Jun 16, 2026 · 39 min · 11 segments
“Words were always my weapon,” says Genesis Owusu, talking about the love of creative writing he discovered as a child. “Also kind of ironically, conversation wasn’t always my weapon, so I always felt…
Jenny EliscuHostAlso kind of ironically, like, conversation wasn't necessarily my weapon, so I always felt like the truest and rawest and most authentic of myself came out when I was writing stories or, you know, after writing stories that transitioned into writing poetry.
Taking on those sci-fi and fantasy elements, I've al- I've always loved world building, whether that be through a storyline or a soundtrack or a visual.
I've kind of just managed to find myself in a path where I can create those worlds that I always wanted to create.
Thanks so much for checking out this episode of the LSQ Podcast, episode 141 with Genesis Owusu, whose latest LP is easily one of my favorite albums of 2026.
Red Star Woo & The Worldwide Scourge is the Ghanian-Australian artist's third full length, a powerful and genre-defying collection of banger after banger.
Although his previous albums were more allegorical, as you'll hear him explain, for this one he says there was no mincing words, no grand metaphors, nothing to distract from communicating his message that humanity is too divided and that we need to come together as a community for the betterment of our common good.
We also delve into how his love of science fiction and creative writing helped him connect with that desire to build worlds that he mentioned at the outset, how his older brother, also an artist, inspired him to start making music, how his songs result from epic jam sessions followed by obsessive collating of sounds, and we talked about anime and André 3000 and Uno and much more.
Read the full transcript.
Create an account to read the whole episode, search across every transcript, and follow the shows you care about.
Also kind of ironically, like, conversation wasn't necessarily my weapon, so I always felt like the truest and rawest and most authentic of myself came out when I was writing stories or, you know, after writing stories that transitioned into writing poetry.
Taking on those sci-fi and fantasy elements, I've al- I've always loved world building, whether that be through a storyline or a soundtrack or a visual.
I've kind of just managed to find myself in a path where I can create those worlds that I always wanted to create.
Thanks so much for checking out this episode of the LSQ Podcast, episode 141 with Genesis Owusu, whose latest LP is easily one of my favorite albums of 2026.
Red Star Woo & The Worldwide Scourge is the Ghanian-Australian artist's third full length, a powerful and genre-defying collection of banger after banger.
Although his previous albums were more allegorical, as you'll hear him explain, for this one he says there was no mincing words, no grand metaphors, nothing to distract from communicating his message that humanity is too divided and that we need to come together as a community for the betterment of our common good.
We also delve into how his love of science fiction and creative writing helped him connect with that desire to build worlds that he mentioned at the outset, how his older brother, also an artist, inspired him to start making music, how his songs result from epic jam sessions followed by obsessive collating of sounds, and we talked about anime and André 3000 and Uno and much more.
