Long before the applause, the awards and the chart runs, a personal loss quietly gave birth to one of Kwabena Kwabena’s most enduring love songs.
The Ghanaian highlife singer, known in private life as George Kwabena Adu, has opened up about the real-life pain behind “Mene Woa,” revealing that the song was not a product of imagination but a reflection of a difficult moment in his own romantic journey. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Doreen Avio and Kwame Dadzie, the musician was asked to name a love song from his catalogue that came directly from lived emotion. He did not hesitate.
“That would be when I composed Mene Woa,” he said.
Kwabena Kwabena explained that the song was written during a period when he felt powerless in love. He recalled being deeply committed to a woman he cared for, only for another man to step in and ultimately take her away.
“Because around that time, charley, I was helpless. I was in love and somebody was taking my chick, and the person succeeded too,” he revealed.
Looking back, the award-winning artist noted that his lack of fame at the time was not the deciding factor in how events unfolded. In his view, recognition and popularity would not have altered the outcome.
“Even if I was popular, nothing would have changed. Life happens sometimes,” he added.
From that painful memory, the conversation moved to his broader reflections on love and relationships. When asked what advice he would give young people preparing to fall in love, Kwabena Kwabena rejected the idea that love is something one plans or controls.
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“You don’t decide to fall in love; you just fall. It’s not a decision. I think it’s about feeling. It’s about that individual who gives you something extraordinary or something special,” he said.
On whether love is truly blind, the singer said he firmly believes it is, arguing that real love demands patience and an acceptance of human imperfection.
“Yes, of course, love is blind. Because if you say you’re going to open your eyes to everything, you’ll keep finding faults in the person. The person is human and cannot be perfect,” he explained.
He went further by drawing a parallel between romantic love and God’s love for humanity, describing both as grounded in forgiveness and grace.
“Like God, His love for us is blind. Because if He doesn’t blind His eyes from our deeds, He would find it difficult to love us,” Kwabena Kwabena stated.
