Wafia reveals new track ’83 Days’ on Future Classic

Wafia

83 Days
(Future Classic)

“Cool, yearning R&B” – The Fader

“This Future Classic signee is flawless” – Run The Trap

“With production characterized by weary low-end rumbles and resonant keys, Ta-ku & Wafia two float above the music, playing off each other’s harmonies.” – NPR

“23-year-old singer songwriter Wafia is undoubtedly one of the most exciting Australian artists to emerge in recent years.” – Howls & Echoes

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‘83 Days’, the first solo release from rising Dutch-Iraqi vocalist and songwriter Wafia, premieres today—listen here[https://soundcloud.com/futureclassic/wafia-83-days]. The new song, produced by Toro (Tory Lanez, Kehlani, Ty Dolla $ign) and co-written with Ben Abraham, is the first track from a new EP set for release on Future Classic this summer.

“This song comes after someone I love wouldn’t stay,” says Wafia. “I developed an obsession with noting down the ways their absence was so loud and present. How intangible they had become. How intangible the memories I was left with are. How I reminisce on only the highest points of the situation that I know were so bad for me. How something that ceased to exist anymore could be felt constantly.”

‘83 Days’ follows last year’s collaborative EP with Future Classic labelmate Ta-ku, (m)edian, and the duo’s subsequent critically acclaimed world tour. Watch them perform for NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert here.

Wafia, born in the Netherlands and now based in Australia, is 23-year-old Wafia Al-Rikabi. She rose to prominence after posting a Thrupence-produced cover of Mario’s “Let Me Love You” online. The release of Wafia’s debut EP XXIX, which featured the viral hit “Heartburn,” followed in 2015.

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Listen to ‘83 Days’ HERE:  https://soundcloud.com/futureclassic/wafia-83-days

‘83 Days’ is available from:

Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/track/7AoX3Wcx179EbBWLqbcEkH

iTunes –https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/83-days-single/id1238398941

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