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I did a performance at Republic Hall and

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it was very terrible.

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They pulled me off the stage, they wanted

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me to leave and yes, I remember crying

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when I went backstage.

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[MUSIC] There is something about a phone call.

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No cameras, no studio, just two people.

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A connection and whatever truth sits between them.

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I am Donald and this is On The

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Line.

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Today I called Gyakie.

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Yes, the girl from Kumasi who turned the

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campus dream into an international movement.

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Daughter of a legend, I have to emphasise

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on that.

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But building her own name, one honest lyric

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at a time.

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I have been a fan since 2019.

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A song called Never Like This found me

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when I was going through the mill and

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it hit me so different, we'll talk about

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it.

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So I had to tell her that story.

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Let's see where this call takes us.

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[PHONE RINGS] Hello?

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Hi Gyakie, can you hear me?

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Yeah.

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How are you doing?

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I'm doing good, how are you?

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I'm doing good man, it's good to hear

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from you today.

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How's the day been so far?

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It's been amazing.

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Right, I can tell from your voice that

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it's been really good.

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So before I go ahead to say anything

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else, I'm going to actually sing a song.

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It's your song actually, but it's a song

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that actually made me get to know your

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music.

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And I'm going to perform some real acapella

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right now.

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I don't have the best of the voices,

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but I'll try.

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So...

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Okay.

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Yeah.

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Oh, you can join me in singing please.

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I'm not good with my trees, so forgive

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me.

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Right, yes.

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So this is actually the song that actually

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got me to know your music and I

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actually fell in love with your music with

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this.

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And this was as far back as 2019

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June, I think it was in June if

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I'm right.

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Yeah, you're right.

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So the main way I actually got to

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find this particular music, it was on a

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sad note actually.

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And I'm going to tell you, yes, I'm

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going to tell you the story of how

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I heard the song.

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And you know that funny thing about music

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where it finds you in your most vulnerable

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state.

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Like yes, when you're actually really vulnerable and

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all of a sudden it hits you.

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So I was actually going through it because

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like if I say going through it, you

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should know how I mean with a broken

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heart and songs.

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Yeah, I was actually going through it that

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time and this music actually found me and

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that was how I got to discover your

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music.

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That's how it works, right?

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Music finds you when you are not looking

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for it, when you need it the most.

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But I wanted to know when Gyakie writes,

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is she pulling it from her own pain

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or is she writing for ours?

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I want to ask you, what is it

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about your music with how you actually compose

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it?

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Is it directly from your experiences, personal experiences

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or is it based off of stories that

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you believe other people would actually blend to

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it, like would understand it?

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Most of the time it has to do

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with something that I'm going through at that

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time, that I'm in the studio or a

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past experience or sometimes I just love to

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write stories.

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I write a storyline that I believe maybe

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if a listener is going through that particular

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experience, they would be able to relate to

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the song.

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So I could write a song about life

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in general.

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Maybe at that particular time, I'm not going

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through a situation, but I just write the

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story in a way that it will fit

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into the listener's real life story as well.

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Because I personally feel like most artists actually

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write about love music.

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They try to put our lyrics on love

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and emotions and all that.

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But with the kind of distinct thing you

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put into your music, the unique angle, I

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just want to understand what the angle is.

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Whenever you make music, whenever you actually go

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into the studio to record, what is the

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first thing that actually comes to mind before

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you make the music for your audience?

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The first thing that comes into my mind

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before I record music.

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I need to read the question again.

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Okay.

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So let's say you have a song written

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down, right?

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And you believe the song is actually going

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to your fans.

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You know how your fans move and how

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they love your music and everything.

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What is that one thing that comes into

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mind in terms of the pitch, in terms

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of the style, the tone and everything to

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get the music together and put it out

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there for your fans?

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Right.

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Most of the time, I'm able to write

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music really well when I fall in love

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with the beats.

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So I'm able to pick a lot of

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influences from the production.

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And when I keep listening to the beat

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over and over again, that is where I'm

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able to know what I want to talk

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about, how I want it to go.

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And sometimes I even involve myself in the

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production as well.

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So there we have it.

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She actually writes from experience, but she also

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writes with intention, crafting stories that can hold

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somebody else's truth.

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That's made me curious.

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With all that honesty in her pen, has

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she ever written something too personal to release?

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Let me ask you this interesting question.

