Ghanaian musician King Promise has opened up about how his deep love for Chelsea began during an interview with Chelsea, saying that it was inspired by legendary Ghanaian midfielder Michael Essieninspired by legendary Ghanaian midfielder Michael Essien.

“𝐈 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐄𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐞𝐧. 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐆𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐛. 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐛. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐄𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐞𝐧.”

King Promise described Essien as more than just a footballer:

“𝐇𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐆𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐲, 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐄𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞. 𝐈𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐤𝐢𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨.”
The award winning singer also connected the football icon’s story to his own journey:

“𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐫𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞, 𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐝. 𝐌𝐲 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐄𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞𝐚. 𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐫𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞. 𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐝𝐨 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐝𝐨 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨.”
King Promise also shared a personal memory of Essien:
“𝐇𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐠𝐮𝐲. 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤, 𝐈 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧.”

King Promise made these remarks during his interview with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, and he shared that he is fully prepared to shoot content of Bad Habits featuring Davido, which will take place at the iconic stadium