No Limitations for Me: Liya on How She Has Interpreted Her Role As DMW First Lady & the Reception to Her Music
- DMW First Lady Liya is currently making a wave with her recent project dubbed Adua featuring Simi
- Liya, in a chat with Legit.ng, shared her experience in the industry since Davido signed her in 2020 as she said music is a full-time job
- The female music star believes she has interpreted her role as DMW first lady to the best of her ability
Legit.ng had an exclusive interview with DMW First Lady and Afropop singer, Abdulsalam Suliyat Modasola, better known as Liya, as she shared her experience in more than a year Davido signed her to his DMW records label.
Liya spoke about how she is working to get better as she said she is not worried about her music not being generally accepted stressing that everyone can't like the same thing, she, however, remains appreciative of her fans.
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Liya speaks about her love for music why she considers it a full-time job
Speaking about how many people hold reservations about how she has been able to interpret her role as DMW First Lady, especially as it concerns the music, Liya said she has been holding up and doing it to the best of her abilities.
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She said:
“I am just trying to do my own part as a female artist, aside from the fact I am the first female artist he ever signed, music has always been everything to me, I love music, have always wanted to music all my life, especially when I figured out you can do music as a career, as a full-time job, I feel it is more than a full-time job and some times it can be a bit crazy. I guess I am holding up fine, I dropped my EP last year August and the reception towards it has been amazing. I hope I am interpreting the role right and doing the right thing, everybody is just trying to do what they can do. I believe I am interpreting the role in the best way I feel I can.”
Liya says there are no limitations to her kind of music
The DMW artist revealed she is the kind of artist that loves to explore, she added that though some people don't understand what she says in her song, she is however delighted when they say I feel that.
She said:
“Yes, I get that a lot and I had no idea my voice was unique but there are no limitations at all, music is universal. Everybody is not going to like your songs, everybody is not going to like you, it is part of being human, life is not going to be fair to your sound to you. The earlier you get used to it, the better. There are no limitations for me, when I do my music I like to speak to people, I like people to hear me and say I feel that. Some people don’t get to understand what I am saying but they just feel it, it is music and that is how it should be. I watch a lot of Indian movies and when they sing sometimes I don’t understand what they sing but I feel whatever it is, music is deeper than what meets the eye and as an artist you have the right to explore and I feel that is what I am doing and I am loving it and I am working on another project I can’t wait for people to hear it.”
Liya cried when a fan told her how her song made her feel
Liya also recounted one of her emotional experiences with a fan, who said at a point when she felt depressed, she listened to one of her songs and she felt better, the DMW singer said she cried because she never knew her song touched lives in that manner.
She said:
“It was when I had a fan crying, I was shocked because sometimes, you have no idea how deep your work hit people from angles even you never imagined. I cried that day too because it was emotional, I| had no idea what I was doing but that day I felt the depth of what I have been doing with my music, and I felt was on the right path, that was an emotional day for me.”
Liya also hailed her fellow music star Simi who she recently featured on her new song title Adua. she is described Simi as an amazing and unique singer, who she loves.
Davido hypes Rema as they perform on stage
One of the biggest shows that happened in Nigeria in April was the Rick Ross concert which took place in Lagos on Thursday.
Even though the event is now over, videos from the event are still going viral on social media, with Nigerians as well as celebrities giving different opinions.
One of the event's highlights was the moment DMW label boss Davido turned into a hypeman during Rema’s performance.
Source: Legit.ng
