{"id":1223652,"date":"2022-10-13T15:29:44","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T15:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/13\/black-sherif-screens-45-video-off-the-villain-i-never-was-at-private-viewing-session\/"},"modified":"2022-10-13T15:29:44","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T15:29:44","slug":"black-sherif-screens-45-video-off-the-villain-i-never-was-at-private-viewing-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/13\/black-sherif-screens-45-video-off-the-villain-i-never-was-at-private-viewing-session\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Sherif screens \u201845\u2019 video off \u2018The Villain I Never Was\u2019 at private viewing session"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\">\n<p>Some fans got a sneak peek of what to expect as far as visuals of Black Sherif\u2019s new album is concerned.<\/p>\n<p>The breakout star on October 6, released \u2018The Villain I Never Was\u2019, his debut album since hitting the limelight.<\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old has been lauded for the 14-track project which had no features except for his already released Second Sermon Remix which had mentor and collaborator, Burna Boy on it.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-10-13-at-12.59.49-PM-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"Black Sherif screens \u201845\u2019 video off \u2018The Villain I Never Was\u2019 at private viewing session\" class=\"wp-image-10032187607 lazy\"  data- title=\"Black Sherif screens \u201845\u2019 video off \u2018The Villain I Never Was\u2019 at private viewing session\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>On Wednesday evening, the Road Boys Association (RBA) convened a section of fans and music enthusiasts at East Legon in Accra for an exclusive screening of the first video off the newly released project.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201845\u2019<\/strong>, the third song on the Konongo-born star\u2019s album was is the first song [aside from Second Sermon Remix] to have a video ready.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"wV2njdyTR98\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Black Sherif - 45 [Official Visualiser]\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wV2njdyTR98?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The event was preceded by Blacko providing insight into the rationale behind some of the songs on the project coupled with answers to questions from the audience.<\/p>\n<p>After this, the video was premiered to the elation of viewers.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-10-13-at-1.00.53-PM-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"Black Sherif screens \u201845\u2019 video off \u2018The Villain I Never Was\u2019 at private viewing session\" class=\"wp-image-10032187610 lazy\"  data- title=\"Black Sherif screens \u201845\u2019 video off \u2018The Villain I Never Was\u2019 at private viewing session\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>The blockbuster video saw a sinister Blacko from a rehab centre, leading a bank heist where his gang held hostages with firearms in hand.<\/p>\n<p>He is accosted in the end by the police, a subsequent explosion of his vehicle and but surprisingly re-emerges from the blazing vehicle.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This song hits me different.\u2604\ufe0f The boy from Konongo Zongo, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/blacksherif_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@blacksherif_<\/a> performing at his video viewing in Accra last night. <br \/>Blacko to the wiase\ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheVillainINeverWas?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#TheVillainINeverWas<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uwKSfs63Wa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/uwKSfs63Wa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kenneth Awotwe Darko (@TheKennethDarko) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheKennethDarko\/status\/1580489515784814592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 13, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The confrontational song signifies fortification and perseverance and fulfilling one\u2019s purpose despite adversities.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-10-13-at-1.00.53-PM-1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"Black Sherif screens \u201845\u2019 video off \u2018The Villain I Never Was\u2019 at private viewing session\" class=\"wp-image-10032187608 lazy\"  data- title=\"Black Sherif screens \u201845\u2019 video off \u2018The Villain I Never Was\u2019 at private viewing session\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>The video, shot by accomplished Nigerian director, TG Omori is one of rebellion and strife.<\/p>\n<p>Black Sherif revealed that it took less than three days on set to get the visual shot.<\/p>\n<p>The song was produced by Jae5. The video will be out on YouTube at 16:00 GMT later today.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/black-sherif-screens-45-video-off-the-villain-i-never-was-at-private-viewing-session\/\">Source<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some fans got a sneak peek of what to expect as far as visuals of Black Sherif\u2019s new album is concerned. The breakout star on October 6, released \u2018The Villain I Never Was\u2019, his debut album since hitting the limelight. The 20-year-old has been lauded for the 14-track project which had no features except for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1223655,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[94,1594,283,2065,7603,480,1807,26243],"class_list":["post-1223652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-black","tag-private","tag-screens","tag-session","tag-sherif","tag-video","tag-viewing","tag-villain"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1223652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1223652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1223652\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1223652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1223652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1223652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}