What I Do When Kunle Does Things I Don't Like in His Music - Simi

Nigerian singer Simi is opening up about life being married to a fellow singer and answering the question of what happens when either he makes a career decision she doesn't like, or vice versa. Here's what Simi had to say about how they handle this when it happens.

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First, speaking about how she's handled fame and being married to a famous husband like Adekunle Gold, Simi said:

SIMI: When I first started out, I used to wish that my songs could be famous and nobody would really know me like that. I always say that God gave me passion for an industry that does not really suit my personality. Yes, cuz show business by definition is a show. It's performance, everyday, like even your personal life, and I'm just not wired that way. I just don't know, and I don't want to be that person. I just want to make music. I've said that repeatedly. But sometimes, I do have to perform for the crowd whether on stage, or off the stage. And I've made my peace with it now. But I think it's just finding the balance. One thing I'm grateful for is that I've never been the kind of person to make decisions based on how other people would think about her. That's also helped me to stay grounded and focused.

[Being married to Adekunle Gold] is also part of the challenge. I didn't know he was trying to be a singer. I actually made the choice that I can never date anybody in the industry and when I met him, he was working at some company and people knew him as the king of Photoshop. And then we're dating and I'm getting comfortable and then he's like, yeah, I think I want to sing. One thing that I think that we've been blessed with is that we always seem to be on the same page and when we're not, we find our way there.

Speaking about how they handle when either of them makes career decisions the other doesn't agree with or like, Simi said:

SIMI: We're both very respectful of each other's crafts and we also respect each other's opinions. I think it's also important to also set boundaries because work is work, and I think we've been able to also do very good with that as well. I have to be able to respect that it's his choice to make. That it's not an insult to me as his wife, it's just his work and that's his choice to make.

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