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Opera music has taken me to the White House — Abiodun Koya

[as originally published on vanguardngr.com]

Nigerian-born US based Classical/Opera singer cum songwriter, Abiodun Koya, is a trained classical Soprano vocalist and actress born to a family of five in the South Western part of Nigeria. She started her music career at age six, singing in church and birthday celebrations under the mentoring hands of her parents. Since then, she has grown to be one of the very few African women who sing opera. Koya is also a poet, composer, philanthropist, and entrepreneur. Abby (as she is fondly called) who performed at The Democratic Convention and The White House dropped her Pop single, ‘Flourish Me’ recently and has vowed to remain the mouthpiece of her heritage through her music and voice.

What informed the title of your new single, “Flourish Me”?

‘’Flourish Me” is a love song. It talks about being in a relationship where you have peace, rest and inspired to become your bigger self. It also talks about being in a relationship where you look up to a guy for direction and advice. We all understand that there are different types of relationships. Some relationships are abusive though not necessarily physical but some are just abusive in some sense. The song describes a magical moment  one experiences when you are in love… READ FULL ARTICLE HERE