‘I felt like a stranger to myself’ — Singer Simi opens up on battle with imposter syndrome

By Seyi Babalola

Nigerian singer Simisola Kosoko, better known as Simi, has spoken out about her battles with impostor syndrome.

The mother of one said she had always valued the opportunity to know herself “deeply,” but in recent years, she had felt the “discomfort of losing” herself.

She said she felt like a stranger to herself and added that creating her new album ‘Lost And Found’ helped her find herself.

On her X account on Tuesday, Simi wrote: “For most of my life, I have enjoyed the privilege of knowing myself deeply, unwaveringly, truly. In more recent years, I have also endured the discomfort of losing myself. Sometimes, to make room for something else that I needed to be – other times, because I could not, for the life of me, find my way. I felt like a stranger to myself. This version of me has been the hardest one to look at in the mirror.

“Making this album is a symbol of finding parts of myself again that I hoped I hadn’t lost permanently. I don’t believe that we ever stop finding ourselves. If you’re willing to look, there’s always more. This is a tribute to the things we continue to find and rediscover.”

She added that the album is about her reclaiming her “chemistry with music, melody and love stories.”