Why I can’t drop analbum yet – Kiss Daniel

G-Worldwide Entertainment’s musical talent,
Oluwatobiloba Daniel Anidugbe aka Kiss Daniel
is set to release the remix of his song, Woju,
featuring Davido and Tiwa Savage before
heading on his UK tour. The crooner in this
chat with FAMUYIWA DAMILARE says that
though his album is ready, but will be released
if in high deman d
Why do you add Kiss to your real name?
I got the name Kiss Daniel back in school as an
undergraduate of Federal University of Agriculture
Abeokuta (FUNAAB) where I studied Water
Engineering. Back then there is a thing we do, if
you have dimple they call you kisses, so I got one
right on my left chick, so they call me Kiss. In
school then we have so many Daniel, and to
differentiate me from others I just decided to add
that to my name Daniel, which makes me Kiss
Daniel.
Why do you choose a female as your manager?
I choose to make her my manager because she is
good in this particular field. Louiza Williams has
managed quite a number of other artistes as well
like Waconzy, and I was impressed a lot at her
performance and reactions towards the progress of
the group.
Is WOJU the first song you sang?
No! ‘SHOYE’ was actually my first song which I
dropped in 1st of May 2014, and then I dropped
WOJU 1st of September 2014.
It seems you’ve performed SHOYE at concerts like
the NIJ students week. How does that make you
feel?
Yes I did perform the song early June last year,
alongside other amazing talents at the Nigerian
Institute of Journalism (NIJ), Lagos, and it was
cool.
From what you’ve seen since you’ve started
music, will you say you’ve not done any good
music in the past like WOJU because that is what
brought you to the limelight?
I’m not gonna put it like that but I will say the
perfect time came, and I just took that opportunity.
You know everybody get their time to blow, shay u
get? It’s in the Bible the race is not to the swift,
not for the fast but time and chance happens to
them all, so even if I had dropped a better song
than WOJU it might not blow as everyone is
dancing to the rhythm of WOJU right now.
Honestly, I will say this is the time God has set
apart for me, and this is the time I’m actually
having the name.
Your fans are expecting a remix of WOJU and
rumours have it that you featured Davido. How
true is that?
That is very true, the remix will be featuring Tiwa
Savage and Davido, and we hope to release that
hopefully on the 31st of January or 1 st week in
February, but I am gonna drop it definitely before I
go for my UK tour which is 1 st week of February
by the way. And as regard that I am not sure,
because some people want me to vote before I
travel and the election is fast approaching.
So who do you think is credible enough that you
intend to cast your vote for as the President of
Nigeria?
I don’t know, I just want to go and vote.
Like we’ve seen most entertainers in the industry
making awareness of free and fair election with
their concept; why haven’t we heard anything like
that from you?
I was supposed to record a song for a particular
party, but as someone just making his break into
the industry, for now I just need to balance
everything. I am not involved in any of these
things.
What are the challenges you’ve encountered in
your musical career so far?
I have only one challenge encountered, which is
patience. While coming-up I had no financial
assistance somewhere, but it came one day due to
my hard work, things I have done in the past. For
me as an artiste, it is just patience for my time to
come, like you know as well, a lot of top artistes
we have today in Nigeria like Olamide started from
nowhere, but you can see what he is today.
Sometimes it is not even about money or
connection, when your time come you go definitely
blow ; so the only challenge is just patience, for
every man will definitely succeed just like our
Father in Heaven, so that one is sure.
What do you have as your New Year resolution?
I want to reduce the rate at which I sleep oh! I
want to try and adjust in that aspect because most
of my interviews appointments are fixed in the
early hours of the day; like I just finished an
interview live with Tosyn Bucknor at Top Radio, in
short this year I want to be closer to God than I
had done in previous.
Very soon you are going for your UK tour, if at all
you are going with any of the top Nigerian
artistes, who would you have preferred?
I don’t think I am in a position to go along with
someone. But I think a lot of artistes are going
along, and I don’t want to disclose that because I
am not sure how they are going to feel. But I am
sure of myself and my manager.
Should we be expecting any album from you
soon?
Yeah when the demand is high, when you guys
want me to drop my album I will definitely drop it.
I have my songs already, my people out there
when they are ready for me I will definitely do. You
know as an artiste when the pressure is on you
like we need you to drop an album , when you see
it on your social media platform like your
Instagram, Facebook, people keep being on that
same thing including the media; that is when you
think is the right time for you to drop the album, I
can’t just drop an album when I’m not that deep in
the industry, people will just be like ‘what is he
doing? Because you blow with one song you want
to start making noise’. So I’m trying to do more
impressive work for my people not to regret
buying my album.
You performed recently in FUNAAB alongside top
artistes in the school like Maheek. How does that
make you feel?
It is good, and more like you coming back home.
Great crowd, great people, and the acceptance was
much more impressive; but FUNAAB is still the
same thing though! Actually I gave a lot of advice
to them, I spoke to them and was more like a
family meeting, I didn’t see it like a show.
Can you please brief us on your educational
background?
I studied Water Engineering in FUNAAB, and I
graduated in 2013. I am still serving right now in
Kogi State, but I’m happy to complete my service
before the election.
Who do you look up to or your role model in the
industry?
My role model in the industry is anyone doing
good music for the world in the industry.
Looking at the music industry, how are top
musicians reacting to you in terms of collaboration
and reactions in general?
For now I think I am the baby of the industry.
Everybody is pampering me for now, I am getting
so much love from everybody; and big shout-out
to Olamide Bado, big shout-out to 2Face Idibia, big
shout-out to Sean Tizzle, Cynthia Morgan, and
Runtown, big shout-out to Davido, Tiwa Savage.
Everybody is just showing me love, and it is really
weird though because I actually came-out from
nowhere, but in short I love everybody and I really
do hope to work with everyone.
Do you have any particular genre of music that
you intend to project for people to know you with?
Basically, I want to be known for Afro-centric
music, anything Africa, Afrohip-hop, Afro R&B, I
just want to put a little bit of Afro in my music.
For how long have you been singing?
I have been doing that and writing songs since I
was 11years old. Though I started writing songs
about food, and it is not that I really do like food
but I love junk foods, I don’t eat that much, but ice
cream is my thing. It started with food at first, and
gradually developing my skills, and all thanks goes
to my dad because he has helped me a lot, I met
JABLESS in 2009, and he actually helped me
manage my talent, so I started writing commercial
songs.
Did your parent(s) buy this idea of singing at
first?
Everybody in my family appreciate my music
career to be sincere, they want me to do
something that I like, and that is really being
supportive and encouraging; when I was in school
I stayed focus, and they were well relaxed like they
trust you that you can’t fuck-up. Even if he’s
doing any other thing, that school oh! e no dey
mess with am; when I was in school I had a very
good result, which I finished with 2.1, not just that
but a strong one.
What will be your advice for upcoming acts trying
to make their break into the music industry?
I will definitely tell them to be patient for their time
while doing the rightful thing. You will blow, na
everybody go blow if only you dey focus.
What are your views about the music industry in
Nigeria?
Trust me we are doing well, everybody out there
do love Nigeria music. I won’t be surprise if
Nigeria music industry is topping it all globally.