Neda Ukraden calls Aca Lukas a raft, he brings up Gaddafi
On a podcast the singer called Neda Ukraden a medical phenomenon. She called him Aca, known as the raft, and he fired back with a tent at Gaddafi's and camels.
The feud between Neda Ukraden and Aca Lukas entered a new round on October 8: the singer answered to Hype about the nickname his colleague gave him, and she says the quarrel no longer interests her.
What did Aca Lukas say on Boki 13’s podcast?
It started with Aca Lukas’s appearance on Boki 13’s podcast. There he called Neda Ukraden a medical phenomenon and gave his reason in the same breath:
This one was born, man… For years she’s been telling stories, whenever I listen to her somewhere, say she’s in Sarajevo, she says she’s from Sarajevo. When she’s in Zagreb, she tells people she’s a Zagreb girl, and when she’s in Belgrade, then she’s a Belgrader. I’m talking about Neda Ukraden.
Sources disagree on when the podcast was recorded: Kurir writes that the feud has lasted a few days, while Telegraf says Lukas appeared on Boki 13’s show several months ago.
How did Neda Ukraden respond?
In front of reporters at a recent performance in Belgrade, Neda Ukraden called Lukas “Aca, known as the raft”:
Do you think Aca, known as “the raft,” can get to me? Do you really think that is possible? I think it’s impossible, but I salute everything he says, let him think what he wants. Whatever he says, I forgive him and I consider it emotional immaturity.
The nickname is no accident. Aca Lukas’s real name is Aleksandar Vuksanovic, and he got the name Lukas from the raft on which he started singing.
Why did Lukas mention Gaddafi?
Lukas did not stay silent. He told Hype that he does not take the nickname as an insult:
A raft is a raft. I love rafts, I grew up on the Danube and the Sava.
Right after that he turned to his colleague:
I’m sure I like that more than a tent at Gaddafi’s, camels, sand…
In 2006 Neda Ukraden visited Libya with a Serbian delegation and sang the song “Zora je” a cappella for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. She has said before that the delegation was received in a tent and that she saw camels outside. She has denied any link with Gaddafi: she told Helou magazin that she saw him for the first and last time that year, and that a story about an affair circulated after she came back from Libya.
What does Neda say after Lukas’s answer?
A Kurir crew met the singer at an event and asked her about Lukas’s reply. Her reaction was brief:
I’m not interested in that kind of polemic and those answers. Everything I had to say, I’ve said.
She added for Kurir that she does not keep track of what her colleague has to say about anything, and that she does not know why it would interest her.
