Elijah Adebero
Super Eagles and Fulham player, Alex Iwobi, has joined the league of musicians after releasing his debut single.
Iwobi recently released the number titled ‘Don’t Shoot’, produced by fellow Nigeria international footballers Chuba Akpom and Medy Elito.
Iwobi, in a recent interview with Standard Sport, stated that although his main focus would continue to be football, making music gave him the freedom of being someone else.
He described music as “a certain way of just expressing yourself and letting yourself be.”
The track’s lyrics, according to Iwobi, aimed at encouraging young people to pursue their life goals while shunning criminal activities.
He said, “Growing up in London, you see a lot of criminal activity, things that you don’t want to see or hear. With our powers, we are trying to say don’t do that, channel it into something else. Whether it is football or music, anything that keeps you on the straight path is what we are trying to show everyone.
“I’ve always loved music. I am not going to lie, but in terms of releasing a song, I never thought [that would happen]. It was just something where my friends said: ‘The music is actually decent, why don’t you release it?’ So, we thought let’s release it at the right time and not get distracted, because the main focus will always be football. But at the same time, I am more than just a footballer. I am human, like everyone else.”
