Why I recorded ‘Dads Song’ watching my father’s funeral-Teni

Popular singer, Teni has revealed that she recorded ‘Dads Song’, a track off ‘Wondaland‘, her debut album, while watching video of her father’s funeral.

Teni made this known during a recent episode of #WithChude where she reflected on pains of losing loved ones.

The ‘Billionaire’ crooner said she lost her father at a very young age before further losing her assistant.

“Dad’s song is a song for everyone that has lost someone. Dealing with loss is crazy because people tell you that you’ll get over it, but you never get over it. You just don’t get over loss,” she said.

“When I was recording this song I was sitting in my living room and watching my father’s funeral, his body in the casket, my mother crying. I needed those emotions to be able to record that song in its true form. Everything I sang had to be from a place of truth.”

Teni also stated that ‘Uyo Meyo’, her 2018 hit single, was inspired by her graduation from the varsity after battling several challenges.

“Not being able to graduate on time slowed me down from my music. My parents said, ‘if you’re going to make music, you have to graduate’. I was very frustrated,” she said.

“I remember I was in a car driving to my graduation when I recorded the song, and I was just thinking of all my hard work. My mum is from Ondo, and so ‘Uyo Meyo’ means, when others win and you celebrate with them, your own too will come.

“I was happy for my younger sister when she graduated before me, and when my turn finally came, I was happy, and that’s where that song came from.”