Nigerian singer Johnny Drille has advised upcoming artistes to focus on financial planning and careful spending instead of imitating the flashy lifestyles of popular musicians.
He shared this advice during the CreativTEA podcast, podcast, stressing the importance of saving and investing for the future.
Drille explained that fame in the music industry is temporary and every artist has a limited time in the spotlight before attention shifts to new talents.
He encouraged young musicians to use their peak years to build stability rather than spend excessively on luxury items that do not provide long-term benefits.
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Drawing from his own experience, Drille revealed that he recently bought a home with his wife and is building another for his parents in Benin.
He said that many outward displays of wealth in the industry are often misleading and that living modestly while planning for the future is wiser.
According to Drille, balancing enjoyment with sensible financial choices can help artists secure their lives beyond their active years in music.
He stressed that young creatives should prioritize thinking about their future instead of only living in the moment or trying to copy the apparent wealth of others.
He wrote:“My retirement advice to artists is that I think it’s the same principle across. Yeah, definitely save, invest, whatever form that would take.
“My wife and I just got a house, trying to build one for my parents back in Benin. So it’s like, I see a lot of people, a lot of artists, you know, because they see Wizkid and Burna Boy flaunting all these cars. And maybe that’s what we should be doing.
“That’s what artists do. So let’s do that too. Be flaunting and be spending all your money on like, you know, luxury that you don’t really need, and at the end of the day, it’s like, as much as we want to believe that everybody’s going to be relevant forever, everybody will not be relevant forever. Everybody has a set amount of time where you’re going to pop and you’re going to make money.
“And there’s going to be a time when people are not going to be interested in you. They’re going to go look for the next guy or the next new guy. That’s going to be their person.
“I think every, every, every person, every creative has a span and you have to make the most of that span and that is saving, investing and not, not copying whatever flashy lifestyle you see out there. And sometimes a lot of those things I’ve heard some of them are not even real, like people are boring to show off, you know, and you can’t let that inspire you, you have to think for yourself and think of a future, but I think a lot of artists don’t really think about the future, just in a now. Let’s enjoy our lives.
“Of course, enjoy your life, but also think about the future. Well, it’s cr*y. I mean, I do have like one or two expensive things, but nothing, nothing, nothing cr*zy. Well, please advise them.”
