After a prolong period away from the limelight, 20year old Guyanese singer Typheon Abbensetts and ‘Natural Black’ are slated to release a new song and video together.
The two have been working hard in the studios to finish the song on schedule, while making the video simultaneously.
During an exclusive interview with ‘Kaieteur Entertainment’ Typheon said she wrote the song, which is entitled ‘You can make it’ and then decided to collaborate with Natural Black in order to see its success.
The song and video are slated to be officially released before the end of the year. According to Typheon, the song basically inspires youths to follow their dreams and to never give up on life, but to continue aiming for the stars.
“It is just giving them a push…no matter what their dreams maybe, let them just go ahead,” the younger Guyanese singer said.
Other than this latest release, Typheon has many other songs on the airwaves. These include, ‘Shake it Off’ which was her first recorded song, followed by ‘Make me itch,’ which is a song about a girl getting back at her ex boyfriend after he broke her heart. Others include, Fun time, In Love and Not in Love.
All of the songs are written by Typheon herself, a talent which she realised at the age of 14. While writing a song may seem like a difficult task for others, this is not the case for Typheon, as she noted, ‘it just comes naturally.’
“Like you tell me you want something done and in the next fifteen minutes I write it.”
Typheon knew at the tender age of nine that she wanted to become a singer and this later became a reality when she officially recorded her first song at age 16.
Although her passion is for music, most of Typheon’s energy is placed on her studies. She is currently a History major at the University of Guyana.
“If you don’t have education, you have nothing and I just can’t give up my education for something I’m not too sure of and then lose everything. So once you get a degree, at least you know you got something to fall back on if music doesn’t work out.”
Typheon aspires for her music to reach the international level but she admitted that it entails a lot of hard work since the music industry is no easy business.
But what this singer finds strange is the fact that many local artistes leave Guyana to make a video overseas and come back without the Guyanese accent. “This is what I can’t understand you know…our accent is such a beautiful thing. I plan to hold on to my accent and my roots for as long as possible because I love Guyana…this place is beautiful.”
While Typheon aims to put Guyana on the map, she lauded the support she has been receiving from her manager Johnattan Beepat, and the ‘Wildfire’ crew.
Acknowledging the fact that a lot of young people listen to her music, Typheon advises youths to stand up for what they believe in and to hold on to their dreams.
“Nothing in this life comes easy…you got to work for what you want and if you really want it, work for it. You need to follow your dreams.”
By – Fareeza Haniff