Gyakie has revealed that she is sitting on unreleased music with her father, the veteran highlife star Nana Acheampong. Speaking on YFM on Monday, 26 October, the “Forever” hitmaker said the pair have recorded “two or three” songs together, and she now plans to push him to finally let fans hear them.
As reported by GhanaWeb, the singer was asked whether listeners should expect a collaboration with her father or a song sampling one of his classics. “Yes, we have a record. We have actually, I think it’s two or three,” she said. She added: “Yeah, I was saying a few days ago that I’m going to pressure him for us to drop the songs because we recorded them like two years ago.”
The revelation comes in the middle of a busy promotional run for her latest single, “Your Body (Crazy)”. Produced by AfroLektra, the Afro-fusion record arrived on 16 October and, as MyJoyOnline reported, it marks the start of a new distribution partnership between Gyakie, her FlipTheMusic label and Warner Music Africa, ahead of her third EP, The Dawn. You can watch the official video here on Ghanamotion.
On Tuesday, she shared fresh photos from the campaign in a post on X, marking day six of her media run.
It is not the only collaboration she has been teasing. In an interview on the Max Morning Show, reported by Max TV, Gyakie hinted at a joint record with Wendy Shay. “A collaboration with Wendy Shay… I think we should get into the studio soon,” she said, adding: “For collaboration, you don’t force it, it comes naturally. It depends on the song and the person whose voice, style and verse fits the song. I am always open to anyone.”
A father-and-daughter release would be a special moment for highlife lovers. Nana Acheampong, one half of the celebrated Lumba Brothers, has spent decades shaping the genre, while his daughter has become one of the leading Ghanaian voices of her generation. With the songs reportedly two years in the can, fans will be hoping her “pressure” pays off soon.
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