King Promise Drops a Global Banger: "Terminator" feat. Young Jonn (2023)

Published: November 13, 2025 at 1:23 PM

Last edited: 30 November,2025 at 4:39 PM

Ghanaian Afrobeats star King Promise unleashed “Terminator” in May 2023, but the remix featuring Nigeria’s Young Jonn—dropped in July—turned it into a continental and international smash. This post dives into the remix (the one with 71M+ YouTube views as of November 2025), while giving props to the original.

Cover for King Promise terminator web post asking it's a hit in Indonesia?

The Video: Sci-Fi Intro Meets Afrobeats Swagger

Don’t let the title fool you—this isn’t Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 1984 classic. The remix opens with an 8-second low-budget CGI homage: King Promise, bald head gleaming and rocking dark shades, levitates in a futuristic lab as electric crackles zap across the screen.

King Promise in dramatic blue lighting, wearing futuristic black sunglasses with white-blue lightning arcing across the lenses, a dark jacket, and silver star pendant.

Cut to reality: a blurred bedroom scene with on-screen song credits…

Blurred bedroom intro with overlaid song details text.

…followed by sweeping drone shots over Ghanaian settlements, grounding the track in vibrant African energy.

Why the Young Jonn Remix Hits Harder

Young Jonn’s verse adds Nigerian flair and catchy ad-libs.
Richer bass and punchier beats elevate the production.
71M YouTube views (vs. original’s strong but lower count)—proof of its viral edge.

No gatekeeping here: stream both below and decide for yourself.

Song Details & Global Impact

“Terminator” is a song by Ghanaian singer-songwriter King Promise, released on 5 May 2023 through 5K Records Limited and Sony Music UK from the album True To Self. — Wikipedia

Streaming Milestones

50M+ Spotify streams (early Nov 2025)
200M+ across all platforms (2024)
Peaked at 1.14M on-demand streams in a single week (2023)

International Love in the Comments

A video thumbnail featuring a still from King Promise's "Terminator" music video, with the artist and a crowd in the background. Overlaid on the image is large, bold text in yellow and pink that reads, "TERMINATOR IT'S A HIT IN INDONESIA?". Below this text, in smaller white font, is the URL for the post

How does a Ghana-Nigeria collab blow up in Indonesia (pop. 270M+)? Afrobeats’ borderless appeal. The screenshot above shows a fan expressing how this Terminator song is so big in Indonesia. Fun fact about Indonesia is that this country has the 4th largest population in the world. Now I’m not saying that’s why this video in particular has so many viewers, but it’s just an observation.

Another gem:

“Its a good song we lov it in Uganda” (typo preserved)

King Promise is putting Ghana on the world map.

Awards Haul

Song of the Year – 3Music Awards
2 wins + 1 nomination – Ghana Music Awards

Watch & Compare

Remix feat. Young Jonn (71M+ views)

Original Version (9M+ views)

Remix feat. Sean Paul, Tiwa Savage - Terminator (934K views)

I have a confession to make. Before making this post I didn’t know that there was a third version; a remix with Tiwa Savage and Sean Paul. This was uploaded to YouTube on December, 3rd 2023. In my defense it wasn’t as popular as the Young Jonn remix but I’m still going to shamelessly include it here.

Two years in, “Terminator” still slaps. Which version reigns supreme for you?