After building a distinctive career across Europe and the Middle East, captivating audiences with her emotive performances and powerful voice, rising artist Shana is embracing a new creative chapter. Best known for her spellbinding appearance on The Voice France and her ability to fuse soulful melodies with cinematic storytelling, Shana now returns with her debut Arabic single La B3eed, set for release today.
Poetic, cinematic, and emotionally charged, La B3eed marks a turning point in Shana’s artistic evolution—a song about liberation, identity, and daring to step into the unknown. The single was written and produced by acclaimed Lebanese multidisciplinary artist Zef, whose creative universe spans music, film, and visual arts.
“Before starting, I just want to thank you, YUNG, first for all the love and support that you’ve been giving me since day one. Now, let’s talk about my new song,” Shana begins. “This new song, La B3eed, my first single in Arabic, is such a special project for me. So many people close to my heart have been involved from the start, the writer, producer, and composer Zef, the director Elie Fahed, and everyone else who knows themselves. I truly feel supported and surrounded by love in this project.”
Shana’s connection to Arabic runs deep. “This song is also very special because it is my first single in Arabic. It’s me singing in my mother tongue for the first time, and the lyrics are ones I relate to incredibly. When Zef gave it to me, I truly felt it belonged to me, it felt so natural, scary, but so natural in a very weird way. That means so much. I’ve always said I didn’t think I’d sing in Arabic, and here I am. It feels better, more organic, and like I’m finally sharing a deeper part of myself.”
Minimal yet deeply expressive in production, La B3eed is built on haunting melodies and introspective lyrics that reflect years of searching, refining, and rebuilding. It’s a quiet rebellion for anyone who’s ever struggled with self-doubt or reinvention, a reminder, as Shana puts it, “that vulnerability doesn’t weaken us, it sets us free.”
The accompanying music video, directed by award-winning Lebanese filmmaker Elie Fahed, transforms these emotions into powerful imagery. “Shana’s music video means a lot to me because it captures how dreams can be expressed. She begins as a coffee girl on a film set and imagines where her dreams and aspirations will take her. I wanted the video to be a form of self-expression through her body, choreography, and every element of the production, showing that she is a real dreamer. Every moment in the clip shows running, chasing, moving forward, reflecting how far one is willing to go to pursue their dreams,” Fahed explains.
Through surreal choreography and layered symbolism, the video mirrors Shana’s journey of release and renewal. One striking motif, a fan blowing fiercely against her face, becomes a metaphor for surrender and liberation. The choreography, caught between resistance and rebirth, captures the tension between holding on and letting go.
“I wrote La B3eed as a declaration of artistic independence,” says Zef. “When I gave the song to Shana, she gave it her own truth. Hearing her sing it now, it feels complete.”
For Shana, the release represents more than a linguistic shift, it’s an act of return. “There’s a particular kind of power in going back to your roots with your tools sharpened,” she says. “This song is the meeting point between where I come from and who I’ve become. I hope it touches people’s hearts the way it touched mine.”
With its poetic lyricism, cinematic visuals, and emotional honesty, La B3eed isn’t just Shana’s debut in Arabic, it’s her statement of freedom. A first step into something vast, brave, and deeply real.
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