Writing “Stubborn” gave me a whole new identity. It gave me something I didn’t know I had with me. The producers, 1MIND also made “Unforgettable” by Swae Lee and French

Montana. They have quite a stacked catalogue, and they’re very good friends of mine outside of production. A session with them is good energy, and that evening, I was just

myself in the studio. I wasn’t overly prepared to make a record; I just wanted to have fun, so when the beat for “Stubborn” came on, I was feeling it, and I wasn’t thinking

of doing something perfect. Ironically, it came out as a moody song, but in that moment, it was a blend of me having fun and reminiscing on my life. It was an “I’m him”

moment. I was going through moments when it wasn’t too smooth, but I overcame, and I’m now in L.A., giving myself praises and stuff like that. Just because it was so many

emotions at once, I felt like, “Damn, this is an exceptional record.” The fact that I was able to blend the fun, moody, and autobiographical elements gave me a new feeling,

brand, and identity in my head. It was straight, almost like one takes, because with “Stubborn,” I recorded it like one long verse. The first and third verses of the song

were recorded together as one long verse. I was really in my bag. After I made the song, we just agreed that “Stubborn” would bang with a feature because it’s such a new

sound. We felt that it would be more incisive if we had somebody else to come explore something, and Asake came to mind. I reached out on Instagram, and he told me to send

it. When he came into Lagos, he came to my studio, and we just did it together.