Nigerian Afrobeats giant Damini Ogulu popularly known as Burna Boy has revealed that interviews make him very nervous and he would rather go on tours instead. 

Burna Boy almost won a Grammy - a feat that would have seen him become one of the greatest Afrobeats artist from Nigeria – only to be beaten to the award by the resplendent and evergreen queen of Afrobeats, Angélique Kidjo.

Being a Grammy-nominated Nigerian artiste is no small feat though, this has followed Burna Boy’s meteoric rise in the past few months. 

Shows, tours, interviews and award ceremonies now come thick and fast for the Nigerian singer and he has just recently admitted that out of all the activities that he has to attend , interviews are his least favourite. 

The singer revealed this to the Nigerian-American entertainment journalist Lola Ogunnaike, during an expose where Burna Boy sheds more light on various issues that have led up to his Grammy nomination.

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The story was featured in the latest issue of the GQ magazine. The “African Giant” revealed that it was not that he particularly hates interviews, he just finds them very stressful. 

“It’s not that I hate interviews,” he said, “It’s just that I find them stressful. I find them more stressful than going on tour. Because most of the questions you all ask are very direct, simple questions. But then I answer simply, and then you’re waiting for the rest like there’s supposed to be a rest of the answer when there really isn’t.”

In the interview, he also spoke on other issues including comparisons he has been attracting to the Nigerian legend Fela Anikulapo Kuti and his refusal to perform in South Africa following a spate of xenophobic attacks in the country.

Lola Oguunaike attested that she had been warned that Burna Boy isn’t a fan of interviews and what she encountered during the interview only validated the claims.

She wrote, “Initially his answers are terse, his eye contact scarce, his wariness palpable. Baus and Burna’s music-label publicist, who have insisted on being present throughout our entire discussion, shift awkwardly in their seats. If Burna’s intention is to make us all uncomfortable, he has succeeded,” about Burna Boys body language during the interview.