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	Complete this sentence. LJ Dating me is like. \| Like dating me M. Or you dating you, babe.
	What do you think is your most attractive feature? \| Part of my eyes.
	Can we see them? \| I'm not going to show you.
	Okay, so why would you say that and then not show me your eyes? \| Just cuz I answer you doesn't mean I'm not sure, you know?
	You must show me. \| I'll show you though. I'm joking. Yeah.
	Did you guys see the energy logic has come to this show or no? I hope you guys are seeing this. \| Forgive me waiting.
	What was the error about? \| Because you're expecting me to do something else.
	Okay, what can I do for you to forgive me? Let's, let's talk about that. \| Send me dollars. Like from where? From you.
	Now between me and you, who's gonna have 200k? \| You got diamonds on your chest, nigga.
	Don't talk about this. 15 naira per diamond. What? \| You told them there's 50ks, 50k, 50.
	Naira per diamond, please. I'm looking forward to help my life. And if that's you, step up, accept the call. \| You gotta call right now. Don't be worse.
	Your mom's a pastor, which is a great segue for this. What has been her response to all of this? I guess. And what is your parents general response to all of your success now that obviously you're a successful artist? \| I don't think any Nigerian parent that is not like happy about success. And um, same goes for my parents. They've been mad excited. My mom has always been a fan of my music. To be honest, she has always supported the music because she knew that was what I wanted to do. At the end of the day, my dad, not so much. He's a very Nigerian father. Like he's a Yoruba man.
	Yeah. \| And he doesn't play that. He's a very good school get a job type person. So after uni, I told him I'll just be an artist. It makes sense.
	Yeah. \| Sounded like I was stupid to him. And a big part of that was because he wasn't really like in tune with like what I was even doing. Like.
	Yeah. \| But um, now he's very supportive.
	That's great. That's great. \| He called me Luji. That's. That's big for me because like he never really. He never cared about the music.
	Oh yeah. I guess it's quite emotional for you. Which is really nice. \| It is. Because it was a long battle.
	Yeah. Because you've been quite naughty already. \| I'm not naughty. I'm a good boy.
	Yeah. \| Like it Was really long.
	I can relate. \| Yeah.
	You know, you kind of mentioned uni, so I know you studied, uh, marketing. That's why you did your undergraduate degree in. Was there ever a genuine interest in that, or it was just a thing. \| Of, like, I do my research.
	Was there a genuine interest or was it a thing of, let me just get this degree so that I can do music, because I know that's what I want to do at the end of the day? \| Um, at first it was like, let me just get the degree.
	Yeah. \| Just to, like. Just to get it. And then I started to put in the work, and then it's like I'm already, like, halfway there, so, like, I might as well just, like, go hard and, like, make this work and do everything you can and everything. And plus, personally, I'm. I'm all in for, like, whatever you do, whatever you want to do. But I. I profited from finishing uni first. Like.
	Yeah. \| In a major way. Like, just, like, learning things, having more skills beyond music and having skills I could just use, like, pattern music and stuff like that.
	Yeah. \| It's priceless, to be honest, for me. So, like, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying you must go to school, but if you have the chance, take it, please. Like, if you actually have the chance to get an education and still follow your dreams, because you do, you really do at this time.
	I like that you said just focus on the work. Because I think that one thing that stood out to me while listening to your interviews, reading your interviews, it was really your drive. Um, whether that's, like, your intentionality about your work or, you know, wanting to improve yourself, really expressing that, challenging yourself is important to you. Not getting comfortable. Where do you think that drive comes from? \| There's. There's this hunger to just achieve something.
	Yeah. \| I feel like I'm very. I'm very aware of my limited time on earth. Like, I'm, um, very, like. I think about it a lot. I've been thinking about since I was a kid. Which, to be honest, now looking back at it, I don't know if that was healthy.
	That was. Yeah, that was a big deal. \| Yeah. But it's like. Like six, seven. I'm crying just thinking about the fact that one day I'm going. I'm not going to be here anymore, and what that's going to be like. Uh, so to me, like, a big part of just going about my daily life is making sure that I can be the best version of myself in any aspect. And I'm constantly driving towards that.
	Okay. \| I'm a great boy. Can we start drinking? I want to start drinking.
	You mentioned that it's a big deal that, you know, your dad has started calling you Loj. Your government name is Lekong. \| Yes.
	Now what, if any, are, ah. The key differences between. Are you shocked that I know that. \| You probably told me where I was born right now?
	What are the key differences, if any, between Lake on and Luje? \| There's barely any difference, to be honest. Um, I remember M. When I was. When I was making love and attention and everything, and me and my manager were discussing about what would the brand look like, what would the image look like, all that. I was very keen, like with him when I told him. But I don't want. I'm not going to fake. I don't know how to fix my life.
	Yeah. \| I'm not going to act like I'm something I'm not.
	Yeah. \| If I try to enter into the market with that, I will fail because that's just not who I am. M. M. So like, I was very keen on just taking like the best parts of myself and, um, putting that out there. I studied marketing, so I knew that that's always the best thing.
