I Thought ‘Dorobucci’ Was A Crap Song – Tiwa Savage

Afrobeats superstar Tiwa Savage has revealed that she was unimpressed when she first heard the song ‘Dorobucci.’

According to her, Mavin record boss, Don Jazzy was playing the unfinished track of the song in the hotel where they were staying.

Speaking in an interview on NotJustOk, Savage stated that she felt the song was ‘crap.’

However, the mother of one stated that when she eventually returned and heard the completed version of “Dorobucci,” she was stunned by how much it had evolved.

“Don’t know if people know this, but ‘Dorobucci,’ I had Don Jazzy playing that in the hotel when we were in Dubai for my wedding, and I didn’t want to tell him, but I thought it was such a crap song,” she confessed.

She recalled a similar experience with her hit Eminado, which she also initially doubted.

“I got back to Nigeria, and I got to the studio, and I heard the song that I heard him play in Dubai. I was flabbergasted.

“I was so angry, like, I don’t know, because this had happened with Eminado too, and I did not like it,” she said.

Hesitant about the song’s potential, Tiwa said she was the last Mavin artist to record her verse, watching her labelmates embrace the track while she remained uncertain.

“I was the last person to record my verse because I was just looking at everybody in the studio, like, do you guys like this really?

“So everybody had recorded it and then I was just the last person to record it,” she said.

Despite her early doubts, Dorobucci became a massive success.

Tiwa credited Don Jazzy’s production talent, vision, and acknowledged the song’s phenomenal impact.

“We all know what happened to the record. I don’t know what Don Jazzy does, but yeah, that was… I heard it, and I didn’t want to tell him.

“I was like, man, who, I was like, is it Reekado he’s doing this song for? Is it Korede or D’ija?

“I was just thinking, ehyaa, like these people, not knowing that I was going to be on the song as well. And it turned out to be phenomenal. So shout out as always to Don Jazzy,” Tiwa concluded.

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