Brymo created a serious buzz when he released his new album and revealed it’s name to be Klitoris!
If you’ve ever wondered about the inspiration behind the name other than the obvious, he has answers! Speaking in an interview with Naij he opens up about the reason behind the album name.
Brymo who was recently attacked on social media for his controversial tweets on black people being lazy and the cause of their own suffering also revealed in the interview that he would have been a footballer if he had not gone into music.
Read excerpts of the interview after the cut
Your album Klitoris what inspired the name?
I know the name is very sensitive and I have quite a lot of explanation for this but I’m going to stick to the part where I said I wanted to name my album “the key” at one point but while I was doing my research, I also found out something else that now became sort of related to that title. The ancient Greek people believe that the clitoris is the key to a woman’s sexuality; so for me it was an opportunity to kill two birds with one stone. First of all to be able to call my album what I want to call it but of course being creative with it and more importantly I know it was going to be controversial, they will be like why will you do that? Some people think that I’m some kind of prophet but the difference is you have to constantly balance as you live life. Most of the things that we do to have fun in life are considered being sinful or illegal, it’s either the government place a ban on it or the religion says no to it, but that’s where the fun comes in. For me, the title of the album is between creativity and artistry and equally an opportunity for me do something different.
With five studio albums, will you say Klitoris surpasses all your previous works?
Yes, I will say that in terms of relativity. When you listen to MD & S, it is very selective of its audience, it’s for people who don’t stand on the fence, who are on this of the track, who are insisting that something is wrong, no business with joke, with satire and sarcasm. Then with Tabula Rasa, it became more satirical. I was using figure of speech but I don’t know if it’s satire but basically a playful attitude to convey my message. With Klitoris, the approach was to make a pop album as the story in the song is clear. When you listen to Alajo Somolu, it’s talking about being smart, being awake and knowing what to do for you to survive; obviously same thing with my single Something Good is happening. A lot of my songs are quite direct. It’s like a proper pop album being made in Nigeria. So pop can be meaningful, it can be anything. It is pop because of how it is produced, and the choice of the lyrics. To an extent, ‘Klitoris’ has a much commercial appeal than my previous album.
If not music, what would you have become?
(Laughs) I would have been porn star. But honestly if I were not doing music, I think I would have been a footballer, so I feel bad that I didn’t do that.
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