Ammara speaks out on artwork

Harare Bureau
SONGBIRD Ammara Brown has dismissed notions that the contentious artwork of a woman on the cross she used as a cover album for her new single “Crucify Me” had something to do with the Illuminati.Brown posted a sample of her song “Crucify Me” off her forthcoming album on a musical website www.soundcloud.com and an image of the song’s artwork on her Facebook page earlier this week.

The song itself was received well, but what raised eyebrows was the controversial artwork.

She had tongues wagging after she dropped the artwork — a piece of work showing a creature with a woman’s body with a crow’s head and wings.

But Brown defended her choice of artwork saying: “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 Jesus (SWA). I genuinely love Him.”
The singer said all music lovers should look forward to her upcoming debut album to be released in September.

“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’ll be leaking previews of songs from my debut album till its release in September,” she said.

Brown said she has engaged with several artistes on the album that is yet to be titled.

“The album will be featuring Roki and Orezi, singer of the dancehall hit song “Rihanna” from Nigeria as a way of catering for different music lovers,” she said.