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Speaker 1 (00:01):
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Speaker 2 (00:34):
Hi, guys, welcome to Creators to Creators. Today, today we
have a special guest.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Hey, guys, it's me Rara.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Welcome, Welcome to the show. I'm very excited to talk
to you about you know this, this new amazing song
by the way, and just your journey. I love going
back to beginning. I always say, at the beginning, charge
our trajectory in life, you know, our little habits we
pick up along the way. Followers, Yeah, for sure, adulthood.
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Tell me a little bit about your childhood. What was
what was that like? And was music always I don't
know a part of the journey.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
Oh for sure. You know I didn't choose me music,
It chose me. It started as a way to cope
to express my emotions I couldn't verbalize. I was surrounded
all my childhood by different cultures and energies growing up,
and sound became a safe language for me. Over time,
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what began as therapy involved in the craft and then
into purpose what's abound my childhood more. You know, it
was kind of a hobby, but I've always like my
hobbies seriously, so sinning wasn't an exception. At some point,
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I just realized it was what I did that so
I started focusing more on my voice and training. So
you know, I don't have a form of music degree,
but music has always been a huge part of my life.
So now its just started to tell me became a
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job that I truly love.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
I love that. I love that. I think it's I
don't know, there's something more. I think it's better like
hands on, like you get more, you know, versus going
to school first, which I think it says something about
being hands on with I don't know the the artistry
of it all, you know, when it's like self taught.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
Yeah, you know, my mom she always so and inclinations.
My inclinations were sinning. I was always dancing and singing
in front of the TV, so after that, we were
sitting in the restaurant. It's like, I think my last
memory from my childhood was about two years so just
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went up to the stage. We were like a mini band,
and I was singing and dancing with them. So my
mom she understood that there's something and so I me
that wanted to go out.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
I love that. That's beautiful. What you know what what
was the spark or moment that led to writing King
of the Glory Game Because it's a great it's a
great song, great anthem. Like I was just like dancing
when I heard it. What what what inspired this song?
Speaker 3 (03:34):
You know? This idea hit me out of nowork. I
wanted to show my real self while staying true to
my Egyptian ruts. By the way, you know that I
have Egyptian ruts, so have Egyptian and everything just fell
into place and I sing with him. Working was instantly
on the board and we had the track recorded just
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in one week. So that's the power of great work.
And I'm really lucky to be surrounded by people who
trust even my wildest ideas.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Yeah, it does. It's great to have a team that
just you know, is helping to the ideas I'm.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
More ower I should say that Salah is an extraordinary
football player, and that's not a flattery, it's a fact.
And we're sharing Egyptian heritage with him, so it makes
even more meaningful for me. Oh yeah, it's impossible not
to be proud of him. And he's an inspirations milions
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who foves up with hard work and determination, dreams really
come true.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
Yeah, I'm so glad I got. I looked them up
and I was like, wow, Like he's you know, scored
over two hundred goals in the Premier League and you know,
you know, he's done so many.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
No, it's people in Egypt are really are praying for him. Really,
That's why I decided to record a song about him.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
Have you have you met him any chances?
Speaker 3 (05:05):
Not yet? I think one day, one day.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
Nice? Very cool. I love that. So, like you mentioned
this that this song felt like for the people. How
did it cultivate that universal quality both lyrically and musically.
Speaker 3 (05:24):
So when we started working on the song, I realized
for the first time that I really make something for
the people, for the listeners, because before I released the songs,
it was just about the music. So I wanted to
remind everyone, no matter our culture, religions, or beliefs, we
are all connected. The message in my song was about
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finding strength in unitsy. So I want to help people
feel free, connected and like they belong no matter where
they're from. And I hope to give them a chance
to break down orders and feel united.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
I love that. I love that. What was the process
like of making this, like as far as like this,
this this song and being in the studio and were
you in there? Are you like working closely along with
the producers? Are you in there doing like? I mean,
how hands on are you when it comes to like
when it comes to making music?
Speaker 3 (06:24):
Click in my head? We're working all together. But I
think the best thing curing all this process was recording
the choir. It was magical. I don't know, have you
heard it? Yes? Yeah, there's so many voices come together
in this one song, and it felt like overwhelmed, overwhelming
in the best way, like I was being lifted by
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this huge wave of unitsy. And you know, I worked
with my team and we all took it very seriously.
Even though the song might sound like very light and effortless,
but the process definitely wasn't. Everyone gave their absolute all
and I hope you can feel it. And you know,
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when all the songs started to blunt and freeze, it
was out stopping on each other. That's when the song
came to It stopped being just a track and became
something real for me especially.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
I love that. I love that, you know. I when
I was listening, I was like, wow, I just can
hear so many cool like sounds And just were there
any like specific Egyptian musical or cultural references you wanted
listeners outside of Egypt to notice while listening to the song.
