Gustavo Scheki Releases New Single
Monday, March 16, 2020
Gustavo PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG
He has been in the industry since 2012 even though he only went into professional recording in 2015 when he released his first single titled ‘Kana Ke Hoo’. Since then he started working on recording experimental songs to prepare for a new release.
After a five-year hiatus Gustavo has released a new single titled ‘Boys Cry’, a song he says took a lot of dedication to make, as it resonates and seeks to dispel a long held belief that boys do not cry, even when they are hurting in a relationship. He pointed out that the lyrics of the song narrates the pain that a boy goes through in a relationship and also calls for the counterpart in a relationship to be considerate towards their male partner. He said that he was on a hiatus due to his commitments in school as he recently graduated from the Institute of Development Management (IDM) with a degree in community management.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...