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Have you ever actually held back a song,

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like maybe you recorded a song and you

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felt like this song is very too personal

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or too vulnerable to release?

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And how does that debate in your mind

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look like?

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Brush me through that feeling.

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How does it feel like?

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Well, I have a couple of songs that

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are extremely intimate.

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It's like for bedroom activities, those have not

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come out yet.

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I feel like I need to tap into

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a very, very bold realm for those tracks

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to come out.

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So those are some records that after I

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finished making, I was like, let me hold

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on to this for a while because it's

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too explicit.

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So those are the kind of tracks I'm

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still holding.

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Hey, please don't hold those.

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Some of us are waiting for those kind

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of songs.

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Don't do that.

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We're waiting for the songs, you know, but

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okay, let's play some fun, interesting game.

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Like, can you actually sing like two lines

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out of a particular song like that?

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So we get to know how, you know,

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come on.

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My people would like to hear that.

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We would hear it at the right time.

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Yes.

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What an interesting way to find out.

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She is holding the heat.

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Bedroom music.

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She's not ready to share yet.

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I respect that.

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But the music she has released like the

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After Midnight album.

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Now that's where I wanted to go next.

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Specifically, a collaboration I didn't see coming.

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Let's come to After Midnight.

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I've listened to After Midnight a couple of

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times, and one of the features I wasn't

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expecting was with Omar Sterling.

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And to be honest, I listened to Omar

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Sterling a lot.

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And when I heard him on Y2K, I

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was like, oh no, like my two people

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on one favourite song.

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How did it happen?

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Like, I'm very curious.

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Yeah, I have been a, I had payday

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fan.

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Exactly.

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You know, from the payday days, like I'm

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actually jazzy, but it's very funny how I

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really follow Omar Sterling from back in the

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days.

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I really love him actually.

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Yes.

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I love the fact that you like him

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as well.

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That means our energies is right.

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Exactly.

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Yes.

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I've been a fan of his music.

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I've always wanted to, you know, jump on

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a record.

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I do have a song with R2B, but

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it wasn't with Payday only.

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That was Need Your Love.

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That dropped in, I think, 2022.

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I was always yearning for a record with

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Omar Sterling, and I knew it was going

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to happen at the right time.

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So I did the record already.

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We didn't do it together.

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I did the record and then big shouts

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to Ultra Nova.

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He produced it.

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So when I finished, I was trying to

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see which rapper would actually sit so well

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on it.

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And he was the first name that came

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to mind.

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So I reached out to him.

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We went to his studio, played him the

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track, and he was in love with it.

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So he recorded his verse right there that

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evening as well.

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And then the track was brought to life.

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Wow.

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That's very interesting.

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And there's one thing I actually noticed with

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that particular record, is the fact that you

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sampled your father's song, Music Legend, and now

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it's Champon.

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And how did that hit you, like, after

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you were done with the song?

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Because I want to find out the reason

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why you actually sampled that particular song from

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your father.

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What was the inspiration behind that?

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Okay.

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So now the name of the song is

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Y2K Love, which is the year 2000, which

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is old school, which is vintage, which is

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nostalgia.

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Now the sample coming in was me trying

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to sprinkle some creativity, you know, okay, the

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song is done, but what can we also

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add or take out to make people really

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feel that nostalgia?

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I wanted to make that track really feel

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old school.

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Right.

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It actually really felt old school.

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And the mix was actually crazy.

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Big ups to the person who had done

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that.

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I really like it so much.

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Yes, absolutely.

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So sampling my dad's song on it just

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made so much sense because, I mean, we

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don't have a separate record on the album.

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So it was only right.

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So I called my dad and then, you

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know, I did the necessary things that had

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to be done.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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The musical memory and all that.

293
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We had to go through it.

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Yes.

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And then we were able to have a

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sample done and it sounded so, so perfect.

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So yes, Y2K of that album, I must

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admit, is one song I truly love.

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And sampling her father's music, collaborating with her

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favourite rapper, that's legacy meets an ambition.

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But there was another feature of the album

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that even caught her off guard.

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Let's find out.

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Looking at the album after Midnight, were there

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any collaborations in there that actually surprised you,

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even until now, how they turned out?

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That will be Party Galore with Kojo Radikal.

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When I sent him the song and he

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sent his best, I was asking myself why

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would you, why would you do this to

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me on the song?

