Nigerian singer Simi, also known as Simisola Kosoko, has shared her experience with stage fright and how she overcomes it.

She admitted that she has struggled with stage fright in the past, comparing the feeling of performing a new song live to wearing uncomfortable shoes that need to be broken in.

Simi emphasized the importance of giving her brain time to connect with the song so that she can focus on the music rather than her nerves.

Sharing a clip of herself rehearsing a song from her latest album, ‘Lost And Found,’ via X, Simi wrote: “The first few times I have to perform a new song (any song) live on stage is like trying on a new pair of shoes that needs adjustments.

“I don’t know why that is. Lol. Maybe it’s cos I have a history with pretty bad stage fright. Now I have to give my brain time to bond with the song so it can learn to disregard me and my nerves.

“Anyway this night, I kept rehearsing this song (maybe overly so), because it was my first time performing it on stage and of course the nerves came. But I have one or two more to go until I get out of the way and my brain takes over lol.”