Gyakie opens up about emotional struggles in the music industry
Ghanaian Afrobeat sensation Jackline Acheampong, known as Gyakie, has shared the emotional struggles she faced in the early days of her burgeoning career. In a candid interview with BBC Africa, Gyakie shared how fame took an emotional toll on her, especially after her hit song Forever became a global success. “In the beginning of my … The post Gyakie opens up about emotional struggles in the music industry appeared first on Asaase Radio.
Ghanaian Afrobeat sensation Jackline Acheampong, known as Gyakie, has shared the emotional struggles she faced in the early days of her burgeoning career.
In a candid interview with BBC Africa, Gyakie shared how fame took an emotional toll on her, especially after her hit song Forever became a global success.
“In the beginning of my career, almost every three days, I would be crying at home because the pressure was getting too much, especially when ‘Forever’ blew up,” Gyakie stated.
The pressure to produce hit songs, she said, is both motivating and overwhelming, saying, “The expectations to make hit songs are good when it feels motivational but different when it feels like pressure to deliver something.”
“If I am pressured or shouted at, I am going to grab a tissue and cry. So, I don’t like to be pressured or shouted at,” she said.
Criticism from social media users added to her struggles early in her career. “It took me a while to not let negative comments affect me when people said bad things about me online,” she said.
However, Gyakie added that she has grown emotionally stronger over time, choosing to remain unbothered by false criticisms.
“Is good when it [criticism] feels like motivation but different when it now feels like you are giving me pressure to do something.”
“Also like these negative criticisms that are not coming from a good place, it took me a while to not really let it get to me when people say bad things about me on the internet,” she stated.
The ‘song bird’ as she is affectionately called added, “But now I could see anything about me, where the person knows what he is saying is not true; I would be like, somebody should give me some water to drink because the country is already hard.”
Reporting by Abigail Teye in Greater Accra
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