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Yeukai Karengezeka Arts Correspondent
Songbird Ammara Brown has dismissed notions that the contentious artwork of a woman on the crucifix, she used as a cover sleeve for her new single “Crucify Me” has anything to do with the shadowy group Illuminati.Ammara posted the cover for her single “Crucify Me” off her forthcoming album on a musical website www.soundcloud.com.
The original Illuminati was a secret society within the Roman Catholic priesthood and in recent times it has grown on the radar of Satanist conspiracy buffs who credit the mythical network with responsibility for everything from celebrity fame and fortune to war and famine across the globe.
Ammara’s song was well received but the controversial artwork raised eyebrows among the Christian community.
“This is really about the song and that picture is not even the official artwork for my song. There are no religious connotations attached to it. It’s a picture I just downloaded on the internet,” she said.
The said love song is drawn from a personal experience but generally it is about a couple that has been heartbroken before and the woman cheats.
“This is a song about a broken relationship that needs mending when a woman cheats on her man. I chose this particular artwork because when a woman cheats on a man she is dubbed as some kind of distorted animal.
“In the song the man is crucifying the woman for a mistake he, himself, has made before. Crucifixion was a form of punishment for crimes committed, so it was not my intention to insult anyone,” she said.
Some of the lyrics go: “Have you ever cheated on someone? /I have, and I guess in the defence of the cheater who’s been cheated on I’m saying/Do you even have the right to crucify me for a mistake you’ve made before?/ I forgave you.
“I’m not saying I was right to do it/ I’m saying let’s not make this the definition of our relationship. We’re bigger than this, we are much more than this.”
The singer said all music lovers should look forward to her upcoming debut album to be released in September.
As this is her first album Ammara says she has come up with a well packaged album that she hopes will stir up the music scene.
“I am taking my time to come up with a polished product considering that this is my first album. For the ‘Ammartians’(my fans) who can’t wait for the album any longer, I will be leaking previews of songs from my debut album till its release in September,” she said.
Ammara said she has engaged several artistes on the album that is yet to be titled.
“The album will be featuring Roki and Orezy from Nigeria as a way of catering for different music lovers and I hope it will be a great success and leave a mark on the music scene” she said.
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