Tiwa Savage is redefining her legacy. The Queen of Afrobeats just graced the cover of Hunger Magazine and she is using that sacred space to let us into a new chapter. Her latest album This One Is Personal isn’t just another body of work. It is a mirror held up to her life; heartbreak, healing, growth, vulnerability. She says it is the most raw, the most exposed she has ever been.
The album has sixteen tracks and features collaborations with Skepta, Taves, and James Fauntleroy. Savage tells Apple Music that every song resonates with something she has walked through. She spent two years making it. The record leans more into R&B than her previous Afrobeats-heavy projects but it keeps the energy, the rhythm, and the swagger that made her famous.
The Hunger cover story arrives just eighteen hours before her headline show at London’s KOKO. Savage admits she was nervous about whether fans would sing along to the new songs. She says announcing the show forty-eight hours before the date made her feel the pressure. Her worry was real. The record had just dropped. She questioned whether the crowd would know every word. But when the lights came up she heard them. She felt them. When she sang new tracks they joined in. That moment proved something to her. When your art is honest people will lean in. Authenticity wins. She believes that with conviction.
She also spoke on age, rejection, defiance. Savage recalls being told at twenty-seven she was too old to be signed. She says fears about age used to bother her. Now they fuel her. She embraces her age. She refuses to be quiet. She wants her work to show that it is never too late to take up space. She jokes that even if she were in a wheelchair she would still be looking good and “still gonna take your man.” Savage is building something bigger than hits. She is building a legacy. A mogul era is not about making noise. It is about being seen, being heard, being real.
Source: Bella Naija
