Tiwa Savage Admits She Thought “Dorobucci” Was “a crap song” When She First Heard It
Tiwa Savage has revealed she once thought Mavin’s hit Dorobucci was a “crap song” when she first heard it.
She later admitted Don Jazzy’s creativity turned it into a global success.
Nigerian singer Tiwa Savage has revealed that she initially disliked one of her biggest songs, Dorobucci, describing it as “a crap song” when she first heard it.
Speaking in an interview with NotJustOk, the Afrobeats star recounted how she first listened to the song’s instrumental while on her wedding vacation in Dubai.
“I don’t know if people know this, but Dorobucci, I had Don Jazzy playing it in the hotel when we were in Dubai for my wedding. I didn’t want to tell him, but I thought it was such a crap song,” she confessed.
According to her, producer Don Jazzy urged her to return to Nigeria shortly after her wedding to record a new project, cutting her honeymoon short. “After the wedding, he asked me when I was coming back. I told him we were supposed to go on our honeymoon, but he was like, ‘There’s one record, you have to come back to Nigeria.’”
When she eventually heard the final version of Dorobucci back in Nigeria, Tiwa said she was stunned by how different it sounded. “I got back to Nigeria and went to the studio. I heard the same song he had played in Dubai, and I was flabbergasted,” she said.
The singer admitted that she was the last Mavin artist to record her verse and still wasn’t convinced about the track’s potential. “I was the last person to record my verse. I was just looking at everyone in the studio like, ‘Do you guys really like this?’ Everybody had already recorded their parts, and I was the last to jump on it.”
Despite her doubts, Dorobucci went on to become one of Mavin Records’ biggest hits, dominating charts and becoming a household anthem across Africa.
Tiwa also revealed that she initially felt the same way about her own hit single, Eminado, before it became a success.
Reflecting on the experience, she credited Don Jazzy’s creative instincts for transforming the song into a global hit. “We all know what happened to the record. I don’t know what Don Jazzy does, but yeah… I heard it and didn’t want to tell him what I really thought at first,” she added.
