Vin Diesel, the Hollywood star, says ‘Calm Down‘, a song by Rema, the Afrobeats singer, is his favourite song at the moment.
The film star spoke at the European Gala for ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy: Vol 3’, the Marvel Studios film, held in Paris. The second sequel of the movie franchise is set to be in theatres from May 5.
Asked about his favorite song at the moment, the actor said his daughter influenced him into liking ‘Calm Down’ because she loves to sing it around the house.
“I have to say this. My daughter Pauline, who is eight years old runs around the house, going ‘Calm Down, Calm Down’. You know Rema?” he asked.
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‘Calm Down’ was first released in February 2022 as a single off ‘Rave and Roses’, Rema’s debut album.
The singer would later feature Selena Gomez, the US songstress, for the remix of the hit song in August of the same year.
Since the release of ‘Calm Down’, it has garnered millions of streams across music platforms.
It went platinum in the UK on March 3.
With over 442 million views — as of April 25 — the video of the song is the most-viewed Nigerian music video on YouTube.
It has also surpassed the record set by Ckay’s ‘Love Nwantintin’ remix.
Recently, ‘Calm Down’ became the second-longest charting no 1 African song in India.
It also made history as the highest-charting Afrobeats song on the Billboard Hot 100.
It was among the songs that featured on Barack Obama, the former US president’s favourite music of 2022.
Born Divine Ikubor, Rema has been enjoying massive reception from music lovers since he rose to stardom.
The singer has also won several awards and recognition.
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