Abdullah Siddiqui | |
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عبداللہ صدیقی | |
Born | August 5, 2000 (age 23 years) |
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Years active | 2016–present |
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Genres | Electropop |
Abdullah Siddiqui ( Urdu: عبداللہ صدیقی; born 5 August 2000) is a Pakistani singer, songwriter, and producer associated with Urdu and English language music. He made his breakthrough appearance on Nescafé Basement season 5 with his song "Resistance", [1] [2] and followed it up by making his album debut with Metannoya in 2019. [3] He further released Heterotopia (2020), dead Beat poets (2021) and dead Beats poets: side B (2021). [4] [5]
In January 2022, he was announced as an associate producer of Coke Studio season 14. [6] The same month, he produced the 2022 Pakistan Super League anthem " Agay Dekh". [7] [8] [9]
Siddiqui was born in Lahore, Punjab to an Urdu-speaking Muslim family. He began producing English language electronic music at the age of 11, and started releasing it on his Youtube account [10] as an independent artist when he was 16. [11] [12] He worked with independent platforms Forever South and True Brew Records. On the former, he released "Fiction" in December 2017 [13] and "Warm & Unredeemed" with in January 2018.
He released his original song "Resistance" in 2018, [14] for which he picked up a nomination in the Best Emerging Talent (Music) category at the 17th Lux Style Awards. [15] [16]
He sang Peshawar Zalmi's anthem for 2021 Pakistan Super League titled "Kingdom" [17] along with Altamash Sever. In 2021, he was included in the Forbes list of 30 Under 30 - Asia - Entertainment & Sports. [18] [19] On 25 December 2020, Siddiqui released "Be Myself" with singer Aima Baig. The track also featured on Heterotopia. [20]
On 5 January 2022, Siddiqui announced via his Instagram account that he would be an associate producer on season 14 of Coke Studio. [21] [22] On 13 January 2022, it was announced that he would be writing and producing the 2022 Pakistan Super League anthem featuring vocals by Atif Aslam and Aima Baig. [23] The anthem, named " Agay Dekh" was released on 24 January 2022 [24] to a mixed reception. [25] [26]
Siddiqui was also involved with the film score of the 2022 Pakistani film, Joyland, which had its world premiere at the 75th Cannes Film Festival. [27] [28] He is planning to release another album in 2022. [29]
Abdullah Siddiqui | |
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عبداللہ صدیقی | |
Born | August 5, 2000 (age 23 years) |
Occupations |
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Years active | 2016–present |
Parents |
|
Musical career | |
Genres | Electropop |
Abdullah Siddiqui ( Urdu: عبداللہ صدیقی; born 5 August 2000) is a Pakistani singer, songwriter, and producer associated with Urdu and English language music. He made his breakthrough appearance on Nescafé Basement season 5 with his song "Resistance", [1] [2] and followed it up by making his album debut with Metannoya in 2019. [3] He further released Heterotopia (2020), dead Beat poets (2021) and dead Beats poets: side B (2021). [4] [5]
In January 2022, he was announced as an associate producer of Coke Studio season 14. [6] The same month, he produced the 2022 Pakistan Super League anthem " Agay Dekh". [7] [8] [9]
Siddiqui was born in Lahore, Punjab to an Urdu-speaking Muslim family. He began producing English language electronic music at the age of 11, and started releasing it on his Youtube account [10] as an independent artist when he was 16. [11] [12] He worked with independent platforms Forever South and True Brew Records. On the former, he released "Fiction" in December 2017 [13] and "Warm & Unredeemed" with in January 2018.
He released his original song "Resistance" in 2018, [14] for which he picked up a nomination in the Best Emerging Talent (Music) category at the 17th Lux Style Awards. [15] [16]
He sang Peshawar Zalmi's anthem for 2021 Pakistan Super League titled "Kingdom" [17] along with Altamash Sever. In 2021, he was included in the Forbes list of 30 Under 30 - Asia - Entertainment & Sports. [18] [19] On 25 December 2020, Siddiqui released "Be Myself" with singer Aima Baig. The track also featured on Heterotopia. [20]
On 5 January 2022, Siddiqui announced via his Instagram account that he would be an associate producer on season 14 of Coke Studio. [21] [22] On 13 January 2022, it was announced that he would be writing and producing the 2022 Pakistan Super League anthem featuring vocals by Atif Aslam and Aima Baig. [23] The anthem, named " Agay Dekh" was released on 24 January 2022 [24] to a mixed reception. [25] [26]
Siddiqui was also involved with the film score of the 2022 Pakistani film, Joyland, which had its world premiere at the 75th Cannes Film Festival. [27] [28] He is planning to release another album in 2022. [29]