And RADAR was definitely on my list, I think No. When I enter a new year, I write list of things I want to achieve. And I’d be like, “I want to do that.” It was one of my points. I remember I used to watch people being on RADAR. What does it mean to be the next RADAR Global artist? I’m a superstar.” Even when I got into trouble in school and my teacher wanted to yell at me, I’m like, “When I’m a superstar, I’m not gonna talk to you.” So I added “Starr” at the end. Since I was younger, I always said, “I’m a star. So I chose Ayra, and Ayra also means star. I believe that your name is whoever you want to be. It’s an Arabic name meaning open-minded, woke and someone that is highly respected. And I checked the meaning of “Ayra” on the internet. I wanted a grand name that speaks for me. The name was also the most confusing thing – I had my project, I had everything already, I just needed a name. And I Googled the meaning of the name, and everything just made sense.
I sat down with my team, my A&R, the owner of my record label, producer, Don Jazzy, and we were like, “Let’s pick a name.’ There’s this band name called Ira that I really love how it is, but I wanted people to pronounce it as “Ayra.” But I knew the only way people would pronounce it as “Ayra” was if I spelled it as A-Y-R-A. It sounds like a stripper name.” So it was no Honey for me. And I was like, “You know what? I don’t want to Honey.
So I like my name, Oyin, and I was planning to use my name Oyin or use the English meaning of my name, which mean honey. How did you come up with the stage name Ayra Starr? And when did you realize that becoming a star was part of your destiny?
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