Akwaboah – Lonely (ft. Efya)

Akwaboah drops a new highlife song with Efya, and Akwaboah Lonely { Slide} is now live on his official YouTube channel.

Lonely is track six on Spirit, the fifth musical project from the Ghanaian highlife artist. The song came out on 11 November 2026 under Akwaboah Music. The audio slide followed on YouTube a day later, on 12 November.

Efya is the featured artist on Lonely. Her name sits on the song alongside Akwaboah’s, and she is the only guest on that track. Of the seven artistes who appear on Spirit, she is the one who joins him at number six.

Spirit arrives with a clear idea behind it. Akwaboah describes the project as a tribute to the musical legacy of his father and his grandfather, and to the authentic highlife tradition they helped establish. That family line gives the whole body of work its starting point.

There is a personal side too. The album is an intimate reflection of an artist standing at life’s crossroads, looking for purpose and asking a higher authority for direction. Lonely belongs to that story as part of the running order, and it sits between Slow Down and Officially Yours.

The project has eleven tracks. They blend authentic highlife influences with contemporary Ghanaian sounds, and seven featured artistes bring different colours to the record. For the full story of the rollout, read our earlier report, Akwaboah Releases SPIRIT Album With Fameye, Efya, Wendy Shay and Kwesi Arthur.

Efya is one of those seven. The others are Minister OJ, Fameye, Wendy Shay, Cina Soul, Lyrical Joe and Kwesi Arthur. It is a wide spread of Ghanaian talent, and it fits the idea of an album that looks back at tradition while speaking to the present.

Here is the full track list of Spirit. It opens with Spirit (feat. Minister OJ), followed by Man No Be God and Mmoa (feat. Fameye). Me Pe (feat. Wendy Shay) and Slow Down come next, then Lonely (feat. Efya) at number six. That is where Akwaboah Lonely { Slide} sits in the album.

The second half runs through Officially Yours (feat. Cina Soul), Trust Me and Cuddle (feat. Lyrical Joe). Work Before You Marry follows, and the album closes with Odo Ankasa (feat. Kwesi Arthur). Our page on Odo Ankasa covers that closing track in more detail.

The numbers are easy to follow. Seven of the eleven songs carry a guest, and four are Akwaboah alone: Man No Be God, Slow Down, Trust Me and Work Before You Marry. Lonely and Officially Yours sit side by side in the middle of the record, and both are duets.

Highlife is the root of the sound. To my ear, Lonely carries the guitar-led warmth that Ghanaians associate with the style, and the mood is calm and reflective rather than rushed. That is my own reaction as a listener, and it matches the tone of the project as a whole.

Akwaboah has kept his YouTube channel busy during the rollout. The introduction to Spirit went up on 4 November. On 11 November he uploaded Spirit with Minister OJ, Man No Be God, Mmoa with Fameye and Me Pe with Wendy Shay. Slow Down, also as an audio slide, landed on 12 November, the same day as Lonely.

Watch and stream Akwaboah Lonely { Slide}

The Akwaboah Lonely { Slide} upload is an audio slide, so the song plays over a still visual on YouTube. It is a quick way to hear the track in full without waiting for a music video. Search for Akwaboah and Efya on the artist’s official channel to find it.

Akwaboah’s music is also on Spotify and Apple Music, where listeners can follow his profile and keep up with the rest of Spirit. He is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram as well, where fans can follow what comes next from the project.

If you want to take in the album the way it was built, play the tracks in order and let the tribute to his father and grandfather set the tone before you reach Lonely. The introduction on YouTube is a good place to start.

Tell us what you think of Akwaboah Lonely { Slide} and which Spirit track is your favourite so far. With seven guests and eleven songs, this album gives Ghanaian highlife fans plenty to talk about this month.

Watch the official video for Lonely below.

Stream Lonely on Apple Music.

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Video and artwork: Akwaboah ft. Efya (official release).