Ne-Yo believes that his identity as an artist is distinct from his private life and rejects the pressure to live up to the persona of his love songs in reality.

“it's like no you're you're mistaking Neo for schaer like Neo is the identity that has given you this this man that you hope to one day meet or you know somebody that's going to treat me like that some okay and and mind you it's it's a beautiful picture however schaer is the real picture”