So with this one, I woke up from one of those naps where you’re sweating. You just took an evening nap, and you wake up,

and it seems like a war just happened. I see like seven missed calls on Snapchat, and it’s from Tycoone, who’s David’s

creative director. I hit him back, and he’s like, “Where are you? David wants to see you.” I’m like, “What the fuck?

Alright, bet.” So, I pull up and we go to this place called Shisha Lounge back then. David has this whole entourage, and

there were so many people around him. I think Peruzzi was with him at that time, and this producer called Fresh. I

wanted to sit on the other side because there were so many people, but Davido called me over to sit right beside him. I

was nervous as hell. I was very antisocial at that time. He then told me to start playing music, and I played “outcast,”

then I played “falling,” and he said, “Them go love you for Yankee.” He then asks me to play him stuff I’d not worked

on, and I had the beat for “divine” from Hvrry, the producer. The beat only played for three seconds, and he was like,

“Yeah, this is the one.” That was the first time I’d ever seen someone do that; he hadn’t even heard the beat for long

enough, but he was just like, “Let’s go.” So, we got into the cars and we went to Eko Hotels. He rented out a suite, and

we set up there to work on the song. He kind of added some production stuff; it was the first time I’d seen him work in

person, so it was interesting to see how involved he was in the process. Later on, I found out that he used to produce

music. Working with him was interesting. I feel like if life permits it, and we work on music together again, it would

always be interesting because there’s a certain understanding of production.

This is such a beautiful love song. The session was mind-blowing, and I really loved it. “golibe” is a way of expressing

love and affection because a popular part of the song, “Ile awada,” means that our home is blessed or fortunate. So, I’m

telling her that she needs to come. It’s just a way of letting her know that she needs to be with me because I really

like her and need her in my life. Victony brought life and emotions to the song. He gave it a new dimension. His verse

is so mind-blowing, and I still can’t get it out of my head because it rings in my head all the time. He went out of his

way for me, and big shout-out to him.

I just had a session with Shorae (singer & songwriter) at KTIZO’s studio in Lagos. Shorae and I usually have random

sessions from time to time. He’s someone I love to write with. He’s really big in the Afrobeats writing space, although

we don’t acknowledge writers that much, but he’s at the top of the game. I love writing with Shorae because when we

write, it’s very collaborative. He does melodies, I put lyrics. “Oshaprapra” came from one of those days where we’re

just vibing and DJ Notorious [one half of KTIZO]–that’s the name of the producer who made the beat, and I was in love

with the chords. I was like, “I need to try something,” and we just started working on it. We decided on the theme of

the song together. When we started writing it, I had an idea of what I wanted it to be about, and we did the schemes

together. I asked him what “Oshaprapra” meant, and he said it means shiny skin. So, I just decided to follow that theme

of being through hellfire and still having a shiny skin. It was a metaphor for the song. Funny thing is that at the end

of the session, I told the producer to scrap everything that we did because I liked the beat, and I didn’t think what we

had done was enough to complement the beat. He just said okay, but he didn’t scrap it. The next day, he sent it to me

and told me it was crazy. I told him I’d listen to it. I was supposed to travel to London at the time, so I listened to

the song on the flight to London, and I was like, “Okay, this is something.” When I got to London, I played it for the

team, and everyone liked it because it tapped into the energy that everyone was feeling. I started liking it as well,

and I loved it at the end of the day. I recently saw a tweet I made in 2023 where I said, “Intro: Oshaprapra,” and I

didn’t even have the idea for Stubborn at the time.