After Rema won the Best Afrobeats award at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards, Selena Gomez, who featured in his song “Calm Down,” expressed her love for Nigeria.
Rema’s victory was significant as he emerged victorious over the other nominees in the category.
The following songs made the list but were defeated by Rema: Burna Boy’s ‘It’s Plenty,’ Davido feat Musa Key’s ‘Unavailable,’ Ayra Starr’s ‘Rush,’ Libianca’s ‘People,’ Wizkid feat Ayrra Starr’s ‘2 Sugar,’ and Fireboy DML’s ‘Bandana’.
After receiving the award, Selena Gomez expressed her happiness and gratitude towards Rema for collaborating with her, as well as sending her love to Nigerians.
Her words: “Thank you so much for believing in me, choosing me to be part of an incredible song that broke records.
“I thank all of you for listening and streaming. I’m sending all my love to Nigeria, thank you.”
Recall that before their VMAs win, Rema had this to say about working on the song: “Calm Down’ is about the events that led me to finding love at the time,” Rema told Pitchfork about the song.
“It started at a party where I saw a girl who stood out from other girls, so I felt like shooting my shot. We spoke and danced…but her friends didn’t let me get any closer, which killed the vibe, but afterward when they weren’t there, we stayed in touch and hit it off.”
