In a recent podcast interview with Joey Akan, Nigerian singer CKay opened up about the public’s perception of his smile. He mentioned that many people often compliment his smile and suggest that he should smile more, but he believes that this perception is more based on his public image rather than his true personality.
CKay also connected his smile to his music, revealing that he wasn’t in a happy place while working on his upcoming album. He emphasized the importance of reflecting genuine emotions in his music, stating that constantly smiling wouldn’t be authentic. CKay expressed his belief that music should encompass both positive and negative emotions to be true to oneself.
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.”
“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.”
“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.”
