By Nimusiima
Ruth Grace Namatovu was the young face in the Coca-Cola Rated Next Competitions. FYI, she won the darned competitions. A 15-year-old small girl with a big voice. She held everyone with a noose of her vocal prowess. Her ability to do justice to songs of global icons like Whitney Houston couldn’t be gainsaid. And her winning of the competitions didn’t surprise many. Okay, it did. It surprised the haters. After the sabbatical of winning shs50M, it seems, her musical dream is still alive. Many aspirants seem to sink in oblivion.
She came with a new single called Ebirooto. Here is my verdict: it is a good song for a young girl of Ruth Grace’s age. I mean, we all sounded horrible at that tender age, but she defies all that and takes center stage. It is entirely done in her native dialect–Luganda–which makes it sweeter and ear candy. There is always something with indigenous songs. They come off nicely and brings to fore someone’s true talent. Ebirooto is a bit laidback. A voice of a young girl delivering inspiration for people to chase their dreams. Maybe she meant herself. She is a living proof that dreams can come true in a split moment. However, I was left in a bucket of disappointment when, on one of the recent radio interviews, Ruth Grace blatantly said that she never knew who wrote her song. Like, seriously? Well, she could be juggling a lot of things at this time, but she stooped so low with that. She lost me. Ebirooto should be a soundtrack for everyone silently and privately chasing a dream.
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