Afrobeats star, David Adeleke better known as Davido has revealed that he recorded most of his ‘Timeless’ album in the comfort of his home.
He also disclosed that he recorded 28 songs for the record-breaking album while still healing from the loss of his son Ifeanyi.
Speaking to Zane Lowe of Apple Music 1, the Grammy nominee said he hoped fans would love the album for its content and not out of support for him as grieving father.
He said: “I actually recorded most of the album in my house where I live with my wife. At the time, it was really only me, her and her sisters, and I had one of my boys staying with me. It gave me time to really calm down. It was a healing process, because I was happy to be making music. I was excited about it. I felt like an artiste that had just got a record deal.”
Speaking on the ‘Are We African Yet’ festival, which holds today in Atlanta, United States of America, Davido said, “I want to give (different artistes) the opportunity to come every year and perform. They actually have fans here but they don’t know. With the Internet, all one has to do is ‘drop’ a song out on TikTok, and it’s gone (goes viral).
“I feel like we have to own our culture. We cannot wait for somebody else to bring the idea. We have to do this ourselves.
“The vision I have is to create it to be something for the culture, not particularly mine. The first few editions will hold in Atlanta, but we will definitely move it around to places such as Los Angeles and Toronto (Canada).”
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