	Yeah. \| Whatever it is that, uh, like I'm good at or that is interesting about me. Let's just like highlight that.
	Yeah. \| And, um, that has ended up being low J.
	Paying off. \| Yeah.
	You sing a lot about the female form, Lekor, don't you? About the female form. What's the first thing you notice in someone of the opposite sex? \| I can't lie to you. Bom bom.
	Hey. \| I'll be honest, man, guys.
	Okay. \| Cheers.
	Uh, that's the first thing. Something that is behind. \| I, uh, swear.
	How is that the how? \| Don't worry, you can see the front guy. If you crazy. If you choke, you will see him from the front.
	Your music is very cheeky. I would describe it as very cheeky, but I was watching a lot of your interviews and I found that you were more introverted and reserved. \| Yes.
	Would you say that's a part of yourself you express in your music or you're doing? Why in all those interviews? Because with this interview, you're already being. \| Do you know what's funny? Right?
	What's funny? \| I really had. I literally had this conversation today.
	Okay. \| I, um, mean, I'm an ambivert. Like, I'm not. I would say I was born an introvert.
	Right. \| Uh, I've. I've always been like, indoors. Like I'm. I stick to myself. I'm shy when I go out.
	Yeah. \| But like, as I just Grew older. I guess I was just a part of, like, me just wanting to be more evolving. I was just evolving and I just stepped out a little more and I became more outgoing and I. I found that you build better relationships when you know how to talk to people, when you know how to walk into a room and not feel shy and just feel confident. And most of the time, people in the room would rather you actually break the ice because they're already scared to break the ice and it's nothing. So I kind of built an extroverted part of myself which comes out when I'm in a good mood.
	Um, like today? \| Yeah, like today I'm in a good mood. Well, you say, I love all these interviews. I'm there, but like 7am in the morning after I've been recording till like 5am yeah. So it's like I'm just tired. It's not even anything.
	Let's settle this Mona Lisa. Mona Lisan debate once and for all, please. Okay, first of all, what I want to know is, do you hear the Mona Lisa? \| Yes.
	Cheers. Uh, yeah, sorry. It's the corset. You already said. \| Hi, guys. What's up? This is. You need to introduce yourself, bro.
	Okay, so what was going on in the studio? What happened with that? \| So when I recorded that song.
	Right. \| Hm. I did. But then at some point we're like, no, just make it my Mona Lisa. So we cut out the Mona Lisa me. But it wasn't cut perfectly, so it sounds like Mona Lisa. Mona Lisa. Yeah, that's how it came out. So I'm just here to clear up the Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa and debate and. Yeah. What's next?
	Obviously, you had Chris Brown on the remix for that. Super huge. Super huge. I think, first of all, before we even get to that, the fact that SARS had kept that beat to use for something else and said, you know, if you kill it because you liked it, if you kill it, you'll be on this. \| And it has 1,000.
	You're killing. No, watch my show because this is my bag. This is my vibe. This is my vibe. But, you know, the fact that he has become this absolute monster he has become today, I just feel like it's almost too poetic to be real life. What has the success of the song meant to you? Just knowing the journey of even the song coming into existence in the first. \| Place, there are different layers of, like, what it's done. I can't remember.
	Yeah, it's a great song. \| Obviously, a big part of that song. There was an ego part to it because he dared me.
	Yeah, I picked up on that. Yes, I picked up on that. I picked up on that. \| M. So there Was that part to it? Which was obviously, like, a fun little thing.
	Yeah. \| But then aside that, uh, just, like, seeing how big this song was. Because I remember. Yeah. Just randomly, we're having a conversation and, um.
	Is this you and Sars, when you. \| See my manager Anthony, at the time, we're just like. Just randomly m. Like, imagine this one just gets so big. Anybody. And SARS literally said, anybody can take it. You can just wake up in the morning and Chris Brown.
	Wow. \| And it was just. Honestly was just random. I didn't remember with my manager that, uh, told me about it later. Like, it was like, I remember when this happened.
	Wow. \| Then I remember that. Oh, but, like, can I swear. But, like, none of us had, like, a plan or an idea as to, like, how big this is going to be. Do not know farming. This was not. No, like. Like, I know. I'll go there. But, like, this is not. No, this was just a song organic. That was just.
	Uh, to who? My audience knows who I am. This is the third season of the. \| Show, so they don't know who I am? No. Hi, guys.
	People just fucked with it. \| And that's why I'm, um. Like, till today. I'm just very keen on, like, the quality of my music.
	For sure. I think it's one thing to have Chris Brown on the remix, which is already huge, but performing it at wireless. How, like, what was that? Like? You captioned it. What did you caption the first? Do you remember? \| I can't remember. I can't remember.
	You're, like, right where I'm supposed to be. \| Yep.
	Um. And I was like, I love that energy. \| I kind of experienced firsthand what creating.
	Good music, um, can do for you. Yeah. \| And just seeing that happen was. It was 50,000 people.
	Crazy. \| I can't lie to me. I was nervous. Maybe other people don't see you and you're not nervous. Me, 50,000 people, white people. That in my mind, like, before, because I remember before I stepped on the stage, I can only remember probably, like, three times when I've been nervous for a show.
