by Busola Adedeji
Nigerian singer, Simisola Kosoko, famously known as Simi, opened up on her battle with imposter phenomenon. Simi said in her speech that prior to her present dilemma , she made it known that she enjoyed the concession of knowing herself more that she has in recent times endured the pain of losing her sameness.
She made this revelation via her X page, where she noted that she has always enjoyed the privilege of knowing herself deeply but recently she has always felt like a stranger within herself. However she rediscovered herself with the making of her current album “Lost and Found”
She said, “For most of my life, I have enjoyed the privilege of knowing myself deeply, unwaveringly, truly. In more recent years, I have also endured the discomfort of losing myself. Sometimes, to make room for something else that I needed to be, other times, because I could not, for the life of me, find my way. I felt like a stranger to myself. This version of me has been the hardest one to look at in the mirror.“
“Making this album is a symbol of finding parts of myself again that I hoped I hadn’t lost permanently. I don’t believe that we ever stop finding ourselves. If you’re willing to look, there’s always more. This is a tribute to the things we continue to find and rediscover.”
She added that the album is about her reclaiming her “chemistry with music, melody and love stories.”