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Fergie Dads talks ‘Vaccine Confusion’
November 12, 2021
Like the 'she loves me, she loves me not' flower game, deejay Fergie Dads goes back and forth on the song Vaccine Confusion in a quest to figure out if he should take the COVID-19 vaccine or not.
The track, released by BTWI Entertainment Records in October, aims to capture the mixed thoughts of Jamaicans about the vaccine. Fergie Dads said the initial idea was to write a song about him taking the vaccine. After running it by friends, they suggested a more general perspective to prevent backlash.
"My friends seh it wouldn't go well if mi go that way because the majority of Jamaicans nuh really waan tek the vaccine and so it would look like mi deh pon the Government side and those against the Government would be against the song," he told THE WEEKEND STAR.
With the suggestion, he went back to the drawing board and got feedback from those who took the vaccine. He added his two children to the track, adding the perspective of kids having to be vaccinated to attend face-to-face classes.
"People seh the children really push the song because nuff parents nuh waan do it while some do it already so it cover everything people a seh," Fergie Dads said. "It's a song that really hit the nail pon the head because a it a the topic right now. Even if it nuh really give me dah great buss deh, I guess people will gravitate to it more and know me more."
The artiste, whose given name is Kevin Ferguson, recalled writing and performing songs while attending Kingston College. The Bull Bay native said he has always been regarded as a role model which led to people calling him Dads, helping to form his moniker. Though he had ambitions of joining the police force, he decided to pursue his passion for music and made his debut in 2016 with the single Cya Siddung Suh.
"I'd say my signature style is humorous. I always try to put humour in my music even if it's something serious," he said. "People always say I sound like Tiger. I try to keep my music family friendly so if I do a song and children can't sing it, I don't sing it."
