Social-media commentator VeryDarkMan, widely known as VDM, has ridiculed rapper Zlatan Ibile over the reception for his recent album and wedding celebrations, adding to online speculation that relations between the two may have deteriorated.
Key takeaways
- VDM questioned whether Zlatan’s album launch and wedding generated the level of public interest intended.
- He said Zlatan’s latest song should remain No. 1 on Apple Music for a month if the promotional campaign was successful.
- VDM argued that blog coverage of the wedding produced fewer than 5,000 comments per post.
- The remarks followed claims that Zlatan referenced VDM in a track with Peruzzi and Shoday.
- Listeners connected a lyric mentioning “Vincent” to VDM, whose given name is Vincent.
VDM challenges campaign impact
In a post on his social-media account, VDM said he would be disappointed if Zlatan’s new release did not retain the leading position on Apple Music for an entire month.
He suggested that the wedding had been staged in part to market the album, writing: “Someone held a whole wedding to promote his album, but the album did not take off and the wedding did not take off either.”
The online personality also criticised the digital publicity surrounding the event. He said the blog posts carrying wedding content had failed to attract substantial interaction despite what he described as extensive public-relations activity and widespread visibility for Vincent.
“None of the blogs that posted the wedding reached 5,000 comments,” he said, adding that it would upset him if the song did not stay at No. 1 for one month.
Song lyric fuels rift speculation
The comments came after fans began suggesting that Zlatan had targeted VDM in a collaboration featuring Peruzzi and Shoday.
On the track, Zlatan delivers the line: “I am not Vincent, I cannot masturbate.” Some listeners interpreted the mention of Vincent as a possible reference to VDM, whose first name is Vincent, helping to fuel speculation of a dispute between the two online figures.