	Yeah. \| And that was. That was the defining moment. Lucky nerve. Let me m. Show you what your nerves look like. And I was holding onto the mic and I was shaking. My manager looked at me like, you good? Like, I'm good, man. He's like, bro, don't worry. It's normal. Just go. And then I stepped on the stage and, um, it was like this blackout. Just enjoy yourself. And it's crazy. It was crazy because, like, once the song came on.
	The energy change, I'm like, what? Yeah. \| Like, the place actually went like this. And that, to me was just like, yeah, this is the beginning of Something crazy because like I left that place thinking now I want to like headline. Like I want like 50,000 people to hear me.
	Yeah. Like we're kind of discussing your work has taken you all over the world at this point. What's the favorite place you've been to so far to perform your music and why Dubai really? M. Yeah. That's a surprising answer. \| Coca Cola Arena. 17,000.
	Okay. Yeah. Ah again is the scale. \| At some point there's a video online. Uh at some point everyone shouting and it's 17,000 people crazy in an Arab country. N uh it was, it was a short.
	I'm pretty sure they know who you are. \| You don't know.
	Is that energy feed off of it? \| Yeah. And it's like you like yeah it was pre. Now I'm thinking about.
	You're thinking about it. I know definitely like Jennifer, what's wrong? How far the food. I've been trying to pay but my bank is stressing me out. I've told you to leave all these stressful banks and download go money. The food is five minutes away and I don't have time. Luckily for you it takes three minutes to open an account to go money. But you know what is banks now I don't have my documentation. All you need to open an account with GoMoney is your BVN ID which you should have. Right? Yeah. And um, basic details really. Listen, let's stress be a thing of the past. Download the Go Money bank app and bank reuse this year. When do you feel most sexy? \| Ah, uh. When I feel more sexy.
	Mhm. \| That's a very interesting question. Even when I just like I'm scared.
	Of what you're about to see. \| No, no, no. I'm not going to say nothing crazy but waiting for rubbish. But I don't know, maybe when I just like when I'm in like a new fresh fit.
	I'm looking bad. Obviously quite interested in fashion. Is that something that is tied to your branding as an artist or like it's deeper than that. \| This is deeper than that. M. It is tied to my brand like mhm. I actually do like fashion.
	Yeah. \| My brother is my stylist.
	He's a stylist. \| My father is probably one of the most stylish men in his 50s.
	Oh really? \| He's very, very stylish. Yeah, very stylish. My mom is really stylish. Like my whole family we're very keen on like fashion and stuff like that. So it is in my.
	It's in the blood. \| It is blood is in my blood.
	You did a four month boot camp to create love and Attention. If you have to describe that four month period with one word, what word would that be? \| Educational.
	I'll introduce you. Do you want to. Allow me. \| Okay.
	Educational. \| Yeah.
	Okay. That lead me to my next question. What do you think this journey has taught you about yourself? \| But then, um, I have everything I need. Honestly speaking, if there was no pandemic, I don't think Luji would be out in the same capacity as I am now. Because like sauce, like played a big role in just like the whole p. If I tell you what I sounded like two years ago, if I show one day, I listened to, I just thought about it. I almost said maybe one day maybe I'll leak it. But nah, uh, it's the growth though.
	Like Zanelaski said, I left those posts on my Instagram. \| Exactly.
	So you can know there was a turning point. \| This one, I left the post on my Apple Music. So you can do. There was a turning point. But yeah, um, I've grown in a lot as an artist.
	Yeah. \| Being with someone like Sars for a long period of time. I don't know if you've ever met him. You should have him on the show though.
	I've tried to have him two seasons back to back. You know, he hates interviews and I don't blame people because most Nigerian interviews are not the best. But this is a very fun show. So me, I don't push it because I'm like somebody that, you know will come on it and you watch and be like, ah, that's actually kind of dope. And that has happened through the seasons. So I don't want to over push it. But anyways, now that we're friends, you can pitch the idea to him. \| I will actually.
	Because you're the one that said that unprovoked. \| I didn't say it. I think he would. I think he would actually enjoy.
	I agree. \| Because this feels more like a conversation.
	Than an interview because, you know, I'm good at my job. \| But like, yeah, um, I'm still growing. To be honest.
	I would say for someone that's still growing though, and still new onto the scene, what you do that I think I enjoy as a listener. You play with your voice a lot. Like you're very comfortable doing different things with your voice. Like only fan bolo who's on set. We played that song maybe like 100 times. Back to back in the car, really just go the different inflections. And on whistle too, I think you also. \| That was very, very Whistle is very quite apparent.
	Do you want to just relax and let me do my job? \| I'll let you do your thing.
	Just love what you're doing, your voice there. So again, it shows the intentionality all the things you're talking about, because people kind of say, xyz. I'm doing that. But the music is going to do the talking. And I think you have a good understanding of that, which is good in terms of longevity for a career. \| Very important.
	Yeah, Very important. Complete this sentence. Dating me is like. \| Like dating me or you dating you, biz.
	How do you know what dating is like? You've never done it. \| That's why. I'm just asking why.
	Okay. I'm sorry. Dating you. \| Like a roller coaster.
	I'm gonna need to get more original because three guests have said this, and I'm like, what does this mean? Yes. \| Okay. So, like, the best way to experience is I'm chaos. Like, I'm not.

