The Secret Is Out: Rema Reveals What He Did With Selena Gomez That Made 'Calm Down' a Global Success

The Secret Is Out: Rema Reveals What He Did With Selena Gomez That Made 'Calm Down' a Global Success

  • Internationally renowned young Nigerian singer Rema recently won an MTV VMA ahead of senior colleagues Wizkid, Burna Boy and Davido
  • After the award ceremony, he spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about his global hit Calm Down and his relationship with Selena Gomez
  • Rema shared during the interview that working with the Latina singer was organic and no one else would've been able to pull off the remix as Selena did

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Young Nigerian singer and Afro-rave global superstar Rema recently shared why his relationship with Mexican-American artist Selena Gomez feels like a blessing.

During the interview, the Afrobeats singer noted that making the remix of Calm Down with Selena was organic and meant to be because of the friendship between him and the American singer.

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Photos of Rema and Selena Gomez
Photos of Rema and Selena Gomez at the MTV VMAs. Image credit: @heisrema
Source: Twitter

Rema also noted that he was grateful for the new listeners that Calm Down has been able to pull to Afrobeats.

"I wanna link up with all the girls," Rema says

During the chat with THR, the Nigerian singer also shared that he looks forward to working with Megan Thee Stallion and Nicki Minaj.

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Rema ended the interview with a cute quote that got people talking online. He said:

"I want to meet Meg, I want to meet Nicki. Like seriously, I want to link up with all the girls dem."

Watch an excerpt of Rema's interview with The Hollywood Reporter below:

See some of the reactions that Rema's chat stirred online

@gyonlineng:

"Culture custodian."

@BilkisAlao:

"Rema still that Edo boy from Naija."

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@1kissng:

"Werey boy said I want to meet the girl dem."

@ernest_quest:

"So proud of him, he is the now and future of Afrobeat."

@Jinja______:

"Bad boy ni boy yi."

@fairy_smiles:

"Don Jazzy, come and see your boy!!"

@Rico597379461:

"He not a rapper… He is an Afrobeats artist."

Man pours water into a glass to play music

Meanwhile, Briefly News recalls positive reactions have trailed the video of a man who used glass cups to play a piece of sweet music. The man's interesting way of playing his music was captured in the short video posted on Instagram by @diandie.

The man arranged the seven glasses of water on a table and started using the two spoons to tap them. That way, he produced the instrumental of Calm Down, a song made good by famous Nigerian singer Rema.

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