Ahad Raza Mir speaks out against Shireen Mazari after Momina’s banter
SOOOOO, Pakistani Twitter has been ablaze with Momina Mustehsan and Shireen Mazari’s feud. There was a lot of back and forth and well, it was GREAT. If you want to catch up on it ALL, go here.
While Momina and Shireen feuded, people were wondering why Ahad Raza Mir was still silent
Why is Momina Mustehsan getting all the hate when Ahad Raza Mir ruined the song equally?
Just saying.— Manal⚡ (@manolofatti) October 22, 2018
Ahad Raza Mir witnessing the feud on twitter. #mominamustehsan #shireenmazari pic.twitter.com/0hOvRP9ygW
— Husky (@Vancopmysin) October 22, 2018
His ‘friend’ Sajal Ali also stepped into this mess, asking people to CALM DOWN
About a few minutes ago, Ahad Raza Mir blessed us with his opinions and thoughts, in an expansive rant, mainly targeted at the Federal Minister of Human Rights, Dr. Shireen Mazari.
‘A Certain Song’. OH, DO YOU MEAN KO KO KO RINA?
So there has been a alot of talk about a certain song. So lets do just that. Talk about it.
— Ahad Raza Mir (@ahadrazamir) October 23, 2018
He had a punny start
I am honoured that I got to cover Ko Ko Korina. Some people enjoyed it and some not to so much, which is fair. Look at how we love to appreciate and criticize. It shows our nation is alive. Even after hearing the song 😉 Pun intended.
— Ahad Raza Mir (@ahadrazamir) October 23, 2018
I loved the way everyone got together to talk about the song.
Ive seen all the memes and I have to say they're hilarious. Just shows the fantastic sense of humour of this nation. Trust me I take it all very positively.— Ahad Raza Mir (@ahadrazamir) October 23, 2018
This is beginning to sound like an acceptance speech (although, honey, you ain’t winning anything)
I am also very grateful.
Grateful to people like HSY who openly appreciated our efforts and has always been a supportive light in our industry. I am thankful to Momina who dared to work with a newbie to Pakistani music.— Ahad Raza Mir (@ahadrazamir) October 23, 2018
Okay so, here’s the GOOOD part
I am also pleansantly surpired that the minister of human rights noticed out attempt, although she did not have very nice things to say, I'm still happy she noticed.
Just a peice of advice: better choice of words next time Ms. Minister.— Ahad Raza Mir (@ahadrazamir) October 23, 2018
Using her own words against her. Whattay strategy
Ms. Minister you represent a party that wants to bring change, supports youth and new ideas in Pakistan. The reach and duty of Human Rights promotes a caring approach to life. Dont "massacre" its meaning. You represent human rights in our country. Think about what that means.
— Ahad Raza Mir (@ahadrazamir) October 23, 2018
At least he isn’t referring to Uncle Ben from Spider-Man
Really all I'm trying to say is that we should learn to be kind. Even in our criticism. Trust me it goes a long way. Our song was a cover, and a cover is meant to deviate from the original. Its not supposed to sound or feel the same. And at the end of the day…it's a song.
— Ahad Raza Mir (@ahadrazamir) October 23, 2018
So, they sang THAT version of ‘Ko Ko Korina’ for us? Umm…thanks?
Also lets respect our artists. All of them. Everytime an artists works…they take a risk. Not for themselves…but for you. Trust me when I say we work hard for YOU. Not for ourselves. Want to critisize.. do it with love. Works better and definelty doesn't hurt as much.
— Ahad Raza Mir (@ahadrazamir) October 23, 2018
His ‘rant’ wasn’t all too bad, though. He made sure to thank his fans… AGAIN
So lets remember something. If we can come together to hate something, we can do the same to love. Take that however you'd like.
Lastly to everyone that appreciated the song, I am honored and now will work twice as hard to gain the confidence of my critics.
Love you as a nation.— Ahad Raza Mir (@ahadrazamir) October 23, 2018
Ahad Raza Mir definitely took a more level-headed approach to the whole fiasco and maybe was a sane voice in the madness- much needed. He is definitely right in that covers are meant to deviate from the original, and while the fact that they attempted the song is great; the end result was not so good. This whole thing shouldn’t discourage artists from making covers of older songs, and if it does, then this is all really quite a shit show.
Let art do its thing, critique it, but don’t discourage it. What do you think of all of us?
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