312
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Why?

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Is it in terms of the delivery?

314
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In terms of the flow?

315
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He killed his verse.

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So his verse is like a whole different

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song on its own.

318
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Oh yeah.

319
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That guy, that guy is treacherous.

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So I was so, so, so like hyped

321
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when I heard his verse.

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He really puts in a lot, even with

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the backings that he did.

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He actually carried the whole song.

325
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His verse is my favourite song on Party

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Galore, that record, yeah.

327
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She is collaborating with her best, but Gyakie

328
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didn't get her by accident.

329
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She came up with an industry that doesn't

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always make space for women.

331
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I wanted to know what that journey has

332
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really been like.

333
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So I went ahead to ask her.

334
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There's this notion about women in music right

335
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here in Ghana.

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And I want to understand from your perspective

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as a female artist right here in Ghana,

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how has the journey been for you so

339
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far?

340
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I've had an interesting one.

341
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I've had a very interesting journey from being

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on campus and doing music and school and

343
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also having to move around a lot because

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I live in Kumasi.

345
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So I always had to be going on

346
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to the other regions, you know, to promote

347
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my music and all of that.

348
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And being a female, like you mentioned as

349
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well, it takes some extra efforts to do

350
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certain things because, you know, it's really male

351
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dominated and people, people, I feel like people

352
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don't really pay attention to the females as

353
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much as they do.

354
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You know, like I'm not the only person

355
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that has dropped a project.

356
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We have other female artists that have dropped

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albums and EPs.

358
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They've done shows, but their attention is not

359
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as heavy, you know, as it is.

360
00:13:44,610 --> 00:13:45,550
But yeah.

361
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That's actually true.

362
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Now back to, you mentioned you schooled at

363
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KNUST and during your entire journey at Tech,

364
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did you actually have difficulty in performances on

365
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campus?

366
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Because as a student of Lagon back then,

367
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like it was actually quite difficult for, you

368
00:14:05,470 --> 00:14:07,990
know, students to put out their stuff there,

369
00:14:08,050 --> 00:14:10,170
like as female artists, you know, I wasn't

370
00:14:10,170 --> 00:14:12,670
really seeing female artists actually hit the stage

371
00:14:12,670 --> 00:14:13,090
and all that.

372
00:14:13,170 --> 00:14:14,910
But how was that journey for you back

373
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in Tech?

374
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Like, were you having that kind of, you

375
00:14:17,650 --> 00:14:21,130
know, environment where people were receptive to your

376
00:14:21,130 --> 00:14:22,430
music coming up as an artist?

377
00:14:23,870 --> 00:14:26,190
When I dropped my first song, Love is

378
00:14:26,190 --> 00:14:29,810
Pretty, I did a performance at Republic Hall

379
00:14:29,810 --> 00:14:31,310
and it was very terrible.

380
00:14:32,490 --> 00:14:34,110
Why was it terrible?

381
00:14:34,270 --> 00:14:36,570
They pulled me off the stage.

382
00:14:36,950 --> 00:14:38,130
They wanted me to leave.

383
00:14:39,350 --> 00:14:41,850
And yes, I remember crying when I went

384
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backstage, but the reception on the grounds in

385
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terms of online, when the song dropped, you

386
00:14:47,830 --> 00:14:51,350
know, my classmates, some of the people I

387
00:14:51,350 --> 00:14:53,630
knew on campus, the reception was very, very

388
00:14:53,630 --> 00:14:54,230
amazing.

389
00:14:54,230 --> 00:14:57,530
But I remember very well, Republic Hall week,

390
00:14:57,830 --> 00:15:00,350
when I went to perform and I was

391
00:15:00,350 --> 00:15:03,710
pulled off the stage by so many people

392
00:15:03,710 --> 00:15:04,730
in that crowd.

393
00:15:04,850 --> 00:15:05,110
Wow.

394
00:15:05,630 --> 00:15:08,210
Now that crowd, we actually have to look

395
00:15:08,210 --> 00:15:09,830
for each and every one of them, put

396
00:15:09,830 --> 00:15:11,390
them in the front row when you're performing,

397
00:15:11,610 --> 00:15:14,570
because they have to understand now what we're

398
00:15:14,570 --> 00:15:16,030
going through right now, what we are doing

399
00:15:16,030 --> 00:15:16,970
on stage and everything.

