GROWING UP, I WAS LIKE A TOMBOY-TIWA SAVAGE

Beautiful Songstress, Tiwa Savage in an interview talks about her humble beginning and why she waited so long to release her debut album.

But one of the most interesting parts of her interview was when she said “Growing up, I was like a tomboy. Back then, I didn’t care about make-up or bags or shoes, I was very free. I had a very healthy upbringing”. Tiwa’s response to being a séx symbol was “If you ask my family, I am not like that. I am a laid-back person”, she tells the interviewer. 

Tiwa spoke on why she wrote a song for her fiance “You know the culture here. If you’re not married and just focus on your career, people would start asking questions. He understood my journey; he was able to push me career-wise and he encourages me a lot. So, I had to do a song for him.”

On why it took 2 years to drop her debut album – she said, “This album is from my heart and it’s something that I worked so long for. A lot of people wondered why it took so long and that’s because we had to go through a lot of legal processes to clear some of the samples that we used and that took months. Also, we wanted to work with some notable producers like Warren ‘Oak’ Felder who worked with Nicki Minaj and Rihanna. So, we had to work round their schedules and that’s why it took so long.“This is an album that I don’t want to be the usual Nigerian album with patchy tracks from beginning to end. I want it to have a meaning”.

Over her competition with female singers, Tiwa Savage held that–“ Why should I be scared of competition? Like I said on stage, you have Nicki Minaj, Rihanna, Beyonce, Kelly Rowland and they’re all female artistes and they’re all big stars in the US. Why should it be only one person that will be known for quality music among female singers in Nigeria? I am actually glad that more female artistes are coming up”.

On what stardom has changed about her – she reiterated again saying “I was a little more out-going but I am now a bit more reserved. Some people like saying they haven’t changed a bit when they start making more money, but that’s a lie. I think you change because you’re more wary. You want to be careful and trust less easily”.“I think people around me have changed too. They expect more. I’m under a microscope always. I might make a normal mistake but it will get blown up because it’s Tiwa Savage. So, I am more wary of what I do and say in public than I was before”.

Sweet girl, Watchyall think?