Wizkid, the Grammy-winning Nigerian singer, spoke with Apple Music on December 10, 2021, about the night he made “Essence“
Wizkid was a guest on Apple Music Show where he spoke about the night he recorded ‘Essence’ as part of the show
He also recounts the massive success of his album Made In Lagos, explains how his life has altered since his 2011 debut and discloses his ambitions for 2022.
This was supposed to be a celebration of his Apple Music Artist of the Year award (Africa).
He says,
“Crazy thing is, the night we made “Essence,” I made “Gyrate” the same night. So sometimes in a night I made two bangers, three bangers. I wake up and get to it. I treat this sh** like school. I wake up in the morning. I’m like, yeah, I did well yesterday. Let’s go. What are we doing today? You know what I mean?
“Hell yeah, man. I knew that [“Essence”] was a smash. The night we made it, I actually tweeted something. My fans actually reminded me of it after we put out the album.
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“Because I tweeted “Tems and I made magic.” That was what I tweeted. I knew it was magic, man. I’ve been making this sh** for 10 years. Come on. You think I’m not going to know if we make it?
“It feels good. It feels really, really great. When you have a record like that, it feels good, man. But the most important thing is when we made it, we wasn’t thinking about no commercial success or anything like that. We was just trying to make good music. So I think maybe that’s why people really like that record like that, because it just comes from the soul. Just natural, organic sh**.”
He also thanked Apple Music for his award.