400
00:15:17,090 --> 00:15:17,950
They need to understand.

401
00:15:18,190 --> 00:15:18,630
Absolutely.

402
00:15:19,090 --> 00:15:20,590
Yeah, they really need to understand.

403
00:15:20,730 --> 00:15:22,090
But I'm so sorry about that.

404
00:15:22,130 --> 00:15:24,430
But I mean, that actually helped in shaping

405
00:15:24,430 --> 00:15:26,550
your craft to be to be a better

406
00:15:26,550 --> 00:15:28,710
musician now that we appreciate you so much.

407
00:15:29,110 --> 00:15:30,830
And yeah.

408
00:15:31,010 --> 00:15:34,410
So have you ever experienced any moments as

409
00:15:34,410 --> 00:15:36,730
a female artist that like, aside school, right?

410
00:15:36,790 --> 00:15:38,190
Because you've actually spoken about that.

411
00:15:38,650 --> 00:15:41,650
So right now, main stage, Gyakie's everywhere.

412
00:15:41,830 --> 00:15:43,430
Everybody's loving your music and everything.

413
00:15:43,790 --> 00:15:46,050
Have you ever felt uncomfortable in a way

414
00:15:46,050 --> 00:15:48,650
that you had to navigate differently because you

415
00:15:48,650 --> 00:15:50,730
were a woman and you were trying to

416
00:15:50,730 --> 00:15:52,590
put your voice out there through your music?

417
00:15:52,830 --> 00:15:55,730
Can you be specific with any moments aside

418
00:15:55,730 --> 00:15:57,570
like what you actually experienced through school?

419
00:15:59,310 --> 00:16:02,610
As in if I've had an awkward experience?

420
00:16:02,610 --> 00:16:03,770
Yes, an awkward experience.

421
00:16:03,990 --> 00:16:04,370
As a female artist?

422
00:16:04,570 --> 00:16:04,950
Yes.

423
00:16:05,750 --> 00:16:07,990
No, not really.

424
00:16:08,710 --> 00:16:11,030
I don't think I've had that, you know,

425
00:16:11,750 --> 00:16:14,170
the kind of things that people do talk

426
00:16:14,170 --> 00:16:14,510
about.

427
00:16:14,610 --> 00:16:15,910
I've not experienced it yet.

428
00:16:16,050 --> 00:16:18,690
I wouldn't wish that on anybody, you know,

429
00:16:18,770 --> 00:16:21,010
but it's just maybe the only difference would

430
00:16:21,010 --> 00:16:23,730
be I just feel like females also need

431
00:16:23,730 --> 00:16:26,730
to get the same type of energy that

432
00:16:26,730 --> 00:16:31,190
is given to, you know, male artists as

433
00:16:31,190 --> 00:16:33,490
well, because the girls are also working very

434
00:16:33,490 --> 00:16:33,990
hard.

435
00:16:34,210 --> 00:16:35,990
The girls work really, really hard.

436
00:16:36,250 --> 00:16:36,410
Yeah.

437
00:16:36,610 --> 00:16:38,490
So I think that's the only thing when

438
00:16:38,490 --> 00:16:40,210
it comes to being a female artist.

439
00:16:40,750 --> 00:16:42,790
Yes, I must admit the ladies out here

440
00:16:42,790 --> 00:16:45,330
making good music work really, really hard.

441
00:16:45,470 --> 00:16:48,710
But to be pulled off stage, cried backstage

442
00:16:48,710 --> 00:16:49,970
and still kept going.

443
00:16:50,650 --> 00:16:52,810
That's the part people don't see, the moments

444
00:16:52,810 --> 00:16:54,270
before the spotlight finds you.

445
00:16:54,770 --> 00:16:57,030
So I ask her, for the women coming

446
00:16:57,030 --> 00:16:59,050
up now, what's the real advice she has

447
00:16:59,050 --> 00:16:59,390
for them?

448
00:16:59,810 --> 00:17:01,950
So speaking about the girls working hard, right?

449
00:17:02,110 --> 00:17:03,670
There are a lot of, you know, upcoming

450
00:17:03,670 --> 00:17:06,430
female musicians and all that, you being Gyakie

451
00:17:06,430 --> 00:17:09,490
now, what advice would you actually give to

452
00:17:09,490 --> 00:17:12,950
female artists, you know, coming up here in

453
00:17:12,950 --> 00:17:13,150
Ghana?

