Nigerian singer Mr Real has launched a scathing critique of his colleagues in the music industry, accusing them of turning a blind eye to the country’s deepening insecurity while continuing to release new songs and party in clubs.

The Legbegbe hitmaker, in a passionate video message, said he wakes up daily to harrowing reports of killings, kidnappings and unrest across Nigeria, and can no longer bring himself to promote entertainment as though life were normal.

He revealed that the grim national mood has repeatedly stopped him from putting out new material, explaining that each time he considers dropping a song, the latest wave of bad news forces him to pause. According to him, the disconnect between the country’s pain and the industry’s carefree output has become impossible to ignore.

“I wake up to terrible news every day. I am even scared to drop songs because of the terrible things happening in Nigeria. Artists who are releasing songs are trying because I don’t know the kind of mind they have. How do some artists do it?” he asked, visibly frustrated.

Mr Real went further, condemning what he described as a culture of numbness that allows people to keep clubbing and celebrating while others are being killed or displaced. He alleged that some individuals have turned insecurity into a lucrative enterprise, yet society carries on as if nothing is wrong.

“This country is burning. People are dying. Some individuals have turned insecurity to business and we still go to club. That is the problem,” he said, arguing that the normalization of violence and fear is itself a national emergency.

While acknowledging that everyone has a right to enjoy life, Mr Real insisted that the current level of indifference is far from normal. He suggested that Nigerians are behaving as though under a spell, remaining docile even as conditions deteriorate.

“You can argue that you have your own life to live. I also can’t deny that I don’t club or enjoy my life. But can’t you see that it is not normal? It is like we are under a spell to be docile no matter how worse things get. Is it normal?” he asked.

His outburst has added to growing public conversations about how artists and celebrities should respond in times of national crisis, and whether entertainment can continue as usual when the country is, in his words, “burning.”