Twerka Explained
| Twerka |
| Cover: | Twerka.png |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | DJ Maphorisa, Shebeshxt and Xduppy |
| English Title: | Twerk |
| Genre: | Amapiano |
| Label: |
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| Composer: |
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| Lyricist: | - Themba Sekowe
- Lehlogonolo Chauke
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| Chronology: | DJ Maphorisa |
| Prev Title: | Bula Nthweo |
| Prev Year: | 2023 |
| Twerka |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Next Title: | Monday Boys Holiday |
| Next Year: | 2023 |
"Twerka" is a single by a pair of South African DJs and record producers DJ Maphorisa and Xduppy, and rapper Shebeshxt released on 18 December 2023 through New Money Records under exclusive license from Sony Music Entertainment Africa. Despite amassing 14,000 streams a day prior to its release it received critical reviews from the public labeling the song as an epic fail.[1]
DJ Maphorisa took to Instagram to inform fans that the song is out, however the public wasn't pleased with the final project as they negatively commented on the producer's post leading DJ Maphorisa to retaliate.[2]
Background
A live video of the artists in studio recording the song emerged on Twitter (now X) on 7 December 2023,[3] it became a sleeper hit; going viral on a video sharing platform TikTok. Xduppy sampled Shebeshxt's freestyle from Podcast and Chill with MacG which received 1 million views in two days.[4]
Credits and personnel
- DJ Maphorisa – Primary artist, producer, songwriter
- Shebeshxt – Songwriter
- Xduppy – Producer
Notes and References
- Web site: Vellem . Mihlali . 2023-12-21 . 'Trash': Fans on DJ Maphorisa and Shebeshxta's song 'Twerka' . 2023-12-23 . The South African . en-ZA . 2023-12-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231221153834/https://www.thesouthafrican.com/culture/music/breaking-amapiano-fans-dj-maphorisa-shebeshxtas-song-twerka-listen-21-december-2023/ . live .
- Web site: Nkonki . Anita . 21 December 2023 . DJ Maphorisa fires back at remarks that his song with Shebeshxt is trash . 23 December 2023 . . 21 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231221125233/https://www.iol.co.za/the-star/news/dj-maphorisa-fires-back-at-remarks-that-his-song-with-shebeshxt-is-trash-5099e80a-f056-4957-a33e-a95e8ff0dfc8 . live .
- Web site: Vellem . Mihlali . 2023-12-07 . 'Hit loading': Shebeshxt and DJ Maphorisa recording music [watch] ]. 2023-12-23 . The South African . en-ZA . 2023-12-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231216193232/https://www.thesouthafrican.com/lifestyle/celeb-news/local-celebs/breaking-shebeshxt-recording-music-dj-maphorisa-studio-watch-7-december-2023/ . live .
- Web site: Seleme . Rae . 2023-11-19 . 1million views in 2 days: Ama2000 president Shebeshxt breaks record on 'Podcast and Chill' . 2023-12-23 . The South African . en-ZA . 2023-12-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231207204852/https://www.thesouthafrican.com/lifestyle/celeb-news/local-celebs/breaking-1million-views-2-days-ama2000-president-shebeshxt-amapiano-breaks-record-podcast-and-chill-with-macg-19-november-2023/ . live .
