Award-winning choir, The Reapers Choir (TRC) is set to officially release their brand new dance track, ‘The Only One (Okan Soso)’ on 28th July 2017. But the all-female choir is previewing the track by publishing the afrobeat track’s lyric video on YouTube ahead of its open video shoot on 22 July.
The Reapers Choir, one of just a handful of all-female, award winning gospel outfits based in the UK, has drawn on the African roots of all its members and created an upbeat hand-clapping, foot-stomping Afrobeats dance track. Currently comprised of first and second-generation Nigerian and Ghanaian immigrants, the choir opted to infuse Nigerian words from the Yoruba language into the song encouraging the listener to extol God and His attributes through worship and dance.
Anu Omideyi, director of The Reapers Choir shared, “We wanted to express our worship in a very physical way consistent with our African cultures. As a church gospel choir, this song captures part of our normal weekly worship where you can hear anything from praise and worship to rock to Afrobeats to hymns in one church service! We’re now introducing our supporters and everybody else to this side of us.”
She added, “After singing an unexpected up-tempo song at the Premier Gospel Awards in April to an amazing response, we really wanted to continue in that vein. It gave us confidence to show our versatility.”
‘The Only One (Okan Soso)’ will be available for purchase on all media platforms on 28 July 2017 but in the meantime The Reapers Choir is opening its video shoot for the track to the public giving everybody a chance to join in the fun. It promises to be a lively event with a few special cameo appearances by UK Gospel Music Personalities and lots of dancing. It will take place on 22 July at from 1.30pm.
Special notice: For more information and to attend the video shoot register via email to: thereaperschoir@gmail.com.
The Reapers Choir release new Afrobeats single ‘The Only One (Okan Soso)’
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