Burna Boy has emphasized the significance of songwriters in the realm of artists in a recent post, responding to critics who ridicule musicians who do not write their own songs but instead rely on songwriters.
However, he expressed frustration over foreign fans and the international media often referring to producers he credited on his songs and albums as ‘writers’.
Burna Boy cleared the air in a post on Twitter, that the creatives people label as songwriters are music producers that worked on the project.
He wrote: “Any name you see credited on my songs are only producers of the songs or featured artists not writers.
“But for some reason the western world considers producers as writers of the instrumentals and they just throw their names on there as writers. Nobody fit write for Odogwu.”
His post comes days after Logos Olori, a signee of Davido, also revealed in an interview with City 105FM that Davido is not the only one who uses the services of writers, as Wizkid, Burna Boy, and other prominent artists do the same.
He mentioned that these critics would appreciate the value of these writers once they become artists and have numerous shows in various countries.
He said: “Most people that shame artistes for using songwriters don’t know much about the music business.
“As a musician you tend to write your songs most times when you are up-and-coming. When you’ve 10 shows in a week in different countries, you’ll understand that you need a songwriter.
“Chris Brown has a songwriter, Michael Jackson had a songwriter. Davido is currently on tour immediately after his wedding. He writes his songs sometimes but most times he has to do the business part of it.
“That’s how Burna Boy is, that’s how most artistes are even Wizkid but they don’t just put it out there but if you go to Spotify to check for the credits of their songs, you will see that they use songwriters as well.”
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