"Black Star": Amaarae's new album returns to her Ghanaian origins

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"Black Star": Amaarae's new album returns to her Ghanaian origins  Ghanaian-American singer Amaarae has risen to popularity in recent years, especially since the release of her second album "Fountain Baby" in 2023, which earned her critical acclaim. With "Black Star", the artist brings rythms and genres from her home country to her music.  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/08/09/black-star-amaaraes-new-album-returns-to-her-ghanaian-origins  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:01Global pop music rooted in Ghana.

00:05Ghanaian-American singer Amare released her latest album Black Star on Friday.

00:12While the work oscillates between R&B and pop,

00:15Amare's music is deeply rooted in her Ghanaian origins

00:18and celebrates them with references such as those to Highlife, the musical genre from Ghana.

00:24Maybe in the last two to three years, I go home once a year for two weeks.

00:31And I've noticed that now that I'm away from home, I crave it more.

00:36And I want to be connected to it more, you know.

00:39And it's not just through even physically being there, but through food, through seeing my family often,

00:44through going to places and being able to interact with other people from where I'm from or from the diaspora.

00:51So absolutely, I think that the longer and the farther away that you are, the more that you see the value in your roots.

01:00While the singer has known growing success in the past years, the impact her music has had has not quite sunken yet.

01:07You know, my father told me when I started making music, he was like, the one thing that you should know is important.

01:16Is that you your message and the way that you make people feel should always be on the highest frequency.

01:23And my dad didn't want me to make music.

01:26So I know that when he said that to me, he really meant it.

01:30And so for me, ultimately, I love the fact.

01:35I think more than anything that people always tell me how good, how sexy, how confident my music makes them feel.

01:42But I don't think that I've ever really sat with I don't know if it's a responsibility or just a gift, you know, or a little bit of both.

01:55But I don't think I've sat with the weight of that entirely, to be honest, because it's scary and daunting to think about.

02:01Black Star follows her much acclaimed second album, Fountain Baby, which she released in 2023.

02:09It is yet another step towards the artist's firm place in the Afropop scene around the world.

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