454
00:17:13,150 --> 00:17:17,290
My advice I'll give to female artists is

455
00:17:17,290 --> 00:17:20,950
don't settle for less, and don't be sleeping

456
00:17:20,950 --> 00:17:22,930
with people you work with.

457
00:17:23,410 --> 00:17:24,430
Don't be doing that.

458
00:17:26,010 --> 00:17:29,970
Don't be sleeping with people you are working

459
00:17:29,970 --> 00:17:35,590
with, whether you're a producer, your manager, your

460
00:17:35,590 --> 00:17:39,930
team, your creative director, anybody that you have

461
00:17:39,930 --> 00:17:41,530
a working relationship with.

462
00:17:41,850 --> 00:17:42,310
Yes, okay.

463
00:17:42,610 --> 00:17:45,210
So if your manager is your husband and

464
00:17:45,210 --> 00:17:46,550
there's a working relationship, that one, then?

465
00:17:47,130 --> 00:17:49,230
I mean, you know, that one is a

466
00:17:49,230 --> 00:17:50,130
different situation.

467
00:17:50,150 --> 00:17:51,150
Yeah, it's a different situation.

468
00:17:51,450 --> 00:17:54,190
The ones where you as a female, you

469
00:17:54,190 --> 00:17:56,210
feel like you want to do that in

470
00:17:56,210 --> 00:17:59,270
exchange of getting a slot on stage, or

471
00:17:59,270 --> 00:18:03,150
in exchange of getting a song produced for

472
00:18:03,150 --> 00:18:04,870
you for free, or in exchange of being

473
00:18:04,870 --> 00:18:06,450
invited to a certain event.

474
00:18:06,890 --> 00:18:09,490
If that is your mentality, it is not.

475
00:18:09,830 --> 00:18:11,350
You are going to have trouble in the

476
00:18:11,350 --> 00:18:11,670
future.

477
00:18:11,910 --> 00:18:14,210
So you need to really don't settle for

478
00:18:14,210 --> 00:18:14,570
less.

479
00:18:14,770 --> 00:18:16,770
And if you have the talent, there's a

480
00:18:16,770 --> 00:18:17,690
reason you have it.

481
00:18:18,030 --> 00:18:20,150
You just have to keep doing it.

482
00:18:20,310 --> 00:18:22,130
I know sometimes it sounds annoying to say

483
00:18:22,130 --> 00:18:24,270
keep doing it, but really and truly, the

484
00:18:24,270 --> 00:18:26,490
only thing is to just keep doing it.

485
00:18:26,650 --> 00:18:28,970
And not settle for less.

486
00:18:29,630 --> 00:18:31,950
Don't settle for anything less.

487
00:18:31,950 --> 00:18:32,350
Yeah.

488
00:18:33,370 --> 00:18:35,250
I do side with her on this one.

489
00:18:35,350 --> 00:18:37,390
Nobody should settle to be a denominator.

490
00:18:37,890 --> 00:18:39,350
Straight talk, no filter.

491
00:18:39,890 --> 00:18:40,530
That's Gyakie.

492
00:18:41,050 --> 00:18:42,510
But before I let her go, I had

493
00:18:42,510 --> 00:18:44,650
to ask, what does she really want people

494
00:18:44,650 --> 00:18:46,810
to hear when they listen to After Midnight?

495
00:18:47,490 --> 00:18:49,470
What is one thing with After Midnight, the

496
00:18:49,470 --> 00:18:51,810
album, that you wish more people would actually

497
00:18:51,810 --> 00:18:53,790
pay attention to or talk about when it

498
00:18:53,790 --> 00:18:54,630
comes to After Midnight?

499
00:18:55,190 --> 00:18:56,050
The lyrics.

500
00:18:56,330 --> 00:18:59,030
I think people need to see the kind

501
00:18:59,030 --> 00:19:02,670
of efforts I put in my songwriting.

502
00:19:03,390 --> 00:19:05,730
Because most of the songs on the album,

503
00:19:06,290 --> 00:19:07,310
I wrote myself.

504
00:19:07,490 --> 00:19:09,890
I did have a few co-writers on

505
00:19:09,890 --> 00:19:13,030
two or three tracks, but the majority of

506
00:19:13,030 --> 00:19:14,790
the songs on the album I wrote.

