DEPRESSION DARKNESS: Musician Admits He Quit Secular Music for the Church After a Devastating Personal Betrayal

Award - winning highlife musician, Samuel Ofori Amponsah has revealed that a period of depression triggered by personal betrayal contributed to his decision to step away from secular music and devote himself to church activities.

The highlife musician said his decision came at a point when his relationship with God had weakened, while the betrayal he experienced in his personal life left him emotionally exhausted.

According to him, the combination of fame, money, strained relationships and disappointment with people he trusted pushed him into a dark period.

“There was the first reason would be my relationship with God,” he said.

Ofori Amponsah explained that as his career grew and hit songs brought him money and success, he gradually became less focused on his relationship with God.

“Big hits came, things began to change, money began just began to flow. I forgot that part of, you know, serving God,” he recalled.

He said the second major factor was the actions of people he trusted.

“The second reason will be the deceit of people like the belief in some friends and what they did to me,” he said.

‘I was so tired’

Ofori Amponsah said the betrayal contributed to a serious emotional decline, leaving him feeling that he needed to walk away from everything.

“I had this, you know, relationship problem that sent me, you know, spiraling down,” he said.

“So there was this depression and I—it felt like, you know, leave everything, leave the music, leave everything. I was so tired.”

He eventually began seeking spiritual support, with people coming around him to pray.

The singer said he viewed that period not as a mistake but as a necessary step in recovering from what he was going through.

“It wasn’t. Everything happens for good,” he said when asked whether leaving music had been a mistake.

“Probably I would have died because I was going through depression and I needed something bigger than me to solve it”, he admitted

Ofori Amponsah said his time away from secular music allowed him to recover before eventually returning to the industry.

He explained that his intention was not simply to abandon music permanently but to find redemption and regain his emotional balance.

“I was looking for redemption. I was looking for something to clear my heart because I was going through this depression,” he said.

His return to music was met with a reception that surprised him, particularly because he said he had not fully understood the impact his music had already made on listeners.

“The reception of the songs that I brought and, you know, the joy of the people was quite a surprise,” he said.

“It made me feel like I was impactful in their lives and, you know, I never knew the impact that I had already created.”

Ofori Amponsah said the experience ultimately reinforced his belief that music can influence people’s lives beyond simply being entertainment.