After Midnight
After Midnight Album ∙ Afrobeats ∙ 2025 Gyakie Three years in the making, Gyakie’s After Midnight takes its name from the late-night hours the Ghanaian singer, songwriter, and producer found most inspiring during its creation. “We had so many sleepless nights because most of the records were done after midnight,” she tells Apple Music. “I create very well after midnight.” Likewise defying a pedestrian bedtime were producers P.Priime, SOSA, Nova, Afrolektra, and DeeYasso, along with guesting vocalists Shatta Wale, 6LACK, Kojey Radical, Omar Sterling, and Headie One, among others. Recording sessions for After Midnight spanned Ghana, Nigeria, the UK, and beyond, with Gyakie drawing on diverse environments to shape the project’s rich, genre-blurring sound. The result of all that cross-cultural/geographical collaboration is an expansive, emotive debut that balances introspection with irresistible grooves. Below, Gyakie breaks down the album, track by track: “intro” “T...