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Gyedu-Blay Ambolley, a seasoned Highlife singer from Ghana, has expressed his thoughts on the subjects that predominate in modern musicians’ lyrics.
Ambolley expressed his distaste for young musicians’ songs on the GTV Breakfast Show, arguing that they don’t reflect the social events occurring in their surroundings but instead focus on frivolous topics like women and sex.
Mr Ambolley called attention to the fact that these young musicians usually feature provocative dancing girls in their music videos, which, in his opinion, misrepresents social issues. Younger musicians write these kinds of songs, he added, since they have fewer duties than their more seasoned competitors, who have a more developed outlook on life.
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“If I’m going to talk about it, I think they are singing more about their girlfriends than what is happening socially because if you watch recent music videos, you will see these young girls always shaking their butts”, Mr Ambolley said.
“I don’t blame them because the young ones don’t have responsibilities, if you have a responsibility, it will reflect in your lyrics and your music videos but I think they are enjoying themselves, so you can find out from their video and how everything is being portrayed.”