Famous Ghanaian-American singer, Amaarae has revealed that she takes her personal hygiene seriously, stressing that she finds it difficult to eat outside.
She shared that she doesn’t eat at other people’s homes during visits.
The ‘Sad Girls Love Money’ hitmaker revealed that she made the vow not to eat in anyone’s house after she saw someone washing lettuce in their bathroom sink.
“When I go to other people’s homes, I don’t eat. I went to a barbecue, and I saw the owner of the house washing lettuce in their bathroom sink. That was when I said, I would never eat at anybody’s house. And thank God that he let me see that thing because I was waiting for the burger.
“You know that you brush your teeth and you spit on that sink, so why would you go and take lettuce from the kitchen all the way bathroom and come and wash lettuce?”
Amaarae
According to the singer, she doesn’t like mixing bathroom and bedroom things. “If you’re brushing your teeth, stay in the bathroom, don’t come into the bedroom. Some people walk around while brushing, and I think that it is disgusting,” she said.
She mentioned that she likes her home taken care of in certain ways, stating that one cannot come to her house and not abide by her rules.
“If you’re done eating, throw the toothpick in the kitchen trash, don’t bring it upstairs, and throw it in the bedroom trash or in the bathroom trash. I find that disgusting.
“Don’t use the same sponge for plates and wine glasses. It’s so bush [sic]. Use separate sponges for plates and glasses because if you don’t do that, your glasses are going to smell like food.”
Amaarae
Amaarae Laments Afrobeat’s Stagnation
The ‘Wasted Eyes’ singer argued that the global momentum of Afrobeats has stalled, blaming the trend on the fixation of Afrobeats artists on money and a refusal to experiment.
The 31-year-old singer explained that the financial success of Afrobeats artists has led them to stick to the sound that works, thereby stifling the urge to innovate and try something new with their music.
Amaarae used Rema’s album “HEIS” as an example of what she means by pushing the boundaries with Afrobeat’s sound.
Noting that “HEIS” was one of her favorite albums last year, she praised the body of work for its genre-bending style and credited it for both moving the culture and Rema’s career forward.
“One of my favorite albums last year was Rema’s ‘HEIS.’ That’s what I consider the evolution of Afrobeats. You see how it moved the genre and the culture forward, and you see how it moved his career forward.”
Amaarae
According to her, Afrobeats and African music need to evolve.
“It needs to evolve in a direction that is fearless, and I think right now, artists have made so much money from a certain type of sound that they are afraid to step out of the boundaries because they are probably more focused on the financial aspect of it. And as a result, I think Afrobeats has stalled.
“There have been a lot of people that have big hits that aren’t willing to push the boundaries of the music, and as a result, Afrobeats is in a bit of a rut. So, I think Africans need to get it together, get on up, and start to experiment. Music needs to evolve, and it needs to excite people again. Right now, Afrobeats is not in the exciting space like the way it was in 2019.”
Amaarae
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