Bettystown’s Olawale Gazal ,21, has been creating content for the internet since 2019 but he has ambitions to make it to a bigger screen than the one on your smartphone. Nobody would help him out at the start except his mom but he took matters into his own hands and started making videos to get noticed. Inspired by the Vine-to-Hollywood trajectory of King Bach, Sean Kingston and NSG.
His videos are reflective of Ireland and the diasporic nature of the city’s black culture.
There’s a lot of West Indian influence in your videos. What was it like growing up in a Nigerian household?
It was very helpful and hard at times, the culture could be very different from other African cultures but I know that if it wasn’t for my parents and grandparents I won’t be as disciplined as I am supposed to be right now.
You post a lot of content, sometimes three videos a day. How much of your time is devoted to this?
Posting on TikTok and Instagram is fun like I really enjoy it but it can be really time consuming and just finding the right content that my audience would react to is definitely not easy at all.
So is this something that you want to see become your career?
100 percent I see myself doing this long term and I would definitely want to do it long term. But it will definitely take a lot of time and effort because creating content is not easy. I do not want to work a regular job, it’s just not for me.
Do you think a community is growing in Ireland or people who do what you do on the internet?
Not a lot of people do exactly what I do, they may think they do but I’m not just a music platform, I sell products and services too. I am unique this way in the country but it depends if people are willing to really work with me and get the best possible experience from my services.
Where can people find your socials ?
My Googled information is here:
Instagram(Ollys TV):
https://instagram.com/ollystv?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Instagram(Olly Gazal):
https://instagram.com/olywalle_?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
YouTube:
Tiktok:
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/ollystvofficial?s=21&t=0qfn46ii-0F7sH7-8HIU-A
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