JUST ANNOUNCED DEBUT GIG IN LONDON AT LAFAYETTE ON 8TH MAY 2023
“His rapping — very much in the mold of the Streets, or after-hours Drake, or Barry White intros — is almost comically erotic: intense eye contact, gratuitous detail, oily and damp…overall effect is viscous, heart-palpitating, spent.” – New York Times
“As a child of the Palestinian diaspora, [Saint Levant]’s music has chameleonic powers, meaning something different to everyone. And while his artistry may draw you in, he’s not necessarily doing it for you. His vulnerable lyrics also attempt to normalize taboo discussions around sex and mental health in the Middle East and North Africa” – Rolling Stone
“Saint Levant’s brand of subversive and genre-transcending music is dismantling orientalist narratives of the lived experience in the Arab region.”-GQ
22-year-old trilingual singer/rapper, Saint Levant’s releases his debut EP From Gaza, With Love independently on his own label, 2048. LISTEN TO FROM GAZA, WITH LOVE EP HERE. Today he also announces his debut London show at Lafayette on the 8th May 2023 – tickets can be purchased from Friday 10th March HERE.
Featured this week in the