TIRANA - A scandal bordering on perversity can be called the circulation in recent days of a series of videos showing Albanian singers singing at festivals or music videos, with explicit scenes where the artists, dressed in dresses or pants, hold the microphone in their hands and really make sounds, while the orchestras accompany them with the greatest shamelessness, playing their instruments as if it were something normal that they had done regularly before.
According to preliminary data, the scandalous videos were initially discovered on several foreign websites. Although Albanian authorities took measures to delete them or block the websites, the videos are currently being distributed from one mobile phone to another through various applications, driven by the low but inevitable curiosity of the human instinct for singing and music in general.
Already on social media, but also in traditional media, well-known names in music are being mentioned, whose lives have been irreparably shaken, in some cases even going into psychological shock.
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From a first analysis of the film materials, it results that the artists were filmed in an organized and deliberate manner, as the images are clear, bright and with maximum purity. So far, about 20 well-known and less well-known singers have been mentioned, but people who have seen the entire stock indicate that the number of artists involved in this scandal is several times greater.
According to cultural journalist Skizo Freni, "for the sake of truth, there have been rumors circulating for a long time that some of our singers were singing, but I didn't want to believe it, because in the difficult world of art, there are many rumors circulating, a lot of mud is thrown. But the facts leave no room for speculation and now we have to face this reality of sounds."
As for the videos, in some of them the singers are initially alone, but there is no shortage of videos with two or even three people. Even more sensitive material is that where in the middle of the song, two female singers are suddenly joined by a male singer, as soon as the chorus begins.
Meanwhile, the statements of some of the artists involved in the scandal, that they did not know they were being filmed, are questioned by clear footage where they looked at the camera in the light of their eyes, even smiling. Not to mention several video clips where the shameless singer invited the camera to follow her as she moved around the stage singing, on a deserted beach, on a yacht, at the Eiffel Tower or in Times Square in New York.
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There have been quite a few television shows and on-screen debates on this hot topic, even those filmed by professionals. Most analysts are of the opinion that singers have every right to do whatever they want with the microphone, even to sing. However, no one has the right to film them without their knowledge while singing, and even worse, to post the videos on the Internet for profit.
"Since the beginning of civilization as we know it today, man has sung that the genie loves, the soul loves," emphasized moderator Forfora Fora, " but this happened in private or very few people knew about it. While today these things go viral immediately thanks to technology and social networks, they impress us."
However, there is also a question mark regarding the moment when these videos came out, even though they were filmed years ago; especially since they were all released together to cause as many jumps, waist twists, finger snaps, frantic shoulder shrugs and exclamations like "Opaaa, give me Muço" among the Albanian audience.
In this regard, doubts have been raised that the selection of the moment is intentional, as a diversion to divert public attention from even more pressing issues, such as the video of the President of the Republic meeting the new American ambassador, the now famous video of the Prime Minister scratching his nose, or the video of the former head of the State Transparency Service, Vlora Hanëmi, entering and leaving the SPAK offices.
PS After the latest scandal, it is learned that SPAK has urgently opened the auditions, setting up a professional jury to evaluate the songs and award the prizes.
Note: The Patronage is a satirical musical column