‘I wanted to quit gospel and pursue secular music’ – Jayana

Gospel musician Jayana has disclosed that she once contemplated abandoning gospel music to pursue secular music due to what she describes as excessive backbiting within the gospel music industry.

Speaking in an interview on Onua FM on October 21, 2026, the singer said that although she does not regret choosing gospel music, some of the happenings within the industry discouraged her at a point in her career.

According to her, the lack of collaboration among gospel musicians, compared to their secular counterparts, was one of the issues that made her consider switching genres.

Jayana observed that secular musicians appear more willing to collaborate with one another, while similar partnerships among gospel artistes are less frequent.

“I don’t regret doing gospel music, but I once got discouraged because of the things going on in the industry. I wanted to quit gospel and start making secular songs,” she said.

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She added, “I feel like the way there’s too much backbiting in the gospel industry, it’s not like that in the secular music industry. Even though it’s not all rosy, at least we can see secular artistes doing collaboration. How many times do you see gospel artistes do collaboration?”

Jayana explained that her thoughts about leaving the gospel fraternity were a reflection of the discouragement she experienced as a human being navigating the industry.

She, however, said she might not be the only gospel musician to have entertained such thoughts, believing that other artistes could have faced similar frustrations.

“This is something I thought of in the past. I’m human and there could be discouragement too. I’m not sure I’m the only one who felt this way; there could be some artistes who also felt the same,” she added.

“I once considered quitting gospel music for secular music because of the backbiting in the gospel industry. Unlike the secular industry, collaborations in gospel music are often based on cliques.” — @jayanamusicgh

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