HOT BODY By Bashir Lucas Samson Lukman

The same world that claims to inform us that a woman’s worth goes beyond her body is the world that glorifies the objectification of that same body.
“Look, look what a hot body can do” — but a man is damned if he responds by fantasizing about that hot body. Well… unless he puts it into music too.

It’s not just the lyrics. The body is displayed, flashed, and commodified through fashion and visuals.
And yet — we are told, “Don’t objectify us.”
Perhaps Tom Segura’s Health Episode in Bad Thoughts is an accurate satire about society’s obsession with bodies.

Imagine this parody of Ayra Starr’s Hot Body:

“Look
Look what a strong bicep can do
Look
Look, focus
Look what a strong bicep can do

Look what a nice bicep can do
Veins poppin’ and I barely flexed, boo
They double-tap when I walk through
Chest out like it’s paid rent too

Abs so clean, make ’em freeze in June
Sun’s out, shirt off by noon
Baby say my jawline cut like truth
I don’t chase, I lift, then cruise

Got my beard shaped, feeling brand new
Walk past, they ask, “Who you?”
Confidence loud like a gym tune
Dripping cologne and good mood too

It makes sense, oh
Makes sense
Oh my God, I bring resistance
Cologne drifting from a distance
Makes sense, oh
Makes sense
Abs be flexing”

If the above came from a male artist, it would be called ridiculous, maybe even cringe.

Typical male musicians boast about being Odogwu, Boss Man, Don, Power, and Status.
But the female side?
If it’s not about ass and boobs, then it’s about how her hips don’t lie.

Let’s stop pretending the world is truly ready to embrace the “a woman is more than her body” gospel. Because right now, it looks like we’re monetizing what we claim to be liberating.

Perhaps it’s not empowerment or objectification, but capitalism — because sex sells, and both men and women are products in a market of attention

Bashir Lucas Samson Lukman