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Interview By Elmo Chong

On this week’s Sonical.ly Podcast, we sit down with Femi Kuti — Grammy-nominated Afrobeat pioneer, son of Fela Kuti, and a fiercely original artist who has spent decades forging his own path.

In this rare and deeply personal conversation, Femi shares lessons every music creator should hear:

🔑 Key Takeaways for Music Creators:

🎷 Being self-taught doesn't mean being untrained.
Femi reveals how he learned saxophone and trumpet by ear and willpower, after being handed instruments but no instruction — and how that shaped his relentless approach to practice and originality.

🌍 Make music from your soul.
From embracing spiritual discipline to rejecting outside influences in order to find a sound that was purely his, Femi challenges creators to build from within, not to chase trends.

🧠 Music is a philosophy, not just a product.
His upcoming album Journey Through Life (out April 25) was born during a family crisis — and reflects on love, loss, spiritual resilience, and why the hardest revolution might be working on yourself.

🔥 He also breaks down the difference between Afrobeat and Afrobeats, and sets the record straight on decades of music history — including what people get wrong about his father’s legacy.

Whether you're an independent artist trying to find your footing, or a seasoned creator questioning your "why," this episode is a masterclass in integrity, originality, and perseverance.

🎧 Tune in to hear:

What Femi thinks about the future of music creators in the AI era

The moment his father finally gave him his flowers

Why “you can't cheat time” in your artistic process

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