Prepare for genesisowusu’s undeniable star power at ACLFest to unite many sounds under one banner.
In April, leaving the Austin touchdown of Genesis Owusu’s first stateside tour, I sent my friend a text: “This is the greatest show I’ve ever seen.” Then I sent another to clarify. “Y’know … without instruments.”
Going in, the Ghana-born 24-year-old was somebody I knew mainly for how many diverse Spotify playlists he popped up on, from funk to post-punk to abstract hip-hop. But in the flesh – literally, dude’s chest was out and open – backed by his trio of ski-mask-clad “goons,” Owusu’s undeniable star power was enough to unite all those sounds under one banner.
His singular artistic identity draws together through intricate, high-energy choreography and in-your-face political messaging. But what if there’d been a guitar cord to trip over, I wondered? Would the performance have lost its live-wire daring? Maybe I just had to fly to his home of Australia, where Owusu has twice appeared on the cover of“My dream show, a band and the goons together, happened just once, at an Australian festival,” Owusu tells the.
“The music will never really be like, ‘Hello, I am depressed. I have faced racism.’ If people do just show up to vibe, that’s fine. The beats are groovy for that reason. They bring you in,” he says. “Maybe by the end of the set, they’ll pick up on my message.” As for any genre-brained Americans who might leave ACL trying to silo Owusu into playlists of their own, the artist doesn’t mince words: “Go ahead, try. You can put me in any kind of box you like. The next time I put out a song, though, you’re gonna look stupid.”
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