𝗜𝗳 𝗧𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗯𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴… 𝗞𝟭 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲𝘀.

Six months into President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s tenure, imagine just imagine that the “Renewed Hope” agenda had translated into visible progress. Let’s say fuel prices stabilized, the naira found its footing, electricity became less of a luxury and more of a right, and youth employment surged not just on paper but in practice.

If that alternate reality had come to pass, trust Nigeria’s ever-alert music scene to respond faster than any press conference. By now, King Wasiu Ayinde Marshal K1 De Ultimate himself would likely have already released a Fuji anthem titled something like “Asiwaju Lo Kan Gidi!” It would open with rolling drums, a praise verse describing Tinubu as the “architect of modern Lagos,” and close with a smooth saxophone celebrating his economic turnaround.

And it wouldn’t stop with K1. Artists across genres would join the chorus. Olamide might drop a street anthem called “Jagaban Vibes”, Burna Boy could surprise us with a politically conscious yet hopeful track titled “New Dawn”, and even the ever-pragmatic Falz might cautiously nod in a remix of “This Is Nigeria”, updated to reflect real progress.

Because in Nigeria, music is more than art it’s both mirror and megaphone. When things go wrong, the streets sing about hardship. But when things go right? They sing even louder.

Unfortunately, that alternate reality remains… well, alternate. The tracks we’ve heard in the past year are filled more with critique than celebration. The beats are still heavy, but the lyrics? They’re asking questions.

Still, the potential is there. The moment Nigeria’s leadership delivers not promises, but actual progress you can bet the studio booths will light up. And when that happens, the first voice you’ll hear shouting “Ijo Asiwaju!” just might be K1’s, mic in one hand, agbada flowing, praising not just a man but a movement.

Until then, the beat waits.