Watch! Pastor Playing Amapiano During Church Service. As the COVID pandemic gutted live venues and cut off Amapiano DJs who’d average eight to 15 performances each weekend, listener behaviours showed that despite the lack of club scenes, AmaPiano Grooves continued to gain traction.
Viral videos have never run dry on the world wide web – how amazing is it that there’s always something crazy on the internet? From people riding trolleys on the highway to failed challenge compilations – the internet has never left us feeling lonely. A video showing church members letting loose when an amapiano beat came on went viral on TikTok. People could not help but notice how different congregants reacted to the pastor’s song choice.
Most South Africans love amapiano and people who watched the video were amused to see proof. Netizens flooded the comments by picking their favourite church members’ reactions. People were amazed by a TikTok when a pastor started playing a new banger in church. In the video, the churchgoers were just as happy as many got up from their seats to dance. Watch the full video below:
Along with the abundant log drums, signature shakers, cloud-like pads and staple keys, Amapiano stirs up a sense of anticipation that ever more artists are gravitating toward.
Just one of many milestones that signalled Amapiano’s worldwide domination and the rise of its key players includes tracks from Samthing Soweto’s successful album ‘isiPhithipithi’ – meaning “the crowded/chaotic place”. The album’s final three Amapiano tracks, ‘AmaDM’, ‘Lotto’ and ‘Akulaleki’ struck a major chord, topping the Apple Music SA singles charts on pre-adds alone. Other popular anthems include Semi Tee, Miano and Kammu Dee’s ‘Labantwana Ama Uber’ and ‘Lorch (An Alexandra Story)’, as well as Kaygee DaKing and Bizizi’s ‘Kokota’, to name but a few. JazziDisciples, Boohle, DBN GOGO, Daliwonga, Nia Pearl, Njelic and Vigro Deep are essential listening, while production master DJ Maphorisa stands at the right hand of a number of groundbreaking acts on the scene, along with plenty of hits of his own.
