Victony, an Afrobeat artist, has replied to suggestions that his debut album, Stubborn, failed commercially due to a lack of “haters” to generate negative buzz on social media.

He blasted the notion as “dumb,” claiming that such people had high expectations for the record considering his current status in the industry.

The singer took to his X handle to express his thoughts, saying: “Lmao, Victony needs more haters gotta be the dumbest shit I saw cos what’s the rush? Everyone wanna be Rema and Asake in 2 hours?”