“I Don’t Make It For Now, I Make It For Even After We’re Long Gone” — Wizkid Reveals the Secret Behind His Timeless Sound
Wizkid rarely explains himself, but when he does, it’s usually worth the wait. Reacting to a fan’s post gushing over one of his songs, Starboy dropped a philosophy that instantly explains an entire career: “U see ima tell u why Wizkid songs last forever. I take my time with this. I don’t make it for now. I make it for even after we’re long gone.”
It’s a bold statement, but honestly? The catalogue backs it up.
The Receipts Are Already There
If anyone doubted whether Wizkid actually operates this way, his own words to Rolling Stone Australia about the making of Made in Lagos settle it: “The most important thing, and the first thing that I focused on, was just making good music. If you make good product, people are going to love it… It was very important for me to make quality music and something that feeds my soul. That’s all I focused on.” No chasing trends, no rushing for a moment just a deliberate focus on quality that was built to outlast the news cycle.
And it clearly worked. Made in Lagos has remained on the Billboard World Albums Chart for six consecutive years an almost unheard-of run for any African album, let alone one still climbing charts half a decade after release. The album spent more than two years alone on that chart when it first dropped, an African record streak by far, with “Essence” reaching the top 10 on Billboard. Fan reactions to that milestone practically wrote Wizkid’s tweet for him months before he said it: “Wait for 2030. This is the real definition of timeless,” one fan wrote, while another declared, “Album wey great grand children go still dey chop on steady.”