Complete this sentence. LJ Dating me is like. | Like dating me M. Or you dating you, babe.

What do you think is your most attractive feature? | Part of my eyes.

Can we see them? | I'm not going to show you.

Okay, so why would you say that and then not show me your eyes? | Just cuz I answer you doesn't mean I'm not sure, you know?

You must show me. | I'll show you though. I'm joking. Yeah.

Did you guys see the energy logic has come to this show or no? I hope you guys are seeing this. | Forgive me waiting.

What was the error about? | Because you're expecting me to do something else.

Okay, what can I do for you to forgive me? Let's, let's talk about that. | Send me dollars. Like from where? From you.

Now between me and you, who's gonna have 200k? | You got diamonds on your chest, nigga.

Don't talk about this. 15 naira per diamond. What? | You told them there's 50ks, 50k, 50.

Naira per diamond, please. I'm looking forward to help my life. And if that's you, step up, accept the call. | You gotta call right now. Don't be worse.

Your mom's a pastor, which is a great segue for this. What has been her response to all of this? I guess. And what is your parents general response to all of your success now that obviously you're a successful artist? | I don't think any Nigerian parent that is not like happy about success. And um, same goes for my parents. They've been mad excited. My mom has always been a fan of my music. To be honest, she has always supported the music because she knew that was what I wanted to do. At the end of the day, my dad, not so much. He's a very Nigerian father. Like he's a Yoruba man.

Yeah. | And he doesn't play that. He's a very good school get a job type person. So after uni, I told him I'll just be an artist. It makes sense.

Yeah. | Sounded like I was stupid to him. And a big part of that was because he wasn't really like in tune with like what I was even doing. Like.

Yeah. | But um, now he's very supportive.

That's great. That's great. | He called me Luji. That's. That's big for me because like he never really. He never cared about the music.

Oh yeah. I guess it's quite emotional for you. Which is really nice. | It is. Because it was a long battle.

