Nigerian Afrobeats sensation Ayra Starr has shared her experiences adjusting to life in New York, weeks after relocating from Lagos to the US city following a new management deal with Roc Nation.
In a recent Substack post titled “I’m not scared, I promise,” Ayra Starr candidly described her struggles with loneliness and the biting cold in New York, calling her apartment “almost-empty” and the city “a walk-in freezer.”
The singer admitted that she sometimes wrestles with regret over her move, writing, “It’s so cold it feels like the city is actively trying to unalive my motivation. It’s the kind of cold that makes you realize happiness was just a summer hallucination, and I can’t stop the tiny voice at the back of my mind sarcastically saying, ‘Who sent you work?’”
Ayra Starr added that she would have been enjoying Detty December with her fellow citizens in Nigeria but she is stuck in the cold and loneliness of New York because she took a rebellious risk.
The ‘Rush’ singer described herself as being in her “nobody gets me era,” emphasizing that she no longer feels the need to prove herself to anyone.
