Afrobeats star Skales has credited Barcelona sensation Lamine Yamal for giving a major boost to his music career after a viral social media moment.
Skales acknowledged that the young footballer’s dance to Skales’ 2015 hit “Shake Body” which captured global attention, sparked renewed interest in the singer’s work and opened up fresh professional opportunities.
Giving testimony at Harvesters Church, Skales described the start of 2025 as a spiritually intense period, marked by extended prayers and fasting.
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He revealed that he had written down seven specific prayer points, all of which he said were answered in a single day.
“Earlier this year, 2025, I prayed a lot, I fasted a lot; I’ve never fasted like this year. I told God that He needed to bless me because I was being laughed at and my career just looked funny. I wrote down seven prayer points, and all of them happened in one day. The one that changed my life was when a kid in Barcelona, Lamine Yamal, did a simple dance step to my song, and it went viral and changed my whole life,” Skales said.
To commemorate the moment, Skales also released a new track titled “Dance Like Lamine Yamal,” celebrating the viral dance that revitalized his career.
