Recently, during an interview on Naija FM, Iyanya talked about his latest album ‘Once Upon A Cat’ on which he features a crop of emerging artists, a unique step to take.
When asked about the motivation behind the album title and his decision to collaborate with emerging artists, Iyanya said that the album title was inspired by the comment of a social media troll, a response that was definitely not expected by the interviewer and comes as a surprise to many.
Revealing more about what led to it, Iyanya revealed that he and his team had been brainstorming on the right name for the album and the comment of the troll was instantly selected as the right album title.
Its important to recall that last year, social media was in an uproar after Davido classified Burna Boy as a new cat, same with Asake and Rema, The statement polarised fans who attempted to classify who passes as a new cat and an old one.
Amidst the conversation, one social media user asked where would Iyanya be classified and another user replied “that one is once upon a cat” in pidgin, a statement which now serves as the source for the Album title.
Iyanya featured a crop of emerging artists like Moonlight Afriqa, Tee Dollar, Qing Madi, M3lon, Pawwz, and Young Duu among others. The “Once upon a cat” artist also shared that he intends to make a remix of his classic hit songs and make them into an album, a move many of his fans look forward to.