El Mehdi ya gabatar da “EL FILM,”, wani Self-Directed Musical Short Film, a Support of Debut EP “SALAM”
Moroccan-born, Canadian-raise cultural disruptor El Mehdi mashara wani ƙarfi a cikin duniya pop tallace-tallace tare da "SALAM,” his landmark debut EP released January 30 via RENAISSANCE/AWAL, accompanied by “EL FILM,” a self-directed musical short film premiering today. The genre-defying project marks a historic debut for an openly queer Arab artist, expanding music into a cultural statement.
Sana cewa ba wani mutum ne mai ban sha'awa a cikin ƙasa. tare da "SALAM,” El Mehdi breaks the adage — and with it, silence, shame, and the glass ceiling.
Project yana ci gaba da art-pop daidaici, daidaitacce yankin tare da duniya pop daidaitacce. A matsa lissafi a cikin yanayi da kuma ba da sha'awar da suka zama a cikin free, "SALAM” asserts presence without compromise. Ceremonial and defiant, El Mehdi’s sound fuses modern pop with North African and Middle Eastern influences, pairing rich vocals and cinematic strings with dance-driven energy, sensual urgency, and multilingual song writing in English, French, and Arabic. The result is an incandescent world that feels ancestral yet radically future-facing. El Mehdi doesn’t dilute identity to reach wider audiences — he expands pop itself to hold it.
Wannan shi ne pop wanda ya gane daga abin da ya zo - amma ba ya ba da sha'awa ga abin da ya zo.
Dangane cikin hudu, ciki har da hudu-kamar hudu "SALAM” (meaning both “hello” and “peace” in Arabic) — El Mehdi transforms vulnerability into power. Written and creative directed by El Mehdi, and produced by El Mehdi and Sūn Jùn (LayLow, AntsLive, Dior), with mixing by Grammy-winner Wez Clarke (Zara Larsson, MARINA, Sam Smith) and string performances by Grammy-nominated Drew Jurecka (Dua Lipa), “SALAM” yi kafa a kan ƙasƙanci - wani duniya pop kayan da aka buga daga emancipation, vision, da kuma ƙirƙirar.
"Na bukatar ka samar da wani yanki inda za mu iya zama ba tare da ba. Kuma fiye da shi, wani yanki inda za mu iya ban sha'awa" El Mehdi says. “SALAM is that place.”
Premiering today, “EL FILM” ya ƙirƙirar wannan al'amari a cikin cinikayya. A shiryawa, choreographed, edited, da kuma shiryawa da El Mehdi, na music short film ya nuna ta multidisciplinary yanayin, ƙirƙirar music tare da dancing, fashion, image, da storytelling. A cikin Moroccan riad, film yana rarraba a matsayin ƙirƙirar daga ƙarƙirar, a cikin lamba, a kan al'amari na mint te ceremony. A karkashin al'amuran maza, jima'i jima'i da El Mehdi - wani iconoclastic al'amari tare da wani androgynous yanayin - rarraba normative maskulinity, wanda ya saukar da wani tsanani, ƙirƙirar ƙarƙir
"They wanted me in Hell. Baby, I went there. I came back. I only warmed up my tea."
El Mehdi, "El Film" (Official Video):
https://ffm.link/elfilm.OPR
Ayyuka ga wasu da kuma halitta ga sauran, "SALAM” yafi wani jima'i da yawa da suka so, kuma wasu ba su. Bugu da wani buga, "SALAM” yi ne mai ban sha'awa.
A sabon ra'ayoyi ya zo - kuma ya zo a cikin tsakiya.
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Moroccan-Canadian artist El Mehdi first emerged with his debut single “ELKASS HLOU,” which sparked rapid traction across platforms, amassing hundreds of thousands of streams and views and breaking into Anghami’s Top 50 across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) — the leading streaming platform of the Arab world.
He crafts a magnetic, genre-defying pop sound shaped by his North African heritage, shimmering across English, French, and Arabic. A former spokesperson for Amnesty International Canada, El Mehdi has established himself as a distinctive voice within the global MENA diaspora.
Gungura tare da shaida “ENCORE” suna da music video da aka kafa tare da shirye-shirye da Yves Saint Laurent Museum, Marrakech, El Mehdi ya ƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙir Flaunt masharar El Mehdi don haƙƙoƙi sosai da kuma ilimi matsaloli, The New Arab mashara wani yanayin yanayin da aka dace da cewa shi ne “elegant and subversive,” da kuma Vogue Arabia ya nuna iya aiki “with grace and intention.”
Gana da artist-in-residence a Cité internationale des arts a Paris, El Mehdi ya gabatar da ayyukansa a TIFF, Aesthetica ShortFilm Festival, da kuma Amsterdam Dance Event, kuma ya gabatarwa ga ƙaunar ƙauna a kan Canada (Nuit Blanche, Canadian Music Week, Montreal Pride).
A cikin 2025, ya yi ta big-screen debut a matsayin wani manyan akai a cikin "L’Héritier des secrets” (dir. Mohamed Nadif), wanda ya gabatar a cikin Montreal Museum of Fine Arts a matsayin sassa na Cinémania. Sadarwa ga kwallon kafa a 2026, film shi ne na farko Maroccan feature don magana trans identity da co-star Nisrin Erradi, wanda kuma rarraba a "Everybody Loves Touda” (dir. Nabil Ayouch), Morocco ta rasmi ƙirƙirar Best International Feature Film a 97th Academy Awards.
On stage and in the studio, El Mehdi challenges what it means to be an Arab man in the modern world, transforming pop into ritual. With his debut EP “SALAM,” ya'irar a cikin sabon yanayin - free, m, da kuma dacewa.
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