Bongo star Harmonize has been forced to defend his music video views on YouTube following backlash from fans.
The hitmaker is under fire after the music video to his new song ‘Mdomo’ ft Ibraah which was released on Tuesday (12.04.2022) received 1.2 million views in less than 24 seconds.
This elicited mixed reactions from social media users, who accused Harmonize of employing view bots, which are automated programs that automatically add views to videos. Critics also pointed out that the video received fewer comments and that the viewership remained static after several hours.
Konde Boy took to social media to respond to critics by saying that he achieved the numbers through hard work and resilience and that he is proud of his accomplishment.
“Lol, Dem never value hardworking, they never appreciate your talent. Skiza wanangu huko mtaani tell dem this is our time, kelele tushazizoea la muhimu zaidi ni history imeandikwa,” he wrote on his Instagram.
His spokesman Mwijaku followed suit to defend his boss stating that the artist is popular and would easily attract similar views even if he posted insignificant content.
“Kama kuweka robot ni rahisi na nyinyi basi wekeni. Huyu ni msanii mkubwa hata akisema ajikune kwapa lake na aweke YouTube atapata viewers zaidi ya millions kwa dakika” said the defensive Mwijaku.
The ‘Mdomo’ video currently sits at 1.7 million views and is trending at number 8 at the time of publishing.
Several Tanzanian artists have previously been accused of buying YouTube views, but they have continuously denied these claims.