Nigerian Afrobeats singer Ayra Starr has opened up about her life in New York, just weeks after moving from Lagos to the American city following a management deal with Roc Nation.
In a new Substack post titled ‘I’m not scared, I promise,’ Starr candidly addressed her feelings of loneliness and the biting cold in New York, describing her apartment as “almost-empty” and the city as “a walk-in freezer.”
The singer revealed that she sometimes grapples with the regret of relocating. “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 expressed that she would have been enjoying Detty December with her fellow citizens in Nigeria, but instead, she finds herself stuck in the cold and loneliness of New York due to the rebellious risk she took.
The ‘Rush’ crooner reflected on her current state, stating that she is now in her “nobody gets me era,” emphasizing that she no longer cares about proving herself to others.
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