Melodies have a way of touching the human souls, and for Nigeria-born music star, Tommyphyll, the power of music goes beyond mere entertainment—it’s a tool for emotional healing.
 
His music is more than just a sound—it’s a movement. With a voice that resonates with strength and vulnerability, he is on a mission to inspire and empower listeners through his music.
  
According to him music has been a part of his life for as long as he can remember. He said, “I have always been into music from as early as I can remember. I discovered when I was younger that I could predict the melodies of songs I was hearing for the first time and I would always come up with my own.”
  
Tommyphyll began his career in the late summer of 2018. He will spend hours recording vocals for a song he produced using GarageBand on his iPhone. When he left his friend’s studio one day, it dawned on him that if he could consciously spend the many hours trying to perfect something, then he would most definitely be successful at it.
   
“I said to myself if I pursued it with the same level of excellence, with my only competition being myself, I would also make music I want to hear in the world,” he added.
  
He admits his musical influence is not restricted to one person, as he noted that from listening to his mother play Yinka Ayefele, ABBA or Dbanj and Wande Coal with his family on long drives across Nigeria to the Top 10 songs on Cool FM on his way to primary school, he always tried to recreate what he hear. 
  
“It definitely wasn’t one person. Like I mentioned earlier, I’ve always been into music and made music. But I would say the moment that really put it all in motion for me was discovering The Human Condition by Jon Bellion. That project moved me deeply.
 
“I started watching every video I could find on how the album was made and I saw he also produced his own music. The passion with which he did it was so infectious and inspiring that it pushed me to put out the music I had been sitting on, two years later,” the singer cum songwriter enthused.
 
In a bid to define his unique music style, the Violet crooner coined the term Afrodiem — an electrifying fusion of Afrobeats, 80s synth-pop, and classical music, the Winnipeg, Canada-based artiste added that he doesn’t really have a creative process for music.

“Sometimes I’ll make a beat first, and then sing over it; other times it’s the reverse. I can make a song in one hour and be done, or it could take me two months to get the right lyrics. One song even took me two years to finish — not because I couldn’t, but because something about it just didn’t feel right.
 
“I always pray before I start any song, especially the ones I make from scratch. I don’t know what I’ll end up making when I start. So I ask God to help me pull something of beauty and impact from the silence. I don’t own music — God does. So it just makes sense to ask the owner for permission and guidance,” Tommyphyll stated.
  
On the type of music he creates, the Emi Ni Vibe, Fake Humility, Gbedu among other sound credits said his songs are feel-good — empowerment anthems. I believe life is a battle; everyone is fighting to become something, fighting for something, or fighting against something.
  
“It could be a fight for love, for destiny, to be seen, to be heard, or to evolve. It doesn’t matter, if you embrace change, you have welcomed a battle. I create music that serves as a guide through that battle — and other times, it’s a weapon my listeners can use to win. Whenever I’m experiencing a negative emotion, I try to create music that is the opposite of that feeling.”