Elyanna celebrates new music video with Times Square ad
Palestinian Chilean singer Elyanna has released a music video for her latest single “Ganeni,” off her firstever album “Woledto” (“I Am Born”) that was released this month.
The singer marked the release of the music video for “Ganeni” this week with a digital billboard advert in New York's Times Square. The video features a henna-adorned Elyanna posing in a car in a desert location, as well as shots of the singer performing amongst a group of dancers.
The album features nine songs: “Woledto,” “Ganeni,” “Calling
U,” “Al Sham,” “Mama Eh,” “Kon Nafsak,” “Lel Ya Lel,” “Yabn El
Eh” and “Sad in Pali.”
“It's very different. I feel like it's like the real Elyanna. So, I'm very excited,” the singer previously told Arab News of the album. Before the album's release on April 12, the 22-year-old music sensation wrote to her 1.2 million followers on Instagram saying: “I hope this album brings you closer to who you are and makes you feel the way it makes me feel. This album is the embodiment of pride to be an Arab woman, to be from Nazareth, to be from the Middle East.
“This is the closest I've been to where I come from,” she added. “The only feature on my album is my grandfather.”
The promotional video Elyanna shared on Instagram before the release shows the singer planting an olive tree.
“I planted who I am next to an olive tree, to blossom into a white flower with my album, ‘Woledto,'” she captioned her post.
In the video, Elyanna recited a poem she said was written by her mother.
The poem says: “So you ask about my absence in September, through distance you'll learn the meaning of togetherness.
And through distance you'll learn, your heart will learn, the meaning of drought. And your heart will learn the taste of return after the wait.”
In 2023, Elyanna became the first artist to perform a full set in
We are introducing a new culture and we are making sure that everybody hears us, everywhere from all around the world.
Arabic at California's Coachella music festival.
“We are introducing a new culture and we are making sure that everybody hears us, everywhere from all around the world,” she told Arab News ahead of her Coachella show.
She embarked on a North American Tour this year, gracing stages in Dallas, Houston, Toronto, Montreal, Washington, New York, Chicago, Detroit, San Francisco and Santa Ana.
She also sold out her upcoming London show scheduled for May 6, which will mark her debut performance in Europe.
Singer Elyanna released the music video for 'Ganeni' this week.