Ayra Starr Opens Up on Loneliness and Cold in New York Weeks After Relocation

Nigerian Afrobeats star, Ayra Starr, has shared a candid account of the challenges she is currently facing in New York City, just weeks after relocating from Lagos following her management deal with Roc Nation.

Dependable NG reports that in a new Substack post titled ‘I’m not scared, I promise,’ the singer expressed feelings of profound loneliness and intense cold. She described her new apartment as “almost-empty” and likened the American city to “a walk-in freezer.”

The ‘Rush’ crooner admitted that she sometimes struggles with regret over the decision to relocate, especially during the festive period. Starr lamented the extreme weather: “It’s so cold it feels like the city is actively trying to unalive my motivation. It’s the kind of cold that makes you realize happiness was just a summer hallucination, and I can’t stop the tiny voice at the back of my mind sarcastically saying, ‘Who sent you work?’”

She reflected that she would have been enjoying the renowned ‘Detty December’ celebrations with her fellow citizens in Nigeria but is instead stuck in the cold and loneliness of New York because she chose to take a “rebellious risk.” Ayra Starr concluded by stating she is currently in her “nobody gets me era,” emphasizing that she no longer feels the need to prove herself to others.