Livingstone Etse Satekla, better known by his stage name Stonebwoy, claims that his song “Putuu” is a gospel song and that listeners are welcome to play it at places of worship.
On Friday, October 21, Stonebwoy claimed in an interview with an Accra-based TV station that “Putuu” is a highly potent national prayer hymn.
“It’s a prayerful song, my people. It’s a gospel song. Play it in the churches anytime you want,” Stonebwoy said.
The five-time recipient of the Reggae/Dancehall Artist of the Year honor claims that the Covid-19 era served as the song’s inspiration.
“I actually got inspired during the COVID period. I came back from London and I had this instrumental I could feel something in instrumentals….
“But when I finished, the song became a song for just me, because I know people might not understand Stonebwoy for this one. I mean, I’ve written songs for people, and I’m honest enough, sometimes I have songs that I know I have to give to people that I can’t sing. It’s nice, but I’m like, somebody else will deliver it better and it will fit,” the Bhim President noted.
He continued: “But this particular song, I actually gave it to, you know, I called my wife, I played it, and a friend of ours came to the house, Aisha. Aisha Modi. So I’m like, listen to this song I have. What do you guys think about it? You know what? I’m skeptical about releasing it. I’m about to release an album anyway. But let me share it amongst us so that you guys can be enjoying it because it’s a new thing and let’s see how it goes.
Aisha goes home and goes online with it and goes live with a song, the next minute. I’ve seen the song on Nigeria Blogs. So I woke up one morning and I actually mixed and mastered the song and released it straight up. Then we got ‘Putuu’. So, I’m grateful for that song,” Stonebwoy shared.
The Dancehall musician also disclosed that he will release a new album in March.
