She has been rumoured to have had one or two things with
singers, Adekunle Gold and Falz at some point, popular singer, Simi,
has said Nigerian men “are not romantic.”
She said, “I don’t believe Nigerian men are romantic. I think
Nigerian men do not think they have to be romantic. I am not saying this
to bash men but I think no one pushes Nigerian men to fight for
anything so they have this sense of entitlement. I was watching a
Nigerian movie one day and there was this unfaithful Nigerian man who
left his wife for another woman.
“At the end of the day, the other woman left him and he
retraced his steps to his initial wife. The lady’s mother actually told
her to kneel in front of the man and that bothered me a lot even though I
knew it was a movie. That is the way things are.
“A lot of men grow up in this country feeling entitled to
certain things and they believe that they don’t have to work for
anything. This has been the case for generations and a lot of our
mothers were unhappy because the society expected them to stay in the
relationship. I am not saying it is the right thing for people to leave
their relationships but a man needs to fight for what he wants so he can
value it.
“I think the problem is because a lot of Nigerian men feel
self-entitled and I blame our culture and our mothers. Most mothers are
the problem because when something happens, they are quick to advise the
daughter and wives, they don’t tell the men that their actions are
wrong. So if a man feels that he does not have to fight to keep the
relationship, he would not.”
The singer who hinted that she is currently in a relationship described the kind of lover she is. “To
describe myself as a lover, I would say that I am a loyal lover. When I
am in a relationship, I am all in and I put everything into it. I can
only quit a relationship if the person betrays my trust because, to me,
trust is everything. Trust is a big foundation for love. If I don’t
trust a person, it would be hard to be with the person. If I date
someone, I expect that you know what you have to offer. I believe that
whatever I do for the person, I should get the same in return. I don’t
like people lying to me,” the singer said.
The singer is currently in cloud nine because of the feedback she
has been receiving over her sophomore album, ‘Simisola.’ It was a night
of ecstasy for the soulful singer at her album launch party which took
place at The Lekki Coliseum.
It is her sophomore album and her debut album since joining her
record label X3M Music three years ago. Before now, she had released a
plethora of singles such as ‘Tiff,’ ‘Jamb Question,’ ‘Outta My Head,’
which were well received and enjoyed massive airplay.