Akwaboah – Cuddle (ft. Lyrical Joe)

Akwaboah teams up with Lyrical Joe on Akwaboah Cuddle, a new highlife song from his album Spirit. The track came out on 11 November 2026, and an audio slide video followed on his official YouTube channel on 13 November.

Cuddle (feat. Lyrical Joe) is Track 9 on Spirit. It sits between Trust Me and Work Before You Marry on an eleven-track project. Lyrical Joe is the one guest voice on this record, which gives it a two-voice feel that differs from some of the bigger line-ups elsewhere on the album.

The song is released under Akwaboah Music. For fans who have followed him for years, that is a small detail worth knowing, because the whole Spirit project carries the same label name and the same personal stamp.

Spirit is the fifth musical project from Akwaboah. He presents it as a tribute to the musical legacy of his father and grandfather, and to the authentic highlife tradition they helped establish. That family line gives the album its anchor, and Cuddle belongs to it.

The album is also a personal record. It reflects an artist at a crossroads, searching for purpose and asking a higher authority for direction. Eleven tracks blend authentic highlife influences with contemporary Ghanaian sounds. Seven featured artistes bring in the range of the country’s music scene.

Akwaboah Cuddle fits that mix as a highlife song with a modern Ghanaian touch. My own reaction is that the melody-led approach highlife listeners know sits comfortably next to a newer feel, and Lyrical Joe adds a second texture to it. Play the full audio and form your own view.

The wider album has plenty of names that Ghanaian listeners will recognise. Minister OJ joins Akwaboah on the title track, Spirit. Fameye features on Mmoa, and Wendy Shay is on Me Pe. Efya features on Lonely, Cina Soul on Officially Yours and Kwesi Arthur on the closing track, Odo Ankasa.

The full track list reads Spirit, Man No Be God, Mmoa, Me Pe, Slow Down, Lonely, Officially Yours, Trust Me, Cuddle, Work Before You Marry and Odo Ankasa. Four of the eleven songs have no guest at all, so Cuddle is one of seven collaborations on the project.

Akwaboah has rolled out Spirit on YouTube over several days. The title track with Minister OJ, Mmoa with Fameye, Me Pe with Wendy Shay and Man No Be God all went up on 11 November. Lonely with Efya and Slow Down followed on 12 November, and Cuddle came next on 13 November.

Readers who want to catch up on the rollout can start with our earlier post. Our story on the Spirit album release with Fameye, Efya, Wendy Shay and Kwesi Arthur covers the full project. The singer has also shared audio slides for Slow Down and for Lonely, so Cuddle follows the same format.

Anyone searching for an Akwaboah new song will find that the pattern across these uploads is consistent. Each release arrives with the artwork of the Spirit era and the music in front, and the audio slide format keeps attention on the voices and the arrangement.

Watch and stream Akwaboah Cuddle

The audio slide for Cuddle is on Akwaboah’s official YouTube channel, titled with Lyrical Joe as the featured artist. It is an audio-first upload rather than a full music video, which suits a song that puts the music in front. You can stream it there in full.

The whole Spirit album is also on Spotify and Apple Music, where Akwaboah has an artist page. Listening to the project in order lets you hear Cuddle at Track 9, after Trust Me and before Work Before You Marry, and gives a better sense of how it connects to the songs around it.

That order matters on an album built around heritage and direction. The earlier tracks bring in Minister OJ, Fameye, Wendy Shay and Efya, and the later ones bring in Cina Soul and Kwesi Arthur. Cuddle sits in the middle of that run, with Lyrical Joe as its only guest.

Spirit marks another chapter for an artist from a family with deep roots in Ghanaian highlife. The project leans on that heritage while still looking forward, and Lyrical Joe’s presence on Cuddle adds a fresh voice to it.

Listen to Akwaboah Cuddle, then work through the rest of Spirit. Tell us in the comments which track on the album is your favourite so far, and whether Akwaboah and Lyrical Joe have found the right mood together.

Watch the official video for Cuddle below.

Stream Cuddle on Apple Music.

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Video and artwork: Akwaboah ft. Lyrical Joe (official release).