WAFIA
Wafia’s elegant, vaporous voice is as penetrating as a diamond bullet. Her songs connect with her audience; just look at “I’m Good”, which placed #14 in this year’s Hottest 100. They have found champions in music heavyweights like Pharrell and collaborators including Ben Abraham, Finneas and Tak-ku. Her tracks “Bodies” and “Only Love” from the recently released EP VIII are dance floor siren songs. It’s big pop: triumphant, thunderous and crystalline. But dare to dig a touch deeper and one will find something more sweeping. Wafia, born Wafia Al Rikabi and of Iraqi and Syrian heritage, has personally felt the political tensions of our modern era. She brings it all to the fore in her powerful, boundless music.
Wafia’s elegant, vaporous voice is as penetrating as a diamond bullet. Her songs connect with her audience; just look at “I’m Good”, which placed #14 in this year’s Hottest 100. They have found champions in music heavyweights like Pharrell and collaborators including Ben Abraham, Finneas and Tak-ku. Her tracks “Bodies” and “Only Love” from the recently released EP VIII are dance floor siren songs. It’s big pop: triumphant, thunderous and crystalline. But dare to dig a touch deeper and one will find something more sweeping. Wafia, born Wafia Al Rikabi and of Iraqi and Syrian heritage, has personally felt the political tensions of our modern era. She brings it all to the fore in her powerful, boundless music.
