Amal Hijazi: New Single, New Album… And New Controversy?

Lebanese singer Amal Hijazi recently met with Salem El Hindi, manager of Rotana, to discuss the details of her upcoming single and album. She announced that she has a new Saudi-dialect single coming out soon on Rotana channels. Amal said that her fans from the Gulf have been asking her to sing in the Khaliji dialect for a long time, and she felt it was the right time to repeat the experiment. The meeting with Mr. Salem, while dominated by discussions about the album, also warranted a few suggestions about the style of the drums from him, and the drums were re-recorded in the UAE.

Amal has already filmed the video clip for the single with director Tony Qahwaji, whom he she has worked with previously in “Akher Gharam” and “Einak Einak”. She added that the video clip has a Western air, mixing a Khaliji tune with a Western atmosphere.

Amal said that her album will be her most diverse yet, with many different songs. She mentioned also that among the names she will work with are Mahmoud Khayami, Haytham Zayad, Elias Nasser, Hadi Sharara, Jean-Marie Riachi, and Michel Fadel. She noted that she will have a song on the album that is neither Lebanese, Egyptian, nor Khaliji (Moroccan maybe?), that may cause some controversy in the music industry. Could this be another “Bayaa El Ward” dilemma?

By Ahmed Source : waleg