Popular Nigerian Afrobeats artist – Fireboy DML has opened up about an argument he has with Olamide before the release of his album “APOLLO”.
The singer in an interview, reveals that before releasing the album which he says is his favorite, Olamide wondered why he wanted to have up to 17 tracks on the album.
Fireboy DML, released his second album “APOLLO” under YBNL in 2020. During his interview with CoolFM, he did address the challenges he faced prior to the release of this album, and how his faith in the album paid off afterwards.
“My favorite album is Apollo. When I was making the album I knew it was my one chance to really express myself. Even when i was arranging the songs, myself nd Olamide had an argument and Olamide was like, why 17 songs? And I was like Baddoo, I feel like this is my only one chance to really do what I want on a body of work, before the pressure really sets up, before it gets to the point where they say an album needs to be 10 songs be they can listen to it. I was like, just let me do my wish. It’s such a personal album and it’s an album I keep going back to when I’m in that mood. It’s one album where I was truly honest” – Fireboy said.
After Olamide let him do his thing, the album went on to be a chart topping masterpiece, and bagged awards like: The Headies Award for Best Pop Album, The Headies Award for Album of the Year. The album gained so many accolades. Its been streamed 107.1million times on Boomplay
Three years later, the artist has put out three bodies of work altogether with “Play Boy” released in 2022, being his latest. He has been touring the world ever since he released his album. He looks forward to another enterprising 2024
In 2024, Fireboy DML earned a Grammy nomination in the Album of the Year category, for his feature on Jón Batiste’s ‘World Music Radio,’ nominated for Album of the Year.
