Nigerian Afrobeats star Mayorkun has opened up about his ongoing struggles to find a wife, revealing that he cannot remember the last time he approached a woman in broad daylight. The “Mayor of Lagos” shared the candid reflections during a recent appearance on The Uncut Podcast, where he also made it clear that he is old enough to choose his own partner without parental interference.
Speaking about a conversation with one of his older brothers, Mayorkun said the simple question left him speechless.
“I was having a conversation with one of, like, my big bros, and he asked us one question that when was the last time we spoke to a girl in broad daylight? What type of girl are you going to meet in the night?” he recalled.
When the question came to him, the singer admitted he had no ready answer.
“When he asked me that question, I didn’t have an answer. I can’t remember the last time that the sun was shining, I saw a babe, and I said, ‘Ah, I want to talk to…’ Almost like nine years now.”
Mayorkun linked the advice to traditional wisdom and his own standards for a potential wife. He referenced a Yoruba saying that evil often happens at night and questioned the idea of meeting a serious partner in the early hours.
“Yoruba will say evil is always carried out at night. What’s a responsible person still doing outside at 1:am is that the kind of person you want to get married to? Keep playing,” he said, before adding, “So until then. But for now, let all of us just be.”
In the same podcast conversation, the singer addressed family involvement in marriage decisions. He stressed that he is mature enough to decide who he spends his life with and that the era of parents dictating partners is over.
“I think I’m old enough to make my decisions when it comes to who I spend my life with. I mean, I will try my best to let my mom see the something, but I think we are past that era of maybe your parents telling you who to marry. That time has passed. I no dey for that one,” Mayorkun stated.
He went further by rejecting religious or cultural barriers that some parents still impose.
“It’s like saying, ‘Oh, my kid cannot marry somebody that is Muslim.’ Bro, this is not 1800, this is not BC. There’s no civil war going on. I can get married to a Somalian if that’s who I like,” he said.
He expressed confidence that his mother would eventually accept his choice.
“And my mom that I know, she will like that Somalian.”
The revelations have drawn attention because Mayorkun has remained relatively private about his romantic life while building a successful career in Afrobeats. The singer also touched on the challenges of authenticity in modern dating and how carefully curated public images can make genuine connections harder.