Saturday with Tolü Makay: 'When I’m on stage my main concern is connecting with the audience'

I want the audience to have an experience – to go home feeling that they got an emotional reaction from the show and were communally involved.

Tolü Makay performing at Live at St Luke’s during the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival. Picture: Darragh Kane

11.00

I’ll get up around 11am, but if I’m on tour I’ll need to wake up a bit earlier. I’ll get ready, pack my bag and make my way to the location of the gig. I always bring my clothes, makeup, earphones, black paper and metallic pens for writing out my set list (I can see the writing on stage without having to squint), my water bottle and some lemon and honey.