Grammy-nominated singer, Ayra Starr recently acknowledged to struggling imposter syndrome after the release of her hit song, ‘Rush’.
She revealed the information in a recent Billboard interview.
A persistent sense of inferiority in the face of evidence of one’s abilities and accomplishments is known as imposter syndrome.
Ayra Starr said she had to be persuaded by her team to release ‘Rush’ because she had doubts about the song.
She said: “They had to convince me to put that song out because I was not sure.”
When asked why she was not sure, the songstress said ‘Rush’ was different from her previously released records, adding that her team encouraged her to drop it.
She added that the song blew up as soon as it debuted and she began to feel undeserving of the success.
She said: “I put out different sounds all the time, but with ‘Rush’, it was different from anything I had put out before. I was like, ‘I am not sure I want to do this’, and everybody was like, ‘Trust me, Ayra, just trust your team.
“And when it came out, it blew up immediately. Just from the snippet, like a 30-second snippet, it was already trending.
“I started to have imposter syndrome because nothing like that has ever happened to me. Like, I do not know if I deserve this.”
