- Tiwa Savage mentioned her transformation from a tomboy to a outstanding intercourse image in Afrobeats.
- She appeared on the Afrobeats Intelligence podcast with Joey Akan to share her experiences.
- Savage revealed that her early picture was not glamorous; she usually wore outsized, saggy garments.
Nigerian music sensation Tiwa Savage has opened up about her journey from being a tomboy to changing into one in all Afrobeats’ most iconic intercourse symbols.
Talking throughout a latest episode of the Afrobeats Intelligence podcast with Joey Akan, the award-winning singer shared that her picture wasn’t all the time glamorous. In line with her, she used to decorate in outsized, saggy garments whereas working as a songwriter overseas.
Savage credited her former supervisor and ex-husband, Tunji Balogun, popularly generally known as Teebillz, for the shift in her public persona. She defined that after returning to Nigeria to pursue a solo profession, Teebillz performed a big position in reshaping her picture and model into what followers now acknowledge as her signature model.
She mentioned, “The sexiness in my 2024 single ‘Needed’ music video felt groundbreaking at the moment. As a result of I simply received married and there’s lots of press saying, ‘She’s not going to be fascinating anymore. She’s completed. Her time is gone. There are new individuals on the scene.’ So, I used to be identical to, let me do one thing loopy.
“That was me being rebellious. I used to be like, Oh! You guys assume I’m not horny anymore? To be trustworthy, that wasn’t the intention, to simply attempt to be horny. As a result of naturally, I’m not. Naturally, I’m a tomboy. However once more, TJ [Tunji Balogun] noticed that there was a spot out there and he was identical to, you’ve to drop some weight, you’ve to go to the gymnasium, you’ve to start out waxing your eyebrows. You’ve to start out carrying wigs. He actually modified my entire look. I used to be not like that in L.A. when he met me.
“I was a songwriter within the studio carrying saggy denims and t-shirt. And he actually modified that. I don’t assume that he thought there was going to be a backlash. He was identical to, let’s give them the African Rihanna or Beyoncé. I used to be like, okay, let’s go forward. And we got here again to Nigeria, however my vogue sense attracted criticism. Then, I ran again to L.A.
“I used to be actually dangerous. I’d go to reveals and I’d be ready backstage and so they wouldn’t name me as a result of possibly the governor’s spouse had mentioned I can’t come up or they’d say, ensure you don’t put on any of these your skimpy clothes. I’m not making this up. There was a time, ‘Love Me’ was banned on TV. I used to be discouraged. I remembered Bizzle known as me and informed me women had been loving me, so I got here again to Nigeria. I’ve informed the story the place I went to all of the labels and so they all mentioned no, Storm Data, Mo’Hits, Banky W’s EME, everybody.”