Nigerian Afrobeat sensation Rema has confirmed that he doesn’t write his songs.
Rema disclosed that he goes to the studio and expresses himself, unlike other stars who pay songwriters.
He bragged about his rare musical qualities that makes recording a song easy for him, revealing that some of his lyrics doesn’t exist while disclosing that his debut song ‘Dumebi’ was hummed out to a meaningful rhythm.
Rema also stressed that he is not bound to pressure and would comfortably put out any version of song at his comfort.
His words:
“I’m in my own world. I don’t really write songs. I don’t write. I just go to the studio and have fun. Sometimes I end up saying things that do not even exist, that are not even words. Like my first hit song, the chorus was not even a word, I just expressed myself. I was just in my own world, enjoying what I do and that’s harmony. Like I say, if the vision was never for me, then why did it come? It’s like no English word or Nigerian word could match the vibration that that chorus would send. It was just meant to be gibberish and I did it, and it gave me the platform to express myself more. It gave me my first hit song. In Nigeria, we call that ‘lamba’, lamba is just something you create out of the aura of being in the studio and in that creative process, you just express that feeling. It’s like saying “boom” without saying it was an explosion.”
Speaking about the inspiration behind his viral song ‘Hehehe’, the ‘Calm Down’ crooner revealed that he made the song for his haters.
Adding to his utterances, he expressed that since he came into the Nigerian music firm, criticism has been a dominant role in his career, leaving a proud outcome to his chilling response.
His words:
“The haters inspired ‘Hehehe’. Day in, day out, people are talking about me, but y’know, I’m stacking up every second. It’s time to do better with your time. People have been hating one me since I dropped my first tape at 19. I’ve been criticized a lot. I would say I’ve not been babysitted at all. I’ve been poked for years and if no one got my heart, they will literally cry. I feel like over time, even with my phases, the game kinda made me colder and colder. I came with a loving heart. I spread so much love. But sometimes you just want to give back that energy, and just pop out.”
Nigerians couldn’t hold their nerves and reacted massively according their views.
Rema has emerged to be one of the fastest selling Afrobeat artist since his debut, emerging as the first Nigerian singer to hit 1 billion streams with a single song on Spotify.
Watch video below;
"I'm in my own world. I don't really write songs. I don't write. I just go to the studio and have fun. Sometimes I even say words that don’t even exist”
– Rema pic.twitter.com/oASu25bk04
— BASITO (@itzbasito) September 13, 2024
