Nigerian singer and songwriter, Chidozie Godsfavour Ugochinyere, professionally known as Fave, has shared details about how her collaboration with Afrobeats star Davido on the hit track Kante came to be.
Speaking during an appearance on The Nancy Isime Show, Fave revealed that Davido personally contacted her via Instagram after she had recorded the song months prior.
“Well, I had already recorded this song before, like months before. Davido hit me up on Instagram and was like, I’m wrapping up my album and I would love you to be on it. And I don’t want it to be one of those songs where it’s like, even though it’s Davido featuring Fave, I still want it to feel like our song,” she said.
She went on to explain that Davido selected Kante after she had sent him a selection of tracks.
“So I sent him three songs and he picked Kante,” she added.
Fave also spoke about her early love for songwriting and the challenges she faced growing up in a strict African household, where her passion for music wasn’t initially encouraged.
“And as a child growing up in an African home, I get it. I guess it’s true when you have like strict parents. We have very, very strict. Mommy, I’m sorry. My dad is very, very strict. So that’s why they kind of didn’t really let me, you know, like, should I say enhance my writing and singing abilities because they felt like, you know, this would distract you in school.
“But regardless, on my own, it’s something that I love to do. So I was always writing, like I would always have books upon books of poems or songs. So being an artist now, to me, I have to write deep. It’s just a part of me,” she said.
Despite her usual tendency to write meaningful lyrics, Fave noted that Kante was one of the few tracks where she embraced a more carefree and upbeat style.
“I think Kante is probably one of the songs that I wasn’t trying to be deep on. Because I just felt like ‘Na gbedu’, you don’t really need to put too much lyrics in it,” she added.
