"Make Them Free Me" - Davido Tells Nigerians To Stop Stressing Him Over His Album

Sony music star, Davido in a recent interview has asked people and fans to stop putting him under pressure to release an album since he isn't the only Nigerian act that has failed to drop an album this year as promised.

Davido expressed his frustration in pidgin after the reporter asked him his first question which was about his album, the O.B.O star said;

“Why are people saying it’s taken forever, infact, shey na only me never drop? Abeg, make them free me.” 

During the brief chat at Filmhouse Cinemas IMAX, in Lekki, Lagos, the 23 year old African superstar revealed that his album has been slated for next year and it will feature his collaborations with Usher, Future, Young Thug. While his Son of Mercy EP which will be dropping soon will feature his collaboration with Tinashe. In his words;

"All of my international collaborations Usher, Future, Popcaan, Young Thug, and more are on the album. Everything is on the album.  Think about it, the end of the year is here. Why release all my missiles now, and the next year everybody turns over a new leaf?

"So I’m coming, doing my African thing for now, giving them the Tinashe record, so let them feel that for now, next year, just come through. That’s why I had to do this EP. I can’t do what they are doing better than them, and they can’t do what I am doing better than me. So I just have to do this EP, and just drop it down."

Speaking on how his Sony Music deal is affecting his career, the Ekuro star said that he only has creative control over his songs and that the company makes the final decision on what to release. He also stated that the company has been financing his projects so he had to understand when they told him to push the release date of his songs.

“I was hyped that they (Sony) came to me.” 

“I have creative control, it’s a joint thing. Most times, whatever I send them, they are ready to go,”

“When they told me that this is going to happen, it’s a sacrifice that I had to make. I did so much in four years, I did a lot, every award, I have it."

“You will see, I can’t explain, you gotta see the work. At least I don’t have to pay for my videos again. I’m always thinking: ‘spending $250,000 on one video, that’s what I’ll never do. That’ll just take it to another level.” “Killing them crazy though, everything big budget"

Davido revealed that his relocation to the US felt like he was starting all over again as an unknown artiste but despite the glitz and glamour he has enjoyed ever since the trip, he will never trade anywhere for Africa;

“I was cool, I was travelling, I doing things, I was recording, I was living life, I was in America. It kind of was very fast for me, because I was moving so much, I was just setting up plays. I was setting up plays for the future.”  

“It’s like I’m starting again. That’s how it feels, that’s what they keep telling me. They say: ‘Yo David, we understand that you have this and that, and you are big. But you gotta start again.’ When they are interviewing me, they aren’t saying ‘Yo Davido’, they are asking ‘What’s your name? Explain Afrobeats to me?’. So it’s like starting again, but it’s cool, I’m just 23 years.

“For me it’s just to keep going, help other people, drop the album, destroy. I love this my African thing. I love it. I will never leave Africa for nowhere. Ever!”