5. She Got Her First Publishing Gig As A Freelancer
When she concluded her course at Berklee College Of Music, she was ready to take on the music industry. She set out as a solo artist but ended up being a songwriter.
“Songwriting kind of happened. I was in the studio trying to create a demo for myself. I finished the song and went back home. The next day, I was supposed to come and do some ad-libs on it and learned that when I left, Fantasia Barrino heard the song and liked it. Long story short, she took the record and I got a publishing deal. I had to start writing songs for other people, which is a learning process for me because usually I write songs just for myself. When you are submitting [music] for other artists, they make like the song, but they might say tweak a certain part. I had to learn how to tailor a lot of songs to different artists, but the beauty about being an artist now is that I can say what I want say and how I want to say it.”
6. She Once Took A Break From The Nigerian Music Industry Due To Criticism.
After she released the visuals to her debut single – “Kele Kele Love”, Tiwa got slated for being scantily-clad which prompted her to take a break from the Nigerian Music Industry.
“You get this acceptance and then you’re seeing all these headlines. Now I’m a really immune to it. I don’t care who you are, when you first start, there’s no way it will not affect you, so I ran back to Los Angeles. I was like, ‘I am not doing this anymore.’”
Jaytee