Nigerian afrobeats singer and songwriter Tiwa Savage recently took to social media to discuss why she chose to highlight her island vacations.
The 44-year-old mother of one has been under fire for showing too much skin while on vacation, especially after a video of her taking a public shower went viral.
On Tuesday, January 21, 2025, Tiwa Savage revealed on Instagram that the island she went to on vacation was the Maldives.
Tiwa revealed a more intimate side when she said that this was her first time traveling alone. She had never gone on a vacation by herself, though she had gone out to eat or to the movies by herself before. She attributed her great business, loving family, strong connections, and supportive friends to the fact that she rarely travels alone and has always traveled with her team.
However, Tiwa stated that she would like to personalize this trip in 2025, bringing with her a variety of kaftans and bikinis, a Bible, a selfie stick, and audiobooks that she had downloaded.
She also later fulfilled a commitment to share the experience of seeing the world with her son, Jamal, by inviting him to accompany her.
She wrote, “2025 I pray to do everything different. My first assignment was to go on vacation for at least a week by myself.
I have never even been to a restaurant or to the movies by myself let alone a whole vacation. I was sooo nervous. Like how will I go to dinner by myself, go to the beach alone. The truth is even when I travel I’m usually in my hotel room alone most of the time but I always have my team around just in case I need anything. But this time I packed my bags (I still over packed sha… somethings take longer to change) and I headed to Maldives with my downloaded audio books, my bible, selfie stick, lots of kaftans and bikinis, sun lotion and my black a$$
It was the most beautiful experience EVERRRR…after I got past the first day of my fears, I started listening to my audio books, reading the word, praying, made some promises to myself and to God. I lived in every single moment and just kept thanking God for the life I live (even though sometimes I don’t seem to appreciate it) the grace over me. The protection over me and mines and at some point I cried, when I think of how much time I’ve wasted on people and things that just distracted me, made me feel so insecure and ultimately away from true love/Gods love
I am so blessed, blessed with my beautiful family, an incredible career, an amazing relationship, a brilliant team and the most amazing friends
So for days I kept thinking what more does tiwa want, who am I? And I thought some deep revelation would come and I would write down how I could improve myself but it wasn’t coming so I decided Abeg let me stop thinking too hard and worrying and just relax, swim, read, eat great food ……and literally I started falling in love with myself, my personality, my humor, my quirks, my skin, my hair, my everything …. omooo I realized there is really nothing to change I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ENOUGHBtw my son joined me after my time alone because that is another promise I made … to experience the world with him
“This One Is Personal” 2025.”
GA
