Nigerian singer, song writer and record producer ‘Omah Lay’ has made it to the 2024 edition of Glass Magazine. The fashion magazine has featured the artist on its cover photo and has also conducted an exclusive interview.
The interview was all about his journey from becoming no-one to a renowned singer coming back from Nigeria.
The intro of the artist started as acknowledging him for his efforts in making himself. The magazine writes in his praise, “After his self-produced single Bad influence went viral in 2020, presence of Omah Lay is an Afro-fusion and a well-recognised trailblazer of this genre.”
Glass adds up, “Etching his interior landscape into infectious beats, his lyricism has painted a vulnerability that balances mental health and hedonism through his signature breezy vocals.”
Omah Lay’s debut album, ‘Boy Alone’ was heard two years ago in 2022, with evidence to prove that he had forged a new introspective path across the sonic field. Opening up to Glass Man in the 15th Anniversary Issue, the cover star reflects upon his body of work, and said that he doesn’t think that it’s just a thing about being comfortable to talk about his mental health.
“I think this is just me,” said Omah Lay.
Omah continued and added, “It’s a snapshot of what I was feeling and how my mind was feeling at the time, sadly. It’s that moment of my life when I managed to capture into the melody. I’m always going to be very honest on my records, as I have always been.”
The afro artist has collaborated with the really big names in the music industry such as Justin Bieber, 6lack, Olamide and Luciano. With the collaborations, Lay has managed to garner interest from more mainstream, Western artists, building up traction for not only his music but also his peers.
The musician explained the reason of his success and stated, “I have to keep pushing.” It’s one of the reasons why all this is happening and why we are here today. I am here to push Afrobeats to the world to see the world come together, you feel me? I’m just going to be doing that until it happens. Until the whole world is like ‘Yo, this is a genre’”.
For the cover page photo, Omah Lay was captured by Photographer Rinaldo Sata, stylized by the stylist Holly Macnaghten, groomed by Franck Nouwe, clothes were sponsored by Louis Vuitton as he is also the new ambassador of the clothing brand. He was interviewed by Christina Alexakis and was supported by the light assistant Andreas.