Superstar of Nigerian Afrobeats Ahmed Ololade, better known by his stage as Asake, recently talked candidly about his Grammy experience.
Asake remains upbeat even after losing out to Tyla of South Africa in the Best African Music Performance category at the 66th Grammy Awards.
Tyla’s song “Water” provided fierce opposition for Asake’s popular song “Amapiano,” which finally resulted in his Grammy loss.
But he gave his opinion in an open interview with GQ magazine, saying that it’s not a loss for him.
He thinks he has more Grammy nominations coming up and that maybe he will win soon.
He said:
“It [Grammy loss] is not a loss for me. I might just get more next year. In my head, I was not even taking it too seriously”.
On his mind space for his sophomore album, ‘Work Of Art,’ Asake said:
“People don’t really know me because I’m quiet.
So everybody started seeing me as mystery. ‘Work of Art’ is just for them to know me. You have to understand I’m human, but you can’t just deny the heart in me.”
