Jun 25

Jun 25 "Can't Catch An Emotion" A Ballad on Love, Loss, & Returning to Self

This is the first single from MALAK’s upcoming album, slated to launch this Summer 2020. The single Can't Catch An Emotion is a mesmerizing ballad and meditation on love, detachment and the disorientation that occurs when we lose touch with our emotions.

Photo Credit: Henar Sherif & Adel Essam — *Photo Credit:* *Henar Sherif & Adel Essam*

The Egyptian star who has been likened to Lana Del Ray in vocals and style, with her songs described as being "Mid-tempo slow burners with a pop feel," by Rolling Stone Middle East explores her journey through love in its different forms and all the euphoric revelations that come with embracing it.

Telling her stories through soulful melodies and compositions, Malak sings of the vulnerabilities of being a modern Arab woman. Can’t Catch An Emotion features her honeyed vocals which are almost hypnotizing, drawing you into a tale of loss, love and the quest to return to a sense of vitality.

“I wrote Can't Catch an Emotion at a time when I felt completely disconnected from myself and everything around me. For the longest time I found it difficult to feel things like I used to, and coming from an emotional person, that indifference was very foreign to me. I decided to write about the only emotion I could put into words at the time. I was physically there, but I was somewhere else completely. By writing and working on this song, I slowly started to connect to myself again as an artist and was able to do more than just ‘drag my body through time’.” - MALAK