Tag: Arooj Aftab

  • Grammy nominated Pakistani Arooj Aftab in new Coke Studio season, people can’t wait

    Grammy nominated Pakistani Arooj Aftab in new Coke Studio season, people can’t wait

    Coke Studio has revealed the line-up of December 2021’s Coke Studio season 14 in which the first Pakistani woman Grammy-nominated musician, Arooj Aftab is taking part. Netizens are expressing their excitement after the singer uploaded her coke studio poster on her social media accounts.

    Netizens expressed their excitement on her social media accounts

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    While promoting the music show she wrote, “For folks who are phased by this – this is not an advertisement or endorsement. It’s a sponsored music show, the only major music platform in Pakistan. So this one is really for the culture! ❤️”

    Arooj Aftab was born in Saudi Arabia where she lived until she turned 11. She then moved to her hometown, Lahore with her family. She described her family as “fiendy music lovers” as they used to sit together and had deep conversations regarding music.

    She was raised listening to legendary musician and Qawwali singer, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and singer-songwriters like Jeff Buckley. She also covered the song, “Hallelujah” during her teenage time in the early 2000s which went viral in Pakistan through email and file-sharing sites like Napster and Limewire.

    Last year, The Grammies, the biggest music awards in the world, nominated her in the Best New Artist category and also for the Best Global Performance for her song, Mohabbat which also made it to the Summer playlist 2021 of Former United States (US) President, Barack Obama.

    Unfortunately, the Grammy Awards have been postponed indefinitely due to the rapid spread of the Omicron type of coronavirus, according to organisers. It was supposed to be held in a downtown Los Angeles arena on January 31 and broadcast live on the CBS network.

  • Pakistani singer Arooj Aftab makes it to Obama’s customised summer playlist

    Pakistani singer Arooj Aftab makes it to Obama’s customised summer playlist

    New York-based Pakistani singer Arooj Aftab, chartbuster song, Mohabbat, makes it to Obama’s summer playlist of 2021, which the former US president shares every year on his social media handles.

    On Saturday, Barack Obama shared his playlist on Twitter. Other notable artists alongside Aftab include Rihanna, The Rolling Stones, Bob Marley, and Jay-Z. “Here’s a playlist of songs I’ve been listening to lately, it’s a mix of old and new, household names and emerging artists, and a whole lot in-between,” he tweeted along with the list.

    Shortly after his tweet, the 36-years old singer expressed her excitement and gratitude across social media platforms.

    The former Democratic leader has been releasing his most liked songs every summer for the last few years.

    The featured song is written and produced by Aftab herself and is based on a 1921 Urdu ghazal by Hafeez Hoshiarpuri. Her album ‘Vulture Prince’, which includes Mohabbat, was released in April this year. According to sources, the album highlights the stories of people, relationships, and moments lost and is dedicated to the memory of Aftab’s younger brother.

    Arooj Aftab hails from Lahore and attended Boston’s Berklee College of Music. The talented singer debuted with the album ‘Bird Under Water’ in 2015.