{"id":66293,"date":"2023-05-12T13:41:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T13:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/12\/are-you-a-slay-queen-now-how-a-facebook-comment-intensified-a-gospel-musicians-depression\/"},"modified":"2023-05-12T13:41:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T13:41:00","slug":"are-you-a-slay-queen-now-how-a-facebook-comment-intensified-a-gospel-musicians-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/12\/are-you-a-slay-queen-now-how-a-facebook-comment-intensified-a-gospel-musicians-depression\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Are you a slay queen now?&#8217; &#8211; How a Facebook comment intensified a gospel musician&#8217;s depression"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Ewura-Ama-1024x576.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\">\n<p>Her career had just reached a new high with the release of the 2009 hit song, \u201cWagye M\u2019enkwa.\u201d The gospel song got many people talking, with fans projecting more success for Ewura Abena.<\/p>\n<p>But life got in the way. The artiste said there were some family and financial issues weighing on her, which led to depression and suicidal thoughts. Her two subsequent albums did not receive as much acclaim.<\/p>\n<p>However, the worst part of this toll on her mental health was her inability to share her troubles with anyone.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"dsCqKfOXCyA\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u2018Are you a slay queen now?\u2019 \u2013 How a Facebook comment intensified a gospel musician\u2019s depression\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dsCqKfOXCyA?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Speaking on JoyNews, the \u2018This Far\u2019 singer said an expert advised her to speak to her mother as her support system to fight depression.<\/p>\n<p>She said that approach was helping her make some progress, but then there was another sudden development: Ewura Abena\u2019s mother died, leaving her to her own devices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be fair, at a point in time, I needed somebody to tell me \u2018you are beautiful\u2019, \u2018you can sing\u2019, \u2018you have a nice voice\u2019, \u2018I needed my mother to remind me,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"RoHt0XNvluU\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ewura Abena - This Far (Performance video).\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RoHt0XNvluU?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The musician recounted that, on one of those episodes, she had decided to find joy by posting a decent photograph of herself on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>But a comment from another social user derailed all her attempt to find a ray of sunshine that day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I put a picture and someone came in and wrote, \u2018So you\u2019ve stopped the music and now you\u2019re doing slay queen?\u2019 It was a decent nice picture,\u201d she said on the AM Show.<\/p>\n<p>This reaction got to her as she told the host; \u201cthat simple comment broke me. Because I put in a lot of effort to smile at that time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She lamented the level of negativity being perpetrated on social media and its propensity to heighten people\u2019s anxiety.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen it comes to depression and anxiety you just manage it, it doesn\u2019t go,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>She advised persons going through depression to seek help and try to stay in circles of individuals who reinforce positivity.<\/p>\n<p>Ewura Abena bagged nominations at the 2023 Vodafone Ghana  Awards in the Songwriter of the Year and Best New Artiste categories.<\/p>\n<p>She said these recognitions meant a lot to her and provided her with a much-needed sense of fulfillment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Her career had just reached a new high with the release of the 2009 hit song, \u201cWagye M\u2019enkwa.\u201d The gospel song got many people talking, with fans projecting more success for Ewura Abena. 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