What Tiwa Savage said about balancing work and motherhood

Award-winning Nigerian singer Tiwa Savage has revealed the challenges she faced as a mother managing a music career.

In an interview with Afrobeats Intelligence on Friday, Tiwa opened up on the challenges she faced while trying to balance work and family.

She stated how covid affected her, revealing that she almost became too focused on work because she spent more time in her home studio.

“During lockdown, I had a studio (at home). I was actually trying to learn how to record myself and then I realized that I was always there. 2 a.m. in the morning, and sometimes I’m not even recording, I’m just listening to music, watching something. Initially I was not spending time with my son especially, and it wasn’t good for me. Because I couldn’t separate work from home ‘cos work was in my home. And I didn’t like that. I wanted to be able to leave work and come home. I wanted to be able to separate work from home, especially for my son,” she said.

The R&B singer and songwriter also opened up on the struggles of artists and how it affects their mental health and finances.

“I said this one time that I can’t sign an artist and I got a lot of backlash. My heart can’t take it. It’s hard. The rate of success is very slim, not only that, if you’re blessed to [have hits], your life span, it might not be, 10 years. It might not even be five years, so it’s even harder to sustain a career and to be lucrative. Mentally, as well. Imagine being an artist and you’re not really making as much as people think you are. But you have to live like you are,” Tiwa said.