Popular singer Tiwa Savage has shared her experience of being barred from performing at concerts in Nigeria when she first returned from the United Kingdom to pursue her music career. She revealed in a recent BET interview that her outfits were considered “too risqué” and some of her early music videos were not aired for being deemed indecent.
“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,” Savage said. “It was a cultural issue. Even some of my first music videos were not played on television because they were considered indecent. I wasn’t even wearing bikinis.”
Despite these setbacks, the ‘Koroba’ hitmaker remained undeterred. “I was still stubborn. My dresses were getting more revealing. It was just getting worse. They were bashing me online.”
Savage noted that despite the criticism, many women secretly admired her style. “It was funny because the females were secretly falling in love with me and my style. They couldn’t deny it. 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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