Saeon opens up on Wizkid collaboration

FAST-RISING singer, Saon, during the week, voiced out her position on her collaboration with Wizkid in her hit single, Boogie Down.
It was alleged that Wizkid was paid to feature in the song to the tune of N1.5 million but since the release of the song, he had refused to promote it in any way.
Earlier in the week, Saeon posted on her instagram page: “Folks, be like ‘I never charge artistes for features’ but I’m N1.5m short and I couldn’t even get a retweet.”
That comment opened up a frenzy that saw both parties coming out to narrate their stories.
Wizkid, in a chat with Net.Ng, said he usually charged N10 million and he and Saeon were not friends, but he had to collaborate with her because it took more than a month to get his attention.
In a chat with Saturday Tribune during the week, Saeon said, “Yes, I paid for a collaboration when I was an indie artiste to record a song with an artiste I admired. An agreement was reached and the payment made four months in advance before the studio session was set up.

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“The track was released incomplete, but not on my part. I am grateful for the clout the song received but was disappointed that he could not even give a mention to the song in form of even a post or retweet. If the icons didn’t give him support in the way of a retweet or post/mention, would he be where he is today?” Saeon asked.

“It’s good that I have the receipt of the payment. No one knows tomorrow. You may be hot today but no one knows the next day. Artistes should be respectful to one another,” she said.