SAUTI SOL BAND MEMBERS TALK ABOUT THEIR RELATIONSHIP INSECURITIES

Kenyan music band Sauti Sol have opened up about their insecurities, to promote their new song Insecure set to be released May 22.

Lead vocalist Bien Aime Baraza said his main insecurities are how he looks on photos and videos but also the fear of what he brings into his marriage, “In my relationship I am insecure maybe I am not doing enough to bring home bread to my wife. Maybe I am not doing enough for her to be happy in the relationship. Sometimes I am very insecure of what I bring to the table as a man.”

He also stated,“Growing up I was so insecure that I was so thin, in high school the biggest boys got everything, the food and respect, its based on how aggressive you are and I was the least aggressive, I was the thinnest and the weakest guy in my class.

Guys called me ‘skelle’ for a very long time because I was so thin. I was insecure about my size, every time I went to a girl’s school, I used to wear a sweater, I couldn’t take it off even if it was too hot. I was scared for people to see my frame and physique.

Growing up I looked at myself in the mirror and I was like I am not the most handsome guy in the world. I am not a mainstream kind of handsome, I am not photogenic and it just made me insecure.

Throughout my career I am not big on pictures and videos, I actually stay away from all kinds of visual content and its so vital, music now is an audiovisual experience, it requires me to be seen to a certain degree. Shooting videos and taking picture makes me insecure, how I look on every picture also makes me insecure.”

Savara doesn’t know how to approach his girlfriend in certain situations, “I’m insecure in my love life, sometimes I don’t know how to approach my girlfriend in certain situations I know she sensitive about some things.

My brother is also a very sensitive person so sometimes I’m insecure when I have to tell him sensitive matters about behaviour, life and growth.

I am insecure about my idea, because I am in a music group I cannot do everything on my own, being in a group there is a lot of insecurities, you have to make sure whatever idea you put in and how you behave has to be line with the four guys, it’s like a family.

Be it behaviour on stage or you want to say something that represents everyone, you are insecure.”

Polycarp confesses people misunderstanding him and that’s what worries him, “one of my main insecurities is being misunderstood by my peers, public and my friends sometimes. I think some of this comes from a place of wanting validation and sometimes when it doesn’t come, it feels like you are not being appreciated, that triggers something inside me.

Also not being a very vocal person myself, you have people out there finding their own definition of who I am, that sometimes gets to me.

Because I don’t talk much and being an introvert makes understand people don’t know who I am. But I am getting through it, finding ways to express myself and accepting the character and persona of who I am.”