Tiwa Savage Opens Up On Why She First Disliked Mavin’s Hit ‘Dorobucci’

Afrobeats superstar Tiwa Savage has opened up about how she initially disliked Mavin Records’ chart-topping hit “Dorobucci” when she first heard it.

In a recent interview, Tiwa recalled that producer Don Jazzy played her the early version of the song while they were in Dubai for her wedding. At that time, she had no idea it was a Mavin project and secretly thought it sounded bad.

“I don’t know if people know this, but Don Jazzy was playing the beat in our hotel during my wedding in Dubai. I didn’t want to tell him, but I thought it was such a terrible song,” Tiwa revealed.

After her wedding, Don Jazzy asked her to return to Nigeria to work on what he called an important new record. Although she planned to continue her honeymoon, Tiwa eventually flew back and joined her Mavin labelmates in the studio.

To her surprise, the song had been completely transformed.

“When I got back and heard the final version, I was shocked,” she said, adding that the finished “Dorobucci” sounded nothing like the rough version she had heard earlier.

Even then, she admitted she was still skeptical and was the last Mavin artist to record her verse.

“Everyone else had already recorded their parts. I was just looking at them like, ‘Do you guys really like this?’” she added with a laugh.

Interestingly, this wasn’t the first time Tiwa doubted a potential hit. She also shared that she didn’t like “Eminado” at first, yet both songs went on to become massive Afrobeats anthems, dominating charts across Africa and beyond.

Reflecting on the experience, Tiwa praised Don Jazzy’s creative genius and his ability to turn simple ideas into timeless records.

“We all know what happened to that record,” she said. “Don Jazzy just has that magic touch. I didn’t even know I’d end up on the song, but it turned out to be phenomenal.”