Comparison is the thief of joy on the rollicking single off her forthcoming album, You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love.
While Western indie pop drowns in its own melancholy navel-gazing, African artists have long understood that joy and sadness aren't mutually exclusive emotions but dance partners in the same song. The continent that gave birth to the blues knows better than anyone that comparison kills creativity, a lesson that could save the oversaturated indie scene from its own existential crisis.
While Western indie pop drowns in its own melancholy navel-gazing, African artists have long understood that joy and sadness aren't mutually exclusive emotions but dance partners in the same song. The continent that gave birth to the blues knows better than anyone that comparison kills creativity, a lesson that could save the oversaturated indie scene from its own existential crisis.
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