Brymo: If I were a politician, I would be a tyrant
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The artist, who has a knack for using his music to tell stories, explains, “Music has provided an avenue to be able to express that without so much repercussion.” He talks about music being a mode of communication for not just him but also for his mother, who would sing to his father when he was a child. Brymo talks about the role music plays in his life when he says, “I wrote my first song when I was 14, and from that day on, I kept doing it… my ability to put lyrics and melody together, I think, was influenced greatly by my mum.”
Music was always there in the shadows; I didn’t even know it was there. My mum is a huge music fan, so she had a lot of favourites: Fuji music, Fela, a lot of local genres. She would take popular songs, put in her own lyrics, keep the same melody and she would do that to sing for my father. When they would fight, she would sing a song and when they were good and happy; she would sing another song and those songs were almost originally composed by her, except someone else composed the melody.
What does music mean to you?
Music is the means through which I express myself. I feel like if I were a politician, I would be a tyrant, so I needed to find a different avenue through which I would express myself without so much repercussion. Music lets me bring conversations to the table; it lets me talk about even my own ills and letdowns.
Starting off strong
Brymo was thrown into the limelight with his single Shawty in 2007 and his fame became official when he featured in Ice Prince’s 2010 hit, Oleku. According to the musician, “I was scared at first, like what’s going on? And now, I am still very slow to accept fame because no matter how hard you try it changes you.” His rise to fame was later propelled after M.I talked about liking his song Shawty on TV, and subsequently, Brymo managed to bag a contract with Chocolate City. Talking about making it into the industry he says, “I have always wanted it so bad, that the desire to be what I am becoming keeps pushing me forward, one step at a time”.
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