507
00:19:15,050 --> 00:19:17,330
And I think people need to just not

508
00:19:17,330 --> 00:19:18,410
listen to the tracks.

509
00:19:18,890 --> 00:19:21,310
But also pay attention to the lyrics because

510
00:19:21,310 --> 00:19:23,290
there's some storylines in there.

511
00:19:23,330 --> 00:19:24,590
There's words of motivation.

512
00:19:25,370 --> 00:19:26,850
You know, there's love songs.

513
00:19:27,550 --> 00:19:29,330
There's a gospel track as well.

514
00:19:30,130 --> 00:19:32,290
And yeah, so they should basically listen and

515
00:19:32,290 --> 00:19:34,410
enjoy, but also pay attention to the lyrics

516
00:19:34,410 --> 00:19:35,090
as well.

517
00:19:36,210 --> 00:19:37,930
That is very interesting to know.

518
00:19:38,030 --> 00:19:39,790
She wrote most of the songs on her

519
00:19:39,790 --> 00:19:40,190
album.

520
00:19:40,370 --> 00:19:41,410
That is true pen game.

521
00:19:41,990 --> 00:19:42,490
The lyrics.

522
00:19:43,030 --> 00:19:44,650
That's what she wants you to catch.

523
00:19:45,190 --> 00:19:46,910
We wrapped up with some fun stuff.

524
00:19:47,270 --> 00:19:49,270
What's she listening to right now and what's

525
00:19:49,270 --> 00:19:49,870
coming next?

526
00:19:50,070 --> 00:19:51,050
Here's what she had to say.

527
00:19:51,550 --> 00:19:52,890
Let me ask you a fun thing.

528
00:19:52,950 --> 00:19:54,430
What are you listening to right now aside

529
00:19:54,430 --> 00:19:56,070
your very own music you make?

530
00:19:57,050 --> 00:19:58,790
Are there any, you know, artists in Ghana

531
00:19:58,790 --> 00:20:01,490
here, both, you know, underground and, you know,

532
00:20:01,570 --> 00:20:02,010
up there?

533
00:20:02,630 --> 00:20:08,010
In Ghana here, currently I'm actually going to

534
00:20:08,010 --> 00:20:11,250
my music app right now as we're talking

535
00:20:11,750 --> 00:20:13,810
so that I can give you like real

536
00:20:13,810 --> 00:20:14,450
time.

537
00:20:18,470 --> 00:20:22,230
In Ghana, I'm actually loving, I don't know

538
00:20:22,230 --> 00:20:25,570
if you know this lady called, what's her

539
00:20:25,570 --> 00:20:25,930
name?

540
00:20:26,990 --> 00:20:28,170
Please give me a second.

541
00:20:28,410 --> 00:20:28,610
Hold on.

542
00:20:29,190 --> 00:20:32,350
A second, a second, a second.

543
00:20:32,690 --> 00:20:33,150
I got you.

544
00:20:33,190 --> 00:20:33,550
I got you.

545
00:20:33,570 --> 00:20:34,470
I have all the time for you.

546
00:20:34,550 --> 00:20:34,870
I'm waiting.

547
00:20:36,970 --> 00:20:39,730
Oh, how could I forget your name, girl?

548
00:20:39,730 --> 00:20:45,910
Well, anyways, I'm not remembering her name and

549
00:20:45,910 --> 00:20:48,870
I'm trying to check the list, but I

550
00:20:48,870 --> 00:20:51,390
don't know where her name has gone to.

551
00:20:51,530 --> 00:20:52,770
Yeah, that's fine.

552
00:20:53,010 --> 00:20:54,690
Can you perform any of her lyrics if

553
00:20:54,690 --> 00:20:55,330
you remember any?

554
00:20:56,170 --> 00:20:58,310
I think I'm under pressure right now, so

555
00:20:58,310 --> 00:20:59,370
my mind is blank.

556
00:20:59,590 --> 00:21:02,550
Oh, relax, relax for me, relax for me.

557
00:21:03,290 --> 00:21:04,350
Yes, yes.

558
00:21:04,610 --> 00:21:08,570
So there's a lot of good new artists

559
00:21:08,570 --> 00:21:09,430
that have come out.