Yeah. Because you've been quite naughty already. | I'm not naughty. I'm a good boy.

Yeah. | Like it Was really long.

I can relate. | Yeah.

You know, you kind of mentioned uni, so I know you studied, uh, marketing. That's why you did your undergraduate degree in. Was there ever a genuine interest in that, or it was just a thing. | Of, like, I do my research.

Was there a genuine interest or was it a thing of, let me just get this degree so that I can do music, because I know that's what I want to do at the end of the day? | Um, at first it was like, let me just get the degree.

Yeah. | Just to, like. Just to get it. And then I started to put in the work, and then it's like I'm already, like, halfway there, so, like, I might as well just, like, go hard and, like, make this work and do everything you can and everything. And plus, personally, I'm. I'm all in for, like, whatever you do, whatever you want to do. But I. I profited from finishing uni first. Like.

Yeah. | In a major way. Like, just, like, learning things, having more skills beyond music and having skills I could just use, like, pattern music and stuff like that.

Yeah. | It's priceless, to be honest, for me. So, like, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying you must go to school, but if you have the chance, take it, please. Like, if you actually have the chance to get an education and still follow your dreams, because you do, you really do at this time.

I like that you said just focus on the work. Because I think that one thing that stood out to me while listening to your interviews, reading your interviews, it was really your drive. Um, whether that's, like, your intentionality about your work or, you know, wanting to improve yourself, really expressing that, challenging yourself is important to you. Not getting comfortable. Where do you think that drive comes from? | There's. There's this hunger to just achieve something.

Yeah. | I feel like I'm very. I'm very aware of my limited time on earth. Like, I'm, um, very, like. I think about it a lot. I've been thinking about since I was a kid. Which, to be honest, now looking back at it, I don't know if that was healthy.

That was. Yeah, that was a big deal. | Yeah. But it's like. Like six, seven. I'm crying just thinking about the fact that one day I'm going. I'm not going to be here anymore, and what that's going to be like. Uh, so to me, like, a big part of just going about my daily life is making sure that I can be the best version of myself in any aspect. And I'm constantly driving towards that.

Okay. | I'm a great boy. Can we start drinking? I want to start drinking.

You mentioned that it's a big deal that, you know, your dad has started calling you Loj. Your government name is Lekong. | Yes.

Now what, if any, are, ah. The key differences between. Are you shocked that I know that. | You probably told me where I was born right now?

What are the key differences, if any, between Lake on and Luje? | There's barely any difference, to be honest. Um, I remember M. When I was. When I was making love and attention and everything, and me and my manager were discussing about what would the brand look like, what would the image look like, all that. I was very keen, like with him when I told him. But I don't want. I'm not going to fake. I don't know how to fix my life.

Yeah. | I'm not going to act like I'm something I'm not.

Yeah. | If I try to enter into the market with that, I will fail because that's just not who I am. M. M. So like, I was very keen on just taking like the best parts of myself and, um, putting that out there. I studied marketing, so I knew that that's always the best thing.

Yeah. | Whatever it is that, uh, like I'm good at or that is interesting about me. Let's just like highlight that.

Yeah. | And, um, that has ended up being low J.

Paying off. | Yeah.

You sing a lot about the female form, Lekor, don't you? About the female form. What's the first thing you notice in someone of the opposite sex? | I can't lie to you. Bom bom.

Hey. | I'll be honest, man, guys.

Okay. | Cheers.

Uh, that's the first thing. Something that is behind. | I, uh, swear.

How is that the how? | Don't worry, you can see the front guy. If you crazy. If you choke, you will see him from the front.

Your music is very cheeky. I would describe it as very cheeky, but I was watching a lot of your interviews and I found that you were more introverted and reserved. | Yes.

Would you say that's a part of yourself you express in your music or you're doing? Why in all those interviews? Because with this interview, you're already being. | Do you know what's funny? Right?

What's funny? | I really had. I literally had this conversation today.

Okay. | I, um, mean, I'm an ambivert. Like, I'm not. I would say I was born an introvert.

Right. | Uh, I've. I've always been like, indoors. Like I'm. I stick to myself. I'm shy when I go out.

Yeah. | But like, as I just Grew older. I guess I was just a part of, like, me just wanting to be more evolving. I was just evolving and I just stepped out a little more and I became more outgoing and I. I found that you build better relationships when you know how to talk to people, when you know how to walk into a room and not feel shy and just feel confident. And most of the time, people in the room would rather you actually break the ice because they're already scared to break the ice and it's nothing. So I kind of built an extroverted part of myself which comes out when I'm in a good mood.

