{"id":236902,"date":"2025-10-29T11:21:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T11:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.name.ng\/news\/olamide-vows-never-to-change-sound-or-switch-style-to-appeal-western-audience\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T11:21:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T11:21:34","slug":"olamide-vows-never-to-change-sound-or-switch-style-to-appeal-western-audience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/olamide-vows-never-to-change-sound-or-switch-style-to-appeal-western-audience\/","title":{"rendered":"Olamide Vows Never To Change Sound Or Switch Style To Appeal Western Audience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">\n<p>Nigerian indigenous rapper Olamide Adedeji, popularly known as <strong>Olamide<\/strong>, has said he is not desperate for international validation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Abia Radio News<\/strong> reports that Olamide made this known in a recent interview with BBC Radio 1Xtra, where he spoke about his strategy in the music industry.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018Skido\u2019 crooner revealed that identifying his audience was key because the world will always catch up.<\/p>\n<p>According to Olamide, he is comfortable being an indigenous artist, stressing that he would not change his sound or switch his style to appeal to a Western audience.<\/p>\n<p>He said, <em>\u201cYou have to identify your audience. Once you identify your audience, the rest of the world will catch up eventually. So, I have to stay true to myself and no matter where it is, what it is, I mean, in this world, I have to stay true to myself.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019m comfortable in my skin. I\u2019m a Naija guy, Yoruba boy, I have H-Factor and all that, and I\u2019m proud about it. You just have to stay true to yourself.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Recall that Olamide\u00a0recently described W<strong>izkid, Davido, and Burna Boy as troublesome individuals.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking during a recent interview with Adesope Live, the singer stated that the trio are his friends but are too troublesome.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the singers are cool dudes, but simply do not align on certain things.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 4 --><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><span class=\"copyright\"><strong>\u00a9 2025 Abia Radio News, a division of  Tee Global Innnovations  [abiaradios@gmail.com].  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