This past Friday witnessed the return of Lebanese singer Diana Hadad during the weekly show Star Academy on the Lebanese Broadcasting Company (LBC). The singer was the guest of honor in which she sang a collection of her songs including a song from her upcoming album, which mesmerized the audience.
According to the London based Elaph, Diana sung the song “Waili”, giving a taste of what her new album will be like. The day after the show, it was apparent that Diana had turned into the talk of town everywhere, as people expressed satisfaction towards the song.
Haddad is pressing herself in order to finalize her upcoming album, wanting to make sure all the details are taken care of to ensure that the album is of the highest standards. One of the main reasons Diana is working extra hard, is due to the fact that she wants the album to be of perfection to make up for the long delay of its release.
Part of the preparations for the new album is the filming of the main song of the album "Awal Marah" (The First Time), which is also the title of the new work. The filming of the clip lasted for two days and was done at one of Dubai's prestigious hotels. For the first time in her career, Diana appears in the video alone and the general atmosphere is a romantic one, in which all the delicacies of the singer are highlighted.
In the process of making her return to the spotlight after an absence that lasted two years with the release of 4 new songs, which she plans to shoot in the form of a music video. Diana will for the first time in her career sing in the Egyptian dialect in the song “Khalini Sakteh” (Keep Me Quiet).
Diana has chose Dubai and Egypt as the locations for shooting her music videos. The singer stressed that she has no worries regarding her return after being away for so long, for she always made it a point to only present high quality music to her fans. She added that she is not afraid of any of the new faces in the music industry for the mere fact that each singer has his/her own style in music.
A new music channel (Nojoum) based in Egypt started broadcasting, after all preparations were complete. Suhail Abdoul’s, husband of Diana, Production Company, owns the new channel, which costs two million dollars, and will broadcast different kinds of music from all around the Arab world along with Turkish and Indian music video clips. Diana’s husband has presented his wife the new channel as his way of showing her his love, and will be registered in both Suhail and Diana’s names. –Albawaba.com
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