Nigerian songwriter and recording artist, Bukola Elemide, popularly known as Asa, says her long-awaited album with Grammy winner, Wizkid, was produced by a teenage sensation.
She made the statement in an interview with Apple Music’s Africa Now Radio, LootLove.
Speaking on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on her artistry, the ‘Fire on the Mountain’ singer said, “Everything changed. The world stopped for a bit and everyone had to look inward, and be more creative.
“One had to think smart and think out of the box. One had to change gears.
“For me, that was a time for getting out of my comfort zone, getting out of what I could do in my sleep and just do something else.
“And, when I say ‘something else’, this album (‘V’) at the time was produced by an 18-year-old, and I was asking myself “Oh my God, what do I do? What’s going to happen’? So it was a time to stop, change, look inward and arrange house.
Speaking about the collaborations in her new album, she said; “Before we do a song, I want it to be honest. We should have a connection. With all these collaborators (on the album), that was what we did; there was friendship. I have not met Amaarae in person.
“We only spoke over the phone, but the music was done out of friendship; from a good place. We both love our works. I admire what she does, and she told me she loves my songs.
“With Wizkid, there’s a friendship. Before the music, we sit down, we have a drink and just talk about all kinds of things— animals and normal things about his life. And The Cavemen! Oh my God, they are full of energy. They are amazing people, so the collaboration came from a natural place.”