560
00:21:09,590 --> 00:21:09,890
Yeah.

561
00:21:12,490 --> 00:21:16,030
Oh, jeez, I need to find her name.

562
00:21:16,750 --> 00:21:19,430
Yes, she's called Ria Boss.

563
00:21:19,890 --> 00:21:20,610
Oh, okay.

564
00:21:20,750 --> 00:21:21,370
I'll look her up.

565
00:21:21,970 --> 00:21:23,090
Please, you need to.

566
00:21:23,470 --> 00:21:25,650
Ria Boss, you would love Ria Boss if

567
00:21:25,650 --> 00:21:28,910
you love like Sade.

568
00:21:29,970 --> 00:21:31,690
Oh yeah, I listen to Sade too.

569
00:21:31,970 --> 00:21:34,130
Yes, if you love Adele.

570
00:21:35,410 --> 00:21:39,270
She is a very, very soulful R&B

571
00:21:39,270 --> 00:21:42,110
and her live performances are very, very strong.

572
00:21:42,110 --> 00:21:43,550
Wait, can you help me with the spelling

573
00:21:43,550 --> 00:21:44,210
of her name?

574
00:21:44,350 --> 00:21:45,770
Let me try and look her up.

575
00:21:45,770 --> 00:21:50,610
Yeah, R-I-A-B-O-S-S

576
00:21:50,610 --> 00:21:51,030
Boss.

577
00:21:51,910 --> 00:21:52,710
Okay, yeah.

578
00:21:52,890 --> 00:21:53,950
Ria Boss, yeah, yeah.

579
00:21:54,090 --> 00:21:55,990
Listen to her song called...

580
00:21:55,990 --> 00:21:56,950
Oh, she's from Paris.

581
00:21:58,170 --> 00:22:00,990
Somali, her song called Somali Girl.

582
00:22:00,990 --> 00:22:03,930
Okay, I will check her out.

583
00:22:04,170 --> 00:22:06,130
I mean, we have kind of a similar

584
00:22:06,130 --> 00:22:08,210
taste in music, so I know you're putting

585
00:22:08,210 --> 00:22:08,830
me on game.

586
00:22:09,610 --> 00:22:09,830
Yes.

587
00:22:10,010 --> 00:22:11,490
Yeah, I'll check her out.

588
00:22:11,630 --> 00:22:13,550
She is really good.

589
00:22:13,970 --> 00:22:18,010
Recently too, I chanced on one guy that

590
00:22:18,010 --> 00:22:19,870
I loved his music as well.

591
00:22:20,810 --> 00:22:23,070
So all these names are leaving my head

592
00:22:23,070 --> 00:22:23,550
right now.

593
00:22:24,210 --> 00:22:26,950
We have some good, good, good talents out

594
00:22:26,950 --> 00:22:27,310
here.

595
00:22:27,310 --> 00:22:31,650
Yeah, that's nice to hear that you're listening

596
00:22:31,650 --> 00:22:34,270
to these very good artists out there.

597
00:22:34,730 --> 00:22:37,350
But before you leave, can you give us

598
00:22:37,350 --> 00:22:39,370
a sneak peek of what you're working on

599
00:22:39,370 --> 00:22:41,070
for this year, what we should expect?

600
00:22:43,210 --> 00:22:46,730
Yes, so the album, like I said, 17

601
00:22:46,730 --> 00:22:49,670
tracks is a lot of work.

602
00:22:50,150 --> 00:22:52,870
We're not done with the album.

603
00:22:53,790 --> 00:22:55,550
We're still pushing it.

604
00:22:55,550 --> 00:22:57,150
Oh, so there's an album coming.

605
00:22:59,990 --> 00:23:02,490
Look at you, I'm talking about the same

606
00:23:02,490 --> 00:23:02,890
album.

607
00:23:03,490 --> 00:23:04,290
Right, right.

608
00:23:04,410 --> 00:23:06,570
I thought you were talking about a different

609
00:23:06,570 --> 00:23:06,750
album.

610
00:23:07,310 --> 00:23:09,270
Wow, you guys want me to breathe?

611
00:23:09,490 --> 00:23:11,110
Yeah, we are on your necks for good

612
00:23:11,110 --> 00:23:11,430
music.

613
00:23:11,610 --> 00:23:12,810
We are on your necks for good music.

