Nigerian Afrobeat singer Chukwuka Chukwuma Ekweani, popularly known as CKay expressed his views on how his smile is perceived by the public, saying while people often tell him to smile more, he doesn’t feel the need to always look happy.
In a recent chat on the Afrobeats Intelligence podcast with Joey Akan, he acknowledged that many have praised his smile.
Akan then asked, “When people describe how you smile, what do they say? What’s the most repetitive or recurring review of your smile?”
In response, the singer said, “A recurrent review of my smile is that I have a nice smile and I should smile more, like I don’t smile enough. I don’t know, man; maybe I don’t smile enough in pictures. I think that’s what it is because people get to see me more pictures than me in real life. Maybe they build a perception of me needing to smile more because of pictures.”
Ckay explained that his smile is tied to his music, but he was not feeling cheerful while creating his upcoming album. He aimed to capture authentic emotions in his work.
He explained, “I wasn’t smiling when I started working on this album; the mood was reality. I think smiling all the time would be nice and I think it’s not realistic to smile all the time because things that make you smile all the time don’t always happen.”
He added, “There are moments to smile and moments of reality; positive and negative emotions happen to a person, so I say making music only about the positive things, it won’t be realistic. For someone like me making art has to represent the positives and negatives for it to be authentic.”
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