Stubborn
Victony, Asake
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.
Slide 1 of 14
14 more stories from this album
