Jacqueline Acheampong, known in music circles as Gyakie, has opened up on her new approach to dealing with social media comments about her craft and personality. 

She told Kwame Dadzie in a recent interview on Joy FM’s Showbiz A-Z that although she appreciates feedback, she is careful about kind of type of advice to take from people. 

According to her, sometimes heeding counsel from critics could be very confusing, so she makes the final decision.

“I just learn to appreciate what I feel is right because one person will say 'I don’t like the way your hair is always shorter', another person will say 'I don’t like the way your hair is long'. So it’s like what do you want me to do? I am going to do what I feel is right or what I feel my audience is going to enjoy. Because whatever I put out is what is gathering the people that are in my market. 

In the beginning I was really allowing a lot of the bad criticism to get to me but right now I just drop the music and do exactly what I have been brought on earth to do,” she said. 

Asked if she was active on social media, she said, “very active [but] I don’t want to read [comments] any more. Right now I just drop it and go.”

She said that she does this to protect her mind from being affected by negative vibes.

“You know the mind is very tricky. You might think if I say anything I am not going to let it get to me but you might see one comment and your entire week will be ruined because you are a human being. You have feelings.

She however noted that she has not entirely stopped reading comments but she has stopped the habit of reading through comments on everything she puts out.