Danyal Zafar’s ‘Butterfly’ fails to fly high on Twitter

Singer slammed for overtly sensual visuals in music video

Danyal Zafar, the younger brother of musician-actor Ali Zafar, has been working towards making a name in the entertainment industry. The star’s long-awaited debut single Ek Aur Ek 3 for the album by the same name was released in August this year and opened to fairly good reviews. However, his latest outing has landed in hot waters for more than one reason. The budding artist unveiled the music video for his second single Butterfly this week. The song, which revolves around falling in love, is receiving flak for its overtly sensual visuals.

It portrays Danyal in romantic stills with his onscreen love interest Inja. The pair is now being slammed on Twitter for their rather obscene and intimate scenes in the video. Some even condemned musicians for being allowed to release such content. “What kind of art is this?” penned a user. Addressing the vulgarity in Butterfly, another stated, “This looks more of a contraceptive ad than a music video!!”

https://twitter.com/Mansoor1x/status/1200500257576148992

Others compared Danyal to foreign artists in a taunting way. “Gareebo ka (wannabe) Ed Sheeran,” wrote one, while another responded with, “Seriously people! Stop comparing Zayn Malik with Daniyal Zafar. I will puke.”

Seriously people!
SHTOP comparing Zayn Malik with Daniyal Zafar. I will puke.

— Van Gogh’s yellow (@farwakanwal) November 29, 2019

Gareebo ka Ed Sheeran 🤭

— Dee Dee (@DeeTheCastle) November 29, 2019

Taking a direct dig at the video, a post read, “I played this out loud and the dogs next door started crying. What is Danyal Zafar trying to do in blue butterfly? I think I'm too dumb to understand.”

https://twitter.com/a_kela_banana/status/1200464481098313734

https://twitter.com/Rosenmuller_96/status/1199729915706462210

Another furious user shared, “Butterflies are cursing themselves for existing after watching this song." Following this was, “You really thought you did something there didn’t you.”

https://twitter.com/hijabtufail/status/1200478587675172868

The video has been shot in different locations of Los Angeles. Danyal's song is said to be inspired from musicians such as Frank Ocean and John Mayer. The singer forayed into the music industry with the Coke Studio song Muntazir, alongside Momina Mustehsan.

Check out Danyal's video here:

https://twitter.com/DanZafOfficial/status/1197891589693153280


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