The past few weeks felt like a blur of cinema, fashion, and art, with red carpets, premieres, runway debuts, and exhibitions. Across the region, the creative calendar has barely come up for air, leaving us, the ever-curious spectators and culture-hungry audiences, plenty to take in and even more to think about. But while our eyes have been glued to screens and stages, our ears haven’t exactly been idle either. From Beirut to Casablanca and the Arab diaspora, the music releases kept rolling in, whether attention followed or not.
If you’ve been too caught up to keep track, don’t worry, that’s exactly what we’re here for. To save you from the endless doom-scroll, we combed through this month’s releases so you don’t have to. Here are 15 tracks— in no particular order or genre—currently living rent-free in our headphones.
Hady Moamer — Mon Amour
FAKEMINK — FIDELIO
FLENN — CENT VICTOIRES
BAYADIS; MANAL; SHAW — NGHAMER
TAWSEN — KHALLINI
LAÏ; ARABI — TESHREEN
SHANA — LA B3EED
SOULJA — LOCATION
MICHAEL HAKIM; NORHAN — I’D RATHER LOVE
KA7LA; SAYAX; NORFAFRICA — NO CASH FIL HOOD
NOUR — AHLAMI
SHBASH — MADARES
INO CASABLANCA; DRAGANOV — MOULA SOLITUDE
NOHA — LAW F ZAMAN TANY