Afrobeats star, Tiwa Savage has revealed what inspired her to become a musician.

Despite initially aspiring to pursue acting, she revealed during a recent interview with MTV Live that a crush influenced her decision to delve into music.

Tiwa disclosed this revelation while discussing her latest movie, “Water and Garri,” which marks her debut in Nollywood.

The film, titled ‘Water and Garri,’ is said to be shown on released on Amazon Prime Video.

The movie was produced by Everything Savage and Unbound Studios.

According to Tiwa, acting was her first love before music but she entered into the music industry because she wanted to be close to her crush.

She said; “I’ve always wanted to do acting. Acting was one of my first love before music. I got into music because I had a crush on a guy and he was always around the musician so I said ‘yeah, forget acting and just go into music.’”