Fireboy DML Speaks About How He Composed Hit Song ‘Tattoo’
12 January 2021
Photo Source: BBC.com
By Khisa CJ
Nigerian singer and songwriter Fireboy DML has let the cat out of the bag in regards to the composition of the hit single ‘Tattoo’.
‘Tattoo’ is a song housed in Fireboy DML’s second studio album ‘Apollo’ which was released in August 2020.
The song has been among the best performing, with its sensual official video which has so far attracted over 12 million views on YouTube.
Produced by Type A, ‘Tattoo’ is full of passionate and sensual lyrics that were clearly amplified in the visuals.
In a recent interview with Verified which was posted on YouTube on January 8, Fireboy DML revealed that he composed the song when he was missing someone.
“My song Tattoo is a song that was just vibes, I was missing someone that night and I wanted to make something sensual…not exactly one person in mind but mostly my female fans,” said the 24-year-old singer.
Fireboy DML also used the interview to dissect the meaning of some of the lyrics in the single that is popular among his female fans.
‘Tattoo’ has been nominated for the 2020 Headies Award for Best R&B Single.
Check out the song’s lyrics:
Make I be like tattoo for your body
When you need that bamboo just call on me
Let me be beside you
Or maybe inside you
Make I put am for your body
Darling,
I'm calling you
You're falling
Well, I'm falling too
Ooh, darling
I'm calling you
You're falling
And I'm falling too, yeah, yeah
I dey see the pure desire, oh
Make you no go try deny am, deny am, yeah, yeah
Water no go quench the fire, oh
Nothing wey go kill the fire, the fire, yeah, yeah
I dey see the pure desire, oh
Make you no go try deny am, deny am, yeah, yeah
Water no go quench the fire, oh
Nothing wey go kill the fire, the fire, yeah, yeah (oh)
Make I dey follow you go, wherever you dey go (oh)
You been running through my mind, you be Usain Bolt (oh)
My fingertips on your hips
Finna make you say (oh)
Baby, yeah
Darling,
I'm calling you
You're falling
Well, I'm falling too
Darling
I'm calling you
You're falling
I'm falling too
I dey see the pure desire, oh (woo!)
Make you no go try deny am, deny am, yeah, yeah
Water no go quench the fire, oh
Nothing wey go kill the fire, the fire, yeah, yeah
I dey see the pure desire, oh
Make you no go try deny am, deny am, yeah, yeah
Water no go quench the fire, oh
Nothing wey go kill the fire, the fire, yeah, yeah (oh)
Make I be like tattoo for your body (oh)
When you need that bamboo just call on me
Let me be beside you
Or maybe inside you
Make I put am for your body
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