[ 2014-02-04 ]

Raquel

Raquel escapes heartache
When Raquel came back to Ghana in 2006 after
living in the UK for many years, her immediate
reason was to move away from her past love life
and from an environment that brought back only
memories of pain.

“It was really devastating. I couldn’t eat,
sleep and just wanted to be alone but that was a
learning period for me. That experience taught me
to be bold and brace myself for the worst in
life”.

Seven years down the line, Raquel who took to
singing on her return to Ghana, looks back and
says that she has no regrets for abandoning the
many great opportunities out there in London to
start life afresh back home.

“I came back to Ghana to pull myself together
after a heartbreak that I went through which
nearly landed me in a psychiatric hospital. Coming
home was the best decision that I took”, she
told Showbiz last Monday.

”I was very young then so it really got into me
but God had His own plans for me. Perhaps, it was
a blessing in disguise for me because I found my
groove and found a new way of loving and being
loved through music”.

The Sweetio singer said that she had always found
satisfaction when she sings love songs because it
gives her a feeling of belongingness which she had
always wished for.

“When you listen to my songs, it always talks
about love and how a sweet feeling it could be
when you get the right person. My sweet-turned-
sour relationship back in London has always been
the shadow that haunts me so I take solace in
writing love songs. Anytime I sit down to compose
a song, the only theme that comes to mind is love
and it is not surprising that all my songs are
love related” she said.

“Today, I have found people who have shown me
great love and words cannot explain the joy that I
feel when I mount the stage and see people respond
cheerfully to my love songs. It only tells me that
people still believe in love so I shouldn’t give
up on it either.

She told Showbiz that it is with the commitment to
be a crusader of love and to champion it that she
put together the annual Raquel’s Cupid Party on
Valentine’s Day to celebrate the special
occasion with her cherished fans.

“Valentine is a special season of love where we
express our love to those who matter most to us
and so it must be celebrated in a special way. I
will tell my bitter love stories to my fans and
hope my experience will inspire somebody there.
The night will just be about love and for the
singles and searching, they can be at+233 and may
found their loved ones” Raquel said.

Source - Ghanamusic

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