Popular singer Tiwa Savage recalled that when she returned to Nigeria from the United Kingdom to pursue her music career, she was often barred from performing at concerts because her outfits were considered “too risqué.”
She also mentioned that some of her early music videos were not broadcast because they were deemed indecent.
Tiwa shared these experiences in a recent interview with BET.
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Savage said, “When I first moved back, I would turn up at a show and they would say I can’t perform because my outfit was too risqué.
“It was a cultural issue. Even some of my first music videos were not played on the television because they were considered indecent. I wasn’t even wearing bikinis. Despite the setbacks, I was still stubborn. My dresses were getting more revealing. It was just getting worse. They were bashing me online.
“It was funny because the females were secretly falling in love with me and my style. They couldn’t deny. My fanbase, my followers, was growing. So they had to put me on shows and play my music because there was a demand for it.”
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