later on i discovered older songs with ajram and at first i was quite infatuated with her first two albums who had production in a more traditional musicality. meaning less obvious influence of computers and machines. keyboards and synths has been a thing since the 90's but the clear influences of very western production came around in the late 90's and during the the 00's.
eventually you heard arabic singers do their songs on either tracks that sounds like cheiron, darkchild (or any hot production sound at the time) or like the turkish guys and straight on dance music. with prominent four on the floors and synths that comes straight out of the latest m.o.s. release.
this song from nancy ajram's third album sound sort of like a modern habibi pop production, there is obvious western influences but the traditional string instruments and durbakke is still prominent. since all habibi pop songs are about love and especially troublesome romance, this is no exception.
it's a cheery production but ajram speaks of a lover that she gave her heart to but is playing games with her. she is sick of him eventually and tells him that she doesn't want him anymore. i really like this song but it's from a production point of view actually since my knowledge of arabic is only limited to understanding conversations and such.
that acapella intro with four backup singers doing the chorus grabbed me instantly, the second thing was the bassline which sounds like a synthy one but it moves in 16th notes and swings a bit as well. the track overall is well made and sounds like it could have been a single.
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