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On Friday, May 31, Nigerian singer-songwriter, Ayra Starr whose real name is Oyinkansola Sarah Aderibigbe released her sophomore album, The Year I Turned 21.
Following the debut of the sensational singer’s release, she has been receiving predominantly positive remark for her 2024 project, albeit, she has disclosed that everything hasn’t been easy as she suffered immense writer’s block for almost six months.
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The āRushā crooner said she couldnāt write songs for about six months until she received the demo of her song ā21ā off her new album, āThe Year I Turned 21,ā from a friend as a birthday present which opened her mind.
āI got the demo of ā21ā from a friend as a birthday gift the day I turned 21,ā She said in a viral podcast interview.
āI had told him that it has been so hardā¦ I was having a writerās block for six months. I couldnāt write about myself then he gave me the first version of the song in a demo as my birthday gift. Recording ā21ā was quite easy for me, I did it in one-take. I was even lying down with the mic in my hand.
āā21ā is special because it is what opened my mind to the rest of the album. With ā21ā I started to see myself again the way I wanted to see myself.ā
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