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was made to be a star. It’s a fact (and pun) too undeniable to avoid. The Nigerian singer, who is just a few weeks away from her 22nd birthday, not only embraces the spotlight but outshines the light that falls on her.

Starr embodies this same spirit as we meet at Republic Records before a listening party for her sophomore album . A big smile and her bubbly energy are hard to ignore as Starr and her team work on finishing touches for the night. “I’m blessed with being one of the most non-serious people on earth,” Starr tells me during a conversation before the party.



“I try to have fun in every single experience. I’m blessed with that.” The reveling days of are far from over for Starr, but proves that through the fun, she’s also grown up.

puts a stake in the ground as a time, place, and feeling to remember for Ayra Starr. The naivety is gone thanks to some new experiences in life and the industry, and in exchange for that comes added self-awareness as a career-sharpening tool. “I just wanted to be ,” Starr says, reflecting on her debut album.

“With the sound, I was just trying different things. I’d never really worked on my sound, specifically. But I feel like with this album [ ], I know exactly what I’m doing.

I know my strengths and weaknesses.” The album begins with the attention-grabbing quick strums of a violin on “Birds Sing Of Money” before equally quick strikes of a drum blare to welcome Ayra Starr to the stage. “It’s different from.

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