
With lyrics like:
“cover the front page on a Sunday when they discover a location,” - probably in reference to their first Mozambican baecation, back when they were still playing hide the bae...
“how many break-ups we gon’ have?” - the most recent one is the second one we know about. So how many have they had?!
ALSO READ: AKA and Bonang back together
“even my ex called me a big fan,” - yup DJ Zinhle called him out for this back when she was going through that glorious Petty Labelle phase.
“I don’t buy face, I buy sick bags” - probably in reference to this “surprise”
“you was even in my video” - clearly a reference to the ‘The World Is Yours’ music video...
And lastly “see I wanted you for a long time, couple years later now you’re all mine”... it’s clear to see who he’s talking to.
The song is literally AKA addressing their relationship and momentary break up in song form.
Hope you've had a good day. #CaiphusSong 🎶❤️ pic.twitter.com/3af3qsdJ31
— AKA (@akaworldwide) February 21, 2017
"This is a song very close to my heart. It's about fighting for a future with the one you love. I decided to call it "Caiphus Song" to honour him and the song "Matswale" which inspired me to write this at this particular point in my life and relationship," said AKA in a statement.
Caiphus Song is also another form of collaboration between AKA and Smiso Zwane (more popularly known as OkMalumKoolkat) as Zwane designed the track’s artwork.
“When AKA sent me the track, I instantly got ideas around 'real love' and wedding vibes so I called him and we had a chat about which direction I could take it to. I am currently really interested in Vaporwave design, so I wanted to capture that feeling, visually using Vaporwave aesthetics,” said Zwane in a statement.
Adding that “this is also part of this whole Afro-futurism wave that I believe me and Supa Mega are part of consciously or unconsciously, it's all there in our music.”
AKA’s Caiphus Song can be streamed exclusively until Monday, 27 February 2017 on the Deezer streaming platform.