Kumawood actress Mercy Asiedu has expressed the need for musicians not to box themselves into one music genre or category.
She said a musician is talented to sing from a wide range of categories, and it’s not relevant for one to be noted for a particular genre of sound.
Explaining why she has diverted from gospel to playing highlife music in an interview with Max Morning Show in Accra on Wednesday, the talented actress turned movie producer said she was a musician and could sing to any rhythm so long as the message resonates with the people.
“I am a musician, and I don’t have to be a gospel singer. Why do you want to box me in the gospel category? Why gospel? This is a love song, and God is love, so there’s nothing wrong with it! Some people even classify such songs as worldly. Why worldly? We are all living in this world, so which one is worldly?” She queried.
Another reason, Mercy Asiedu said she factored before jumping into the highlife rhythm, she claimed was from research she conducted.
She noted that there were limited female highlife musicians in the country and only wanted to bridge that gap.
“Gone are the days that we enjoyed authentic Highlife music from Aunty Awurama Badu, Akosua Agyapong, and Queen Asabia Cropper. Now, there’s not enough female musicians doing that, so I deemed it right to vent into highlife to bridge that gap in order to help strengthen and promote the authentic highlife music of Ghana,” the actress added.
Mercy Asiedu recently released a new Highlife song, “Wadaada Me,” to talk about men and women “who build castles in the air” when they fall in love and at the end fail on their promises.
The song features Frank Mensah Pozo and is available on all digital streaming platforms.
Source: Ghana/MaxTV/MaxFM/max.com.gh/Joyceline Natally Cudjoe
