Ghanaian singer and songwriter Bismark Enyan, well-known as Abochi, has opened up about the real-life experience that inspired his chart-topping single ‘Bestie’.
Speaking on UTV’s U Cook with Empress Gifty, Abochi revealed that the song stemmed from his emotional connection with a close female friend he secretly fell in love with.
“I had a close female friend who I used to talk to almost all the time. As you’re close to the opposite sex, you tend to develop feelings because you get used to each other. But then, I didn’t know how to tell her, so I decided to put it into music,” he said.
He explained that fear of rejection and the possibility of losing the friendship pushed him to express his emotions through music instead of words.
“With this kind of friendship, sometimes when you profess your love to her and she doesn’t feel the same way, it will jeopardize the friendship, which was my fear. I felt it would be better to write a song about us, but I didn’t expect it to go viral that fast,” he recounted.
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The success of Bestie eventually led to a personal moment of truth. Abochi revealed that his friend confronted him after hearing the song, leading to a short-lived romance between them.
“She listened to the song and confronted me. She asked me if she was the reason for dropping the song, and at that point, I had no choice but to confess that I had feelings for her. She was actually blushing, and we dated for some time. After a while, I realized we were better as friends,” he shared.
However, their efforts to rekindle their friendship after the breakup didn’t go as planned.
“Things that we would have tolerated in friendship, we couldn’t tolerate anymore. Everything changed, and we quarreled a lot. So we both agreed to quit and go back to being friends, but unfortunately, the friendship didn’t work either, so we had to go our separate ways,” Abochi added.
