I Fell Into Depression Over Lies About My Age – Yemi Alade Opens Up

The singer, in an interview with Media Personality Chude Jideonwo, said she had been telling people she was 22 for three years.

Yemi Alade, the Nigerian Afrobeats singer, has revealed that lying about her age once drove her into depression.

The singer, in an interview with Media Personality Chude Jideonwo, said she had been telling people she was 22 for three years.

The ‘Knack Am’ crooner said she fell into depression when she realised she was 25 years old because her mind could not take the reality of her age.

According to Yemi Alade, she faced mental challenges for three years due to not knowing her actual age.

She said, “There was a time someone asked me my age, and I kept saying for three years I was 22. Then I realised I was 25 years old.

“I took out my phone and I did the mathematics. I was depressed for a few days. My mind wasn’t taken into process.

“It was mental, for three years I didn’t know my right age.”