Speaker 3 (07:39):
I always wanted people to show my Egyptian roots. So
when we were writing this recording the song, the main
aim was to show people and to give them the
feeling that they are in Egypt too. So that was
the main aim. All these songs are all about Egypt,
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are all about Egyptians people and culture.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
I love that you describe this song as bringing joy
to ENLiGHT from within. How do you cultivate that feeling
in your own life?
Speaker 3 (08:14):
That's a good question, By the way, I'm trying to
live my life in a joyful way.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (08:29):
You know, it's hard, it's hard. It's hard to answer
like this, Like in one minute, needs to think about it,
Just just give me like a couple of seconds. When
I realized my first song last than a year, it
was about painful breakup and what about this song? I
wanted to show people that I'm not just a sad
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person and you know, last song was about heavy emotions
and what about this son about Muhammed sa I wanted
to show people that I own with Egyptians and Egyptians.
It is not about the sad notes. It's about Choi.
It's about love. It's about life.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
Mm hmm love.
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Speaker 2 (09:50):
Beautifully Sin. I love asking this question for you know,
every guest that come on the show, and there is
no wrong answer. The three levels influence, money, power, and respect.
And if you could choose only one of those things,
which one would you choose? And why hmmmmm.
Speaker 3 (10:14):
None of them? Can you believe me? There's no single
answer to that. Mmm. You know. I just want to
make people to listen to my song nothing more. I
want to be useful for the world.
Speaker 2 (10:35):
Hey, that's a that's a good answer too. I love that.
I love that.
Speaker 3 (10:41):
No, I'm not making you know, I'm not. I'm not
making music just just for the world effect. I want
to have kind of impact on people, to give them
the feelings, to give them the emotions. So I think
that's the main aim which I'm following, you know.
Speaker 2 (10:59):
I I the I love the video as well, you
know that you and the outfit and I just felt
like it was just so fun and really great tribute.
And I'm sure he's going to see it and love it.
Speaker 3 (11:12):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (11:14):
Yeah, I thought it was great. That was really fun.
What was were you like like when it comes to
like when the visual like visual, uh, putting the music
and then doing the visuals Because I have a film background,
so I was like, oh, cool, looks really great. I like,
I like the look. Whose idea was I don't know,
were you having did you write any ideas down as
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far as like for visuals as well, or were you
just trusted your team just to do all that And
that's just the music.
Speaker 3 (11:42):
Uh. You know, when we're thinking about the idea where
we're going to make this movie video for this song,
I definitely tell them that it's gone to be in
Cairo because Carl is my home and it's kind of
a home of Hamad Sadah is not from Cairo, but
doesn't matter now. Like the faces, the smell, the movements,
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it was allmine, all familiar. And that wasn't just in
music creator. It was me unfiltered and I felt thankful,
thankful that I get to be myself and share that
with people.
Speaker 2 (12:16):
I love that. No, it was it was great and
thank you for sharing that. Do you do you feel
like music? You know, nowadays we live in a time
where music, and you know, it's everything is online streaming,
you know, versus how music was ingested in the old
days like years ago. You know, you know, it's easy
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to to listen to a song on streaming and you
can connect to somebody from another country, another world, and
you know, uh, do you feel like it is music
is moving into a better direction, like for as far
as like the future and how artists, you know, especially
you know, connects with fans and people, or do you
think that you know, it's pretty saturated. It's kind of
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hard to get your music out there because, like you know, online,
it's like so many people making music, so many songs
coming out every day, it's kind of hard to know.
Speaker 3 (13:12):
There is a lot of a lot of new musicians,
a lot of new singers, a lot of a lot
of people who are making music in a good way,
to be honest, but I think that the same thing
was in the past. The only thing that was now
internet so people couldn't show them like in the whole,
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like in a whole part of their life. But then
I think, yeah, it's now we're moving to a better,
better life to to whide like musician world.
Speaker 2 (13:48):
Yeah, it's it's It's amazing what music can do and
how how it brings people together.
Speaker 3 (13:52):
Prefer it. I think it's essential not to forget about life,
about how how how singers are performing in their real lives,
because of course we can act there was our listeners
by our songs, but what about a conversation. What about uh,
the failings which we wanted to give them, we can
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give them just in a real life like when we're performing.
Speaker 2 (14:19):
Yeah, absolutely absolutely. How do you maintain that sense of
personal truth on a larger project versus a single? Like
you know how they say you know when you're when
you're creating something could be sung, could be like an EP,
or it could be an album. How do you keeping
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it still like entertaining but also showing yourself like that
nice having finding that nice balance, you know?
Speaker 3 (14:51):
I think it depends on my biggest inspiration. It's what
people who causest to me, my family and my friends. Yeah,
and of course my perspective has evolved over time. The
one thing has remained. I believe the world is moved
by love and respect. So this belief guides everything I do,
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no matter where a lot takes.
Speaker 2 (15:13):
Men, love that love that you're you're coming up your
coming EP album is still in the works. What key
emotion or themes are you eager to explore next?
