Lagos, Nigeria – October 17, 2025 – Nigerian Afrobeats darling Teni Apata has fans doubled over in stitches after unleashing a side-splitting video from the trenches of owanbe glamour, where her self-inflicted corset “glow-up” turned into a full-blown fashion emergency—complete with pleas for an orthopedic doc and vows to swear off the waist-snatcher forever.
The 32-year-old “Askamaya” hitmaker, notorious for her tomboyish baggy fits and zero-fucks attitude toward trends, decided to level up for a high-octane wedding bash, donning a vibrant orange lace aso-ebi ensemble she personally commissioned her tailor to corset-ify for that snatched silhouette. But as captured in a raw, wheezing clip that’s racked up over 1 million views on Instagram in under 24 hours, the plan backfired spectacularly. “Call orthopedic doctor for me! I no fit talk, my throat dey pain me… I can’t breathe, I can’t eat, my ribs dey shout!” Teni gasped between labored breaths, dramatically clutching her midsection while striking exaggerated poses in the mirror. In a follow-up reel, she panned to her cream cowboy boots—her one concession to comfort—before collapsing into giggles, admitting, “Na me tell tailor make e tight am like this. Fashion na sufferhead!”
Teni’s owanbe odyssey unfolded Thursday as she prepped for the event, headgear perched like a crown of regret atop her ensemble. The singer, who’s long championed body-positivity anthems like “Who Be Your Guy?” while rocking oversized tees, teased the transformation earlier with a “new look” post that had followers buzzing: “Teni in lace? The world is healing.” But the corset confession flipped the script, blending vulnerability with her signature comedy gold. “It wasn’t easy… but for the ’gram? Worth it?” she captioned, tagging it #CorsetChronicles and #OwanbeOrBust, turning potential wardrobe malfunction into meme fodder.
The backlash? Nonexistent—it’s all love and laughter on the timeline. Fellow stars piled on the empathy-humor hybrid: Tiwa Savage dropped a string of crying-laughing emojis with “Sis, next time loose it like your verses! 😂,” while Ayra Starr quipped, “Teni, we love the slay but not the ER run—opt for joggers next owambe!” Fans flooded the comments with a tidal wave of relatability: “Lmao, Teni turning corset into cry-sis—queen of honest fashion fails!” one wrote, while another confessed, “Tried this for my cousin’s wedding, ended up eating jollof through a straw. Solidarity!” Hashtags #TeniCorsetStruggle and #OrthopedicForTeni trended on X, spawning edits of her hit “Billionaire” remixed with dramatic injury soundbites and corset-burning montages.
In Nigeria’s glitzy owanbe circuit—where aso-ebi corsets are the unofficial uniform for that hourglass envy—Teni’s tale hits home, spotlighting the hilarious high cost of conformity. “I look fire, but feel like say dem tie me for torture chair,” she lamented in the vid, before vowing a return to her “baggy babe” roots. As the video loops into viral eternity, it’s a reminder from the Apata sis: Slay responsibly—or at least with a medic on speed dial.
For Teni, who’s fresh off teasing a 2026 album drop, this corset caper is just another verse in her unfiltered playbook: Laugh through the lace, and let the ribs recover.
NigeriaWire Entertainment Desk. Clips courtesy of Teni’s Instagram.