Um, like today? | Yeah, like today I'm in a good mood. Well, you say, I love all these interviews. I'm there, but like 7am in the morning after I've been recording till like 5am yeah. So it's like I'm just tired. It's not even anything.

Let's settle this Mona Lisa. Mona Lisan debate once and for all, please. Okay, first of all, what I want to know is, do you hear the Mona Lisa? | Yes.

Cheers. Uh, yeah, sorry. It's the corset. You already said. | Hi, guys. What's up? This is. You need to introduce yourself, bro.

Okay, so what was going on in the studio? What happened with that? | So when I recorded that song.

Right. | Hm. I did. But then at some point we're like, no, just make it my Mona Lisa. So we cut out the Mona Lisa me. But it wasn't cut perfectly, so it sounds like Mona Lisa. Mona Lisa. Yeah, that's how it came out. So I'm just here to clear up the Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa and debate and. Yeah. What's next?

Obviously, you had Chris Brown on the remix for that. Super huge. Super huge. I think, first of all, before we even get to that, the fact that SARS had kept that beat to use for something else and said, you know, if you kill it because you liked it, if you kill it, you'll be on this. | And it has 1,000.

You're killing. No, watch my show because this is my bag. This is my vibe. This is my vibe. But, you know, the fact that he has become this absolute monster he has become today, I just feel like it's almost too poetic to be real life. What has the success of the song meant to you? Just knowing the journey of even the song coming into existence in the first. | Place, there are different layers of, like, what it's done. I can't remember.

Yeah, it's a great song. | Obviously, a big part of that song. There was an ego part to it because he dared me.

Yeah, I picked up on that. Yes, I picked up on that. I picked up on that. | M. So there Was that part to it? Which was obviously, like, a fun little thing.

Yeah. | But then aside that, uh, just, like, seeing how big this song was. Because I remember. Yeah. Just randomly, we're having a conversation and, um.

Is this you and Sars, when you. | See my manager Anthony, at the time, we're just like. Just randomly m. Like, imagine this one just gets so big. Anybody. And SARS literally said, anybody can take it. You can just wake up in the morning and Chris Brown.

Wow. | And it was just. Honestly was just random. I didn't remember with my manager that, uh, told me about it later. Like, it was like, I remember when this happened.

Wow. | Then I remember that. Oh, but, like, can I swear. But, like, none of us had, like, a plan or an idea as to, like, how big this is going to be. Do not know farming. This was not. No, like. Like, I know. I'll go there. But, like, this is not. No, this was just a song organic. That was just.

Uh, to who? My audience knows who I am. This is the third season of the. | Show, so they don't know who I am? No. Hi, guys.

People just fucked with it. | And that's why I'm, um. Like, till today. I'm just very keen on, like, the quality of my music.

For sure. I think it's one thing to have Chris Brown on the remix, which is already huge, but performing it at wireless. How, like, what was that? Like? You captioned it. What did you caption the first? Do you remember? | I can't remember. I can't remember.

You're, like, right where I'm supposed to be. | Yep.

Um. And I was like, I love that energy. | I kind of experienced firsthand what creating.

Good music, um, can do for you. Yeah. | And just seeing that happen was. It was 50,000 people.

Crazy. | I can't lie to me. I was nervous. Maybe other people don't see you and you're not nervous. Me, 50,000 people, white people. That in my mind, like, before, because I remember before I stepped on the stage, I can only remember probably, like, three times when I've been nervous for a show.

Yeah. | And that was. That was the defining moment. Lucky nerve. Let me m. Show you what your nerves look like. And I was holding onto the mic and I was shaking. My manager looked at me like, you good? Like, I'm good, man. He's like, bro, don't worry. It's normal. Just go. And then I stepped on the stage and, um, it was like this blackout. Just enjoy yourself. And it's crazy. It was crazy because, like, once the song came on.

The energy change, I'm like, what? Yeah. | Like, the place actually went like this. And that, to me was just like, yeah, this is the beginning of Something crazy because like I left that place thinking now I want to like headline. Like I want like 50,000 people to hear me.

Yeah. Like we're kind of discussing your work has taken you all over the world at this point. What's the favorite place you've been to so far to perform your music and why Dubai really? M. Yeah. That's a surprising answer. | Coca Cola Arena. 17,000.

