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In her words she said"She wanted to be a teenage popstar"

Oyinkansola Sarah Aderibigbe, better known as Ayra Starr, a well-known Nigerian singer, has revealed that she always wanted to be a teenage popstar, which explains why she dresses the way she does.

In a recent interview with Guap Magazine, the 20-year-old Nigerian popstar stated that one of the reasons she wears the way she does is to inspire young people to feel empowered when they see her.

Ayra Starr acknowledged that she does see herself as an Afrobeats Gen-Z ambassador, highlighting the role that her music plays in this regard.

In her words;

I don’t know where it comes from but I feel like I have this responsibility to kind of show my generation what we can be and what we can do and I think I’m doing that through my music.

I’ve always wanted to be a teenage popstar because I never saw that growing up and all the teenage pop stars I saw were white – there were no black teenage pop stars. I remember being like ‘I want to be a teenage popstar, I want my younger sister and her friends to be able to watch my videos and say I want to be that’ That’s why I still do things like wear pink, because I want girls to be able to feel powerful when they see me.

I feel like I have a responsibility to do that for my generation and the generation that’s coming. I want to inspire people.