614
00:23:13,270 --> 00:23:14,490
Yeah, right, right.

615
00:23:14,890 --> 00:23:15,330
Understandable.

616
00:23:15,430 --> 00:23:17,550
Anyways, I'm talking about the After Midnight album.

617
00:23:17,890 --> 00:23:19,690
We're still shooting videos.

618
00:23:19,770 --> 00:23:20,670
Videos, oh, okay.

619
00:23:20,670 --> 00:23:22,010
A visualiser is coming out.

620
00:23:22,190 --> 00:23:23,990
You know, we've not dropped any music video

621
00:23:23,990 --> 00:23:25,330
for any of the collaborations.

622
00:23:25,650 --> 00:23:26,990
Yeah, yeah, yeah, that I know.

623
00:23:27,170 --> 00:23:29,710
A visualiser for Party Galore.

624
00:23:29,930 --> 00:23:32,070
That is, yeah, but we are shooting music

625
00:23:32,070 --> 00:23:35,410
videos and there's going to be more content.

626
00:23:35,990 --> 00:23:38,210
We're also going to be, we're going to

627
00:23:38,210 --> 00:23:41,670
be playing shows as well outside.

628
00:23:42,350 --> 00:23:42,870
Oh, nice.

629
00:23:43,570 --> 00:23:46,770
And yeah, the main focus is the album.

630
00:23:47,330 --> 00:23:50,090
And we're going to be dropping singles on

631
00:23:50,090 --> 00:23:52,670
the side, you know, just to spice things

632
00:23:52,670 --> 00:23:53,010
up.

633
00:23:53,210 --> 00:23:53,750
Yeah, yeah.

634
00:23:53,890 --> 00:23:56,210
And drop some collaborations as well.

635
00:23:56,490 --> 00:23:58,570
So there's going to be more Gyakie this

636
00:23:58,570 --> 00:23:58,910
year.

637
00:23:59,390 --> 00:24:00,110
Oh, nice.

638
00:24:00,890 --> 00:24:02,250
I'm looking forward to that.

639
00:24:02,990 --> 00:24:04,050
My mind is dead for that.

640
00:24:04,370 --> 00:24:05,850
So we'll be out here waiting.

641
00:24:06,510 --> 00:24:08,110
But thank you so much for joining me

642
00:24:08,110 --> 00:24:08,710
on the line, man.

643
00:24:08,890 --> 00:24:10,470
It's been a wonderful conversation.

644
00:24:11,110 --> 00:24:12,930
And do enjoy the rest of your day.

645
00:24:14,090 --> 00:24:14,210
Likewise.

646
00:24:14,710 --> 00:24:16,010
Yeah, always remember that we're here.

647
00:24:16,010 --> 00:24:17,570
We love the stuff you're doing, Charlie.

648
00:24:17,730 --> 00:24:18,270
Keep pushing.

649
00:24:18,410 --> 00:24:19,010
Thank you.

650
00:24:19,070 --> 00:24:19,950
You're welcome, man.

651
00:24:19,950 --> 00:24:20,550
Thank you so, so much.

652
00:24:20,710 --> 00:24:21,030
Bye.

653
00:24:24,390 --> 00:24:26,130
So there you have it, guys.

654
00:24:26,410 --> 00:24:29,010
Gyakie pulled off stage once, now selling out

655
00:24:29,010 --> 00:24:31,710
shows, writing her own songs and holding music

656
00:24:31,710 --> 00:24:33,210
she isn't ready to share yet.

657
00:24:33,430 --> 00:24:35,150
Eventually, we will get to hear them.

658
00:24:36,070 --> 00:24:38,050
And still figuring it out, just like the

659
00:24:38,050 --> 00:24:38,590
rest of us.

660
00:24:38,890 --> 00:24:40,970
That is what I love about these calls.

661
00:24:41,270 --> 00:24:42,970
You get the person behind the sound.

662
00:24:43,190 --> 00:24:44,450
That was Gyakie on the line.

663
00:24:44,450 --> 00:24:46,990
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664
00:24:46,990 --> 00:24:48,470
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665
00:24:48,750 --> 00:24:50,110
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666
00:24:50,410 --> 00:24:51,070
Follow the show.

667
00:24:51,350 --> 00:24:53,270
And I will catch you on the next

668
00:24:53,270 --> 00:24:53,570
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