Nigerian Afrobeats artist, Ayra Starr has opened up about her life in New York, weeks after moving from Lagos to the American city as part of a management deal with Roc Nation.
In a new Substack post titled ‘I’m not scared I promise” Starr opened up about loneliness and cold in New York, calling her apartment “almost-empty” and the city “a walk-in freezer.”
The singer revealed that sometimes she struggles with the regret of relocating.
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“It’s so cold it feels like the city is actively trying to unalive my motivation. It’s the kind of cold that makes you realize happiness was just a summer hallucination, and I can’t stop the tiny voice at the back of my mind sarcastically saying, ‘Who sent you work?’”
Ayra Starr added that she would have been enjoying Detty December with her fellow citizens in Nigeria but she is stuck in the cold and loneliness of New York because she took a rebellious risk.
The ‘Rush’ crooner said she is now in her “nobody gets me era,” stressing that she no longer cares about proving herself to others.