Okay. Yeah. Ah again is the scale. | At some point there's a video online. Uh at some point everyone shouting and it's 17,000 people crazy in an Arab country. N uh it was, it was a short.

I'm pretty sure they know who you are. | You don't know.

Is that energy feed off of it? | Yeah. And it's like you like yeah it was pre. Now I'm thinking about.

You're thinking about it. I know definitely like Jennifer, what's wrong? How far the food. I've been trying to pay but my bank is stressing me out. I've told you to leave all these stressful banks and download go money. The food is five minutes away and I don't have time. Luckily for you it takes three minutes to open an account to go money. But you know what is banks now I don't have my documentation. All you need to open an account with GoMoney is your BVN ID which you should have. Right? Yeah. And um, basic details really. Listen, let's stress be a thing of the past. Download the Go Money bank app and bank reuse this year. When do you feel most sexy? | Ah, uh. When I feel more sexy.

Mhm. | That's a very interesting question. Even when I just like I'm scared.

Of what you're about to see. | No, no, no. I'm not going to say nothing crazy but waiting for rubbish. But I don't know, maybe when I just like when I'm in like a new fresh fit.

I'm looking bad. Obviously quite interested in fashion. Is that something that is tied to your branding as an artist or like it's deeper than that. | This is deeper than that. M. It is tied to my brand like mhm. I actually do like fashion.

Yeah. | My brother is my stylist.

He's a stylist. | My father is probably one of the most stylish men in his 50s.

Oh really? | He's very, very stylish. Yeah, very stylish. My mom is really stylish. Like my whole family we're very keen on like fashion and stuff like that. So it is in my.

It's in the blood. | It is blood is in my blood.

You did a four month boot camp to create love and Attention. If you have to describe that four month period with one word, what word would that be? | Educational.

I'll introduce you. Do you want to. Allow me. | Okay.

Educational. | Yeah.

Okay. That lead me to my next question. What do you think this journey has taught you about yourself? | But then, um, I have everything I need. Honestly speaking, if there was no pandemic, I don't think Luji would be out in the same capacity as I am now. Because like sauce, like played a big role in just like the whole p. If I tell you what I sounded like two years ago, if I show one day, I listened to, I just thought about it. I almost said maybe one day maybe I'll leak it. But nah, uh, it's the growth though.

Like Zanelaski said, I left those posts on my Instagram. | Exactly.

So you can know there was a turning point. | This one, I left the post on my Apple Music. So you can do. There was a turning point. But yeah, um, I've grown in a lot as an artist.

Yeah. | Being with someone like Sars for a long period of time. I don't know if you've ever met him. You should have him on the show though.

I've tried to have him two seasons back to back. You know, he hates interviews and I don't blame people because most Nigerian interviews are not the best. But this is a very fun show. So me, I don't push it because I'm like somebody that, you know will come on it and you watch and be like, ah, that's actually kind of dope. And that has happened through the seasons. So I don't want to over push it. But anyways, now that we're friends, you can pitch the idea to him. | I will actually.

Because you're the one that said that unprovoked. | I didn't say it. I think he would. I think he would actually enjoy.

I agree. | Because this feels more like a conversation.

Than an interview because, you know, I'm good at my job. | But like, yeah, um, I'm still growing. To be honest.

I would say for someone that's still growing though, and still new onto the scene, what you do that I think I enjoy as a listener. You play with your voice a lot. Like you're very comfortable doing different things with your voice. Like only fan bolo who's on set. We played that song maybe like 100 times. Back to back in the car, really just go the different inflections. And on whistle too, I think you also. | That was very, very Whistle is very quite apparent.

Do you want to just relax and let me do my job? | I'll let you do your thing.

Just love what you're doing, your voice there. So again, it shows the intentionality all the things you're talking about, because people kind of say, xyz. I'm doing that. But the music is going to do the talking. And I think you have a good understanding of that, which is good in terms of longevity for a career. | Very important.

Yeah, Very important. Complete this sentence. Dating me is like. | Like dating me or you dating you, biz.

How do you know what dating is like? You've never done it. | That's why. I'm just asking why.

Okay. I'm sorry. Dating you. | Like a roller coaster.

I'm gonna need to get more original because three guests have said this, and I'm like, what does this mean? Yes. | Okay. So, like, the best way to experience is I'm chaos. Like, I'm not.