I don’t write songs, I just have fun in the studio – Rema

Afrobeat sensation Rema has opened up about his creative process, stating he doesn’t actually write his songs.

According to the ‘Hehehe’ hitmaker, he lets his creativity flow freely in the studio, often resulting in spontaneous sounds and melodies.

Rema took pride in his natural talent, explaining that creating music comes effortlessly to him.

He recalled how his breakout track “Dumebi” was crafted from a catchy melody rather than traditional words, and how some of his lyrics are simply expressive sounds.

In an interview on The Breakfast Club podcast, Rema said: “I’m in my own world. I don’t really write songs. I don’t write. I just go to the studio and have fun.

” Sometimes I end up saying things that do not even exist, that are not even words. Like my first hit song, the chorus was not even a word, I just expressed myself. I was just in my own world, enjoying what I do and that’s harmony.

“Like I say, if the vision was never for me, then why did it come? It’s like no English word or Nigerian word could match the vibration that that chorus would send. It was just meant to be gibberish and I did it, and it gave me the platform to express myself more. It gave me my first hit song.

“In Nigeria, we call that ‘lamba’, lamba is just something you create out of the aura of being in the studio and in that creative process, you just express that feeling. It’s like saying “boom” without saying it was an explosion.”

Source: The Nation