Omah Lay - Understand

What this video is

Released on July 29, 2021, 'Understand' arrived during a watershed moment for Nigerian Afrofusion on the global stage. The single was Omah Lay's first solo offering of 2021 after a high-profile 2020 that included a controversial arrest in Uganda and viral international recognition. Produced by Tempoe — reuniting the team behind 'Godly' — the song accumulated over 10 million global streams within months of audio…

Why it matters

A defining visual artefact of early-2020s Afrofusion's narrative music video tradition. 'Understand' demonstrates the genre's maturation beyond performance-only aesthetics into cinematic short-film storytelling, shot with production values rivalling international pop. The video's Ghana location…

The director

Top Shotta is a music video director credited under the Fax Films production banner. Multiple independent African music media outlets — including Music In Africa and Musiqk.com — confirm Top Shotta as the director of this video, with Fax Films as the…