Speaker 3 (15:28):
Yeah? I think I'm going to keep a secret because
right now there is no exact way which we're moving on. Like,
I really three songs and they're different Okay, so the
next will be like it will be another one, it
will have another mood. Yeah, I'm not going to tell you.
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Just just give.
Speaker 2 (15:51):
A secret, okay that I asked that I ask it.
Speaker 3 (15:56):
It will be released at the end of August.
Speaker 2 (15:59):
It's like very nice, nice. That's exciting.
Speaker 3 (16:02):
Are you?
Speaker 2 (16:02):
Are you excited about it? Are nervous?
Speaker 3 (16:04):
The only thing, the only thing I can tell you
that it's it won't be sad. It will be like
a very very summers song.
Speaker 2 (16:13):
I hope, so nice. It's exciting, that's exciting. I love
asking this question to you know, every guest, If you
could perform or collaborate with any artist, living or dead,
who would it be and why?
Speaker 3 (16:32):
Mmm? I think that would be Frank Sinatra.
Speaker 2 (16:36):
Nice.
Speaker 3 (16:36):
I don't know why. It was like the first thought
in my mind. You know, my father loved him so
much and I love him still too, so much. I
was grown up by his song. So if I had
this opportunity, I would like to have it with him
a cover or like just something like a fad. But
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it's impossible. Only with Ae maybe it could be possible.
But anyway, Frank schnan Tree is a great singer.
Speaker 2 (17:07):
That's awesome. Wow.
Speaker 3 (17:08):
Yeah, it's really good. It's really good. Oh yeah, there
are like ninety nine percent of his songs. That sounds impossible,
but that's true.
Speaker 2 (17:22):
Yeah, that's so cool. That's so cool.
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Speaker 2 (18:26):
Do you feel like music the living the artist's life is,
you know, because a lot of people see the best
pictures online, they see, you know, the highlights on Instagram,
they see all the great things, but not the behind
the scenes of how tough this business is. What keeps
you going as far as like you know some you know,
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because I'm sure there's hard days, and I'm sure there's
days where you know, I've been there where I'm not
so motivated. But what keeps you going at the end
of the day.
Speaker 3 (18:59):
Well with some answer, but just I'm just following my dream.
Like when I was a child, I was dreaming about
to be someone who have an impact for people, who
give them good emotions, who will give them the feeling
of a child. For sure, I'm just moving on. You know.
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There's a lot of tough situations in my life. Of course,
it's difficult, it's complicated, it's emotional process. But I hope
some things I may tells me that I will be
all right. Really, I know I know what, I know
what I'm doing. Uh, step by step, I think I
will reach what i.
Speaker 2 (19:44):
Want absolutely absolutely. Uh. What advice would you give to
those that are listening those that young boy, that young
girl that that wants to get into the music world.
What advice would you give them?
Speaker 3 (19:58):
M M maybe it will sounds mmm like very simple
quotes like don't give up, just follow your dreams because
there is nothing truly impossible. You can do everything you want.
Speaker 2 (20:15):
Absolutely. I love that. I love that. Thank you so
much for coming on on the show and sharing with
us your journey. What do you hope people when you
know well, I guess your message for fans and listeners
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for when they when they hear anything you do or
a song, what's the message that the overall message that
you want them to walk away with after listening to
your music.
Speaker 3 (20:47):
Now, it's a question quite simple yet complex. I'm still
on journey of self discovery. I'm still learning what the
aspect of myself truly represents people. But one thing is clear,
Rara as a singer exists so united people. I think
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that's it.
Speaker 2 (21:10):
Beautiful beautiful. Where can people find you on social media
to follow everything you have going on? Like Instagram it's
just your name, just.
Speaker 3 (21:18):
And Instagram it's Arara, hit and TikTok it's the same.
Speaker 2 (21:24):
Okay, okay, nice nice love that I'm not on TikTok
anymore I used to be.
Speaker 3 (21:31):
Yeah, it's took a lot of time. It's like a
lot of time, but it's so essential to follow social media.
When you're like uprising the singer, you need to to
grab that tension of a lot of people. So the
TikTok is one of the way how to dart.
Speaker 2 (21:50):
Absolutely, absolutely, I.
Speaker 3 (21:51):
Wish, I wish, I wish we leave like thirty years
ago when there was no need in all this, But anyway,
now we're living in twenty first century and social media
are really necessary for all performers and all singers, like
for anybody who are like in industry.
Speaker 2 (22:11):
That's very true, it's so true. Thank you again. You
are doing an amazing job, and thank you so much
for sharing your gift with the world and coming on.
I had a great time.
Speaker 3 (22:24):
Thank you so much. A nice day you too, are
you guys? Do everybody your day.
Speaker 2 (22:32):
And thank you all for listening and always remember to live, love, laugh.
We'll see you guys next time.
Speaker 3 (22:39):
Good Bye bye,