This archive report was first published on 21 May 2020.
Kenya's Sauti Sol lead singer Bien Aime Baraza has spoken about his insecurities in music and marriage, just hours before the release of their long-awaited song 'Insecure'.
According to Bien, he sometimes feels insecure in his relationship, feeling that he is not doing enough for his wife to be happy.
'In my relationship, I am sometimes insecure. I am not doing enough. Like I bring home bread to my wife and maybe I am not doing enough for her to be happy in the relationship,' Bien said.
These insecurities stem from his childhood, where he was often bullied and called 'skele' due to his slim physique.
'Growing up, I was so insecure that I was so thin. In high school, the biggest boys get everything. The food, the respect you know. Based on how aggressive you are, and I was the least aggressive, the thinnest guy in my class, and the weakest guy,' Bien recalled.
He also shared that he would wear a sweater even in hot weather to hide his frail physique, and that he would look at himself in the mirror and feel insecure about his appearance.
'Every time we went to a girls' school, I used to wear a sweater I couldn’t take it off no matter how hot it was because I was afraid people could see my frail physique and think I am too thin. It all came from everybody calling me skele (skeleton) and it stuck,' Bien said.
These insecurities have also affected his career, with Bien admitting that he is not big on pictures and videos, and that taking videos makes him insecure about how he looks.
