It has been a life-changing three years for Nigerian singer-songwriter Morravey since breaking into the scene with a feature on Davido’s “In the Garden,” off his Grammy-nominated album Timeless. With experience and an extended play released on the 22-year-old’s breakout year, the Port Harcourt-born star is now geared for her upcoming EP, titled Little Miss Sunshine, heralded by the release of “My Lover.”
Morravey talked about the release of her new single, “My Lover”, sharing that the experience of her new approach concerning the subject of love was a foreign one, but also the best she could muster from her creative reserves.
“I’ve always been singing about love, but if I’m being honest, I’ve never really talked about it this way. I chose this song to start the year because it’s a beautiful song to introduce this new phase of my life, with the new body of work also set to come out. It felt like the best thing I could release now,” she said.
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It is said that too many chefs in the kitchen spoil the broth, but in the case of the creation of Morravey’s “My Lover”, the sentiment couldn’t be any more untrue. A team effort and a product of minds working in telepathic synergy, the Naija singer-songwriter shared the process of the song’s birth, from the skeletal body of harmonies to the flesh it eventually became.
“The day I made the song, I went to the studio with my team and Killertunes, the producer that I worked with, played me the beat, and it interested me. I like talking about love, I like talking about men spending their money on women and how that kind of treatment makes a woman love her man more, so that was on my mind when I put the headphones on to hum the melodies for the song. Those melodies guided me to the words, and they gave me the lyrics too. Everything I was doing sounded right. I also got help from the team I had with me in the studio in putting together the verses and the writing of the hook,” she said.
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Morravey has come quite a long way since bursting onto the scene alongside Davido in 2023. Even though she rose to prominence as his signee, the crooner spoke about advancing from the mould by making music that would show people the excellence of her craft as well as the worth of her artistic weight in gold.
“Three years ago, I came out, and Davido introduced me to the world. When I dropped my first EP, it was all about showing people how good I was and justifying what Davido saw when he decided to sign me. Now, I feel like I’m more intentional with the music I am making. I feel like I’ve experienced a lot of things in the past three years, so my words aren’t just words but experiences. I know that people know that I am good, so now I want to show people how versatile I am. So the EP that’s set to drop has a lot more intentionality in it. There are love songs in it and heartbreak songs; there are songs you can dance to and those you can cry to—everything comes from my experiences and guiding the music by being intentional,” she said.
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Morravey touched on her road so far as a musician, describing the feel of riding the highs as well as weathering the troughs while keeping connections alive.
“The journey for me so far has been a lot, if I’m being honest. It’s been crazy. Different ups and downs, but I’m also aware that everything I’ve experienced so far has had to be part of the journey to make it sweet and unique. Through the good and the bad days, I worked with so many people in the past three years, and I hope to experience more beautiful things as the years go by,” she said.
The vocalist talked about the value of embracing changes and allowing herself to be fluid enough to move with the changes and to shift herself when she learned something new. She also spoke about being averse to sticking to a routine that stifles evolution.
“I listen to a lot of musicians, and I’d say I listen to basically everybody. Sometimes I don’t even listen to songs with vocals and lyrics, just the beat and nothing else. So as we grow as human beings, we have to learn how to grow personally and not just be stagnant. I watch different interviews of artists and people about what they did to get to a certain point. I do things differently, and I correct myself as time goes by—everything I do is rooted in the desire to grow. Staying stagnant doesn’t feel comfortable for me. I get really bored when I do the same thing over and over again. I wanna grow, and I keep asking myself what’s next and what can be done better the next time. Because of that, I’m always doing research, looking for different people to work with, and experiencing things in other ways to grow myself,” she said.
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The muso shared some experiments she’d like to dabble in some day… and some she’d rather leave to the experts.
“I think I’d like to touch all kinds of genres and sounds. So I will definitely be dropping some pop music. One day, I’d like to rap, you know… to drop a rap and give people those vibes. There are so many beautiful sounds out there, so I’d like to tap pretty much everything if I can because I love pushing myself. The only type of music I think I wouldn’t get into is metal music because of the chaos behind it and because I haven’t gotten to a point of understanding what goes on in it,” she said.
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