Joy Onyinyechukwu Adomaa Serwaa Adjeman, a singer and actor from Ghana, has just published a new album named “Becoming Adomaa.”
Seven songs on the extended play (EP) recount her life, from stumbling into stardom to sinking in despair, to rising up and deciding to deliberately build her destiny.
The songs “In the Clouds,” “Circus,” “Crash,” and “Beginning Again” give all the information one needs to understand the meaning of the tape’s 26-minute journey.
The singer-songwriter makes references to several of her well-known older songs on Track 1’s “You Used to Love Me (Intro),” which sets the scene and establishes the basic plot of the subsequent narrative.
She tells how she stumbled into stardom by covering Stonebwoy’s “Baafira” on Track 2’s “In the Clouds.”
“Life altered forever with one hit cover,”
The professional journalist laments the demanding strains of being an entertainer on Track 4 of her album, “Circus,” dancing to the beat of music executives and performing for an ever-demanding public at the expense of her own soul and mental health.
The music is so off key, yet I’m still trying to draw people in.
She is exhausted on Track 5, “Crash,” and alternates between constructive self-reflection and harmful self-flagellation. She appears eerie and has a broken glass in the background of the lyric video she uploaded to her YouTube channel.
“I’m sick of it. This type of living is not how I am wired. I won’t try to hide the fact that some days I fly and other days I fall to the ground, the ground giving way and sinking deep underneath.
As shown in the related lyric video, she awakens on Track 6’s “Utopia,” showered in sunlight and startled by bloom and spring, suggesting that the dark times were nothing more than a nightmare.
This leads to the last song, “Beginning Again,” on Track 7, where a triumphant anthem continues. As the performer emerges from her cocoon and begins speaking in a foreign tongue, she is filled to the brim with happiness, excitement, and optimism.
I’ve gone to different locations, she says when she sings in English for the first time. I had trouble locating my house. I’ve struggled with various voices. When I eventually found mine, I drowned them out. I’m now dancing to the beat of my own drum. After going through several stages, I can finally claim that this is who I have evolved into.
The TV personality and singer revealed that she and her crew have “worked on this [EP] for 2 years.”
Prior to the album’s release, Adomaa said there will be a movie experience to go along with it. The movie experience will be minimally instrumented, putting the emphasis on her captivating voice, the album’s narrative, journey, and writing and production team.
Overall, it appears the artist is sharing her struggle and triumph in an effort to help the listener find the metaphorical light at the end of their own tunnel.
In collaboration with the Ugandan record label Nyege Nyege, the song “Becoming Adomaa” was published on Wednesday, November 16, 2022, and has been streaming on all digital platforms since then. It is a fusion of Gospel, Jazz, Soul, Blues, and R&B.
Meanwhile, Adomaa plays the naive rural girl Dede in the Akwaaba Magic telenovela showing on Showmax.
Source: newsthemegh.com