Koffee Calls For More Posetivity In Dancehall

Koffee has called for positivity in Dancehall music.

Koffee recently sat down for an interview with Canadian company Ssense where she shared her views on Dancehall/Reggae music.

According to Koffee, Dancehall has the potential to do a lot more but needs more positive content. “There’s a lot more room for positivity in dancehall music,” she responded to the interviewer.

“If dancehall says ‘buss gun,’ me nah gon necessarily buss a gun, but you have younger people who are more impressionable who really idolize this kind of music,” the reggae star explained.

“I think the world would be a boring place if it was all about positivity, to be honest. Like me nah gon say it shouldn’t be. I try to be realistic. You have to have a good mix and different kinds of entertainment that different kinds of people can gravitate towards, because there’s different people in the world,” she continued.

“I think what is good is a balance where it can put a bit more positivity in it. So, not to exclude what you’re used to or what you enjoy putting in your music, but just drop a couple of positive tunes more time and try to unite the people.”

Koffee says the reception to her music has been extraordinary but credits positivity for her success. She would go on to point to the success of her breakout single “Toast,” which has over 100 million views on Youtube.

According to Koffee, it was the track she was least sure about but eventually became her biggest hit.

“I had the least confidence in it out of all the songs on my EP,” Koffee said. “I started out doing reggae, reggae, reggae music. My first single was ‘Burning,’ which was almost like a roots reggae kind of track. I remember expressing to my peoples that, ‘This is a nice song for me, but I want to hold the Caribbean and Jamaicans who take it,” because sometimes they will say that you crossover and then you sell out, and you start off on this and then you jump on the next wave, you know?”