City of Joburg co-opts Sho Madjozi’s John Cena success

South African musician Sho Madjozi once again found herself trending on Twitter on Thursday morning after her recent Colors performance, where she debuted her hit single ‘John Cena,’ and it hit 1 million views after just eight days.

One million views!!!!!! 🎉 🎉🎉🎉 Thanks for watching #ColorsxShoMadjozi 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 shoutout to @dwpacademy !!! Shoutout to @colorsxstudios for allowing us to do our thing 🤗🤗🤗 Which crew are youuuu???? #JohnCena pic.twitter.com/wECYHMI6kK

— It’s Sho time (@ShoMadjozi) August 21, 2019

Known for making use of whatever the day’s hottest trending topic is, the City of Joburg (COJ) immediately jumped on the #JohnCena bandwagon by taking advantage of the fact that very few people understand Sho Madjozi’s language. In addition, she has not yet actually released the full track, which she came up with on the spot at the Colors studio.

In fact, Madjozi only finished recording a full version of ‘John Cena’ on Tuesday, and it is still being mixed and mastered before it gets released officially.

“Did you guys hear the line in the song when @ShoMadjozi says: ‘Switch off the lights. Turn off the plugs #Saveelectricity like #JohnCena'” tweeted the City of Joburg.

Did you guys hear the line in the song when @ShoMadjozi says:

'Switch off the lights
Turn off the plugs#Saveelectricity like #JohnCena'

Aiiich…🎶💃🏾 ^GZ pic.twitter.com/21LoIQTKnh

— City of Joburg (@CityofJoburgZA) August 22, 2019

A follower of the COJ account tried to get Joburg Water to join in on the fun, but they dropped the ball.

Waiting for @JHBWater to also rhyme pic.twitter.com/9KVIXvb3tC

— 🤭❤🇿🇦 (@PrettyNot20) August 22, 2019

@CityofJoburgZA Mara you can turn off your shower tap after 5 minutes 😅 ^NN#SaveWater #YesYouCan pic.twitter.com/R8p9WnPx3N

— Johannesburg Water (@JHBWater) August 22, 2019

The official Rea Vaya account did, however, get the trend right.

We also heard where she said

Don't waste your time stuck in #JHBTraffic
Ditch your car and take the bus 🚌

Be smart like #JohnCena 👌🏽💯 ^TM https://t.co/bumIAh2jq3

— Rea Vaya Bus Transit (@ReaVayaBus) August 22, 2019

As did the Joburg Public Safety account.

Yes, it's just before the verse

"Put the phone down
It can wait!🤳#DriveSafe like#JohnCena"

But you may have missed it cos it was in #Kiswahili 😏

Shows that @ShoMadjozi also supports a #SaferJoburg pic.twitter.com/YsRhaaPwvO

— Joburg Public Safety (@CoJPublicSafety) August 22, 2019

Some on Twitter have been fooled by an edited clip on John Cena following up his Instagram shoutout of Sho Madjozi by making her song his official entrance music on World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). That hasn’t actually happened yet.

https://twitter.com/LebohangToolo/status/1164398101475577856?s=20

Fans all over the world have also been sending her videos of themselves, their children and their family members watching the Colors performance.

https://twitter.com/MotsiriK/status/1162660868296970241?s=20

You can watch ‘Sho Madjozi – John Cena | A COLORS SHOW’ below:

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(Compiled by Kaunda Selisho)

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