- At a Paris state dinner, a French band honoured President Bola Tinubu with a lively performance of P-Square’s “Testimony (Taste the Money).”
- The band’s Nigerian music renditions sparked humorous online reactions.
A French band delivered a show-stopping performance at a state dinner in Paris, paying tribute to President Bola Tinubu with a rendition of P-Square’s hit song “Testimony (Taste the Money)”.
The dinner, held at the iconic Palais de l’Élysée, was part of Tinubu’s three-day state visit to France, aimed at fostering stronger diplomatic and economic ties between the two nations.
The band’s energetic performance, which blended Nigerian rhythms with French flair, earned outstanding applause from the audience, including President Tinubu and First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu.
The band didn’t stop there as they also performed “Mama Africa” by Bracket, further celebrating Nigerian music/culture on the global stage.
Watch the video below:
The video went viral and drew varying comments from social media users. A majority of Nigerians found the performance funny especially due to the accent of the band crew which couldn’t hidden during the performance.
Reacting, One @ify_royaldamsel wrote: “Since psquare dem do not want to have sense let another group dey entertain us dey go😂😂😂😂.”
_oyiza wrote: “Tinubu really enjoyed his life this year😭😭😂.”
manlyk.theo_ wrote: “Na this song wey fit tinubu 😂😂he don chop money.”
chinny_005 wrote: “They really tried, but make dem no try am again!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂.”
jennifer.ndefo wrote: “Y dis particular choice of song😂😂😂 are they mocking d Nigerian economy?😂😂😂”
ulelefeendurance wrote: “Na di format to dey collect our natural resources be dis abi.”
0xdigi1 wrote: “Only God know wetin T Pain and T Elumelu don go sign again 🤣.”
hrh_kingdiamond wrote: “Since the original Psquare don break, make we dey use this fake ones take hold body 😂.”
kevn_jw wrote: “This is how we sound when we speak French😂 and in our mind, we will think we are very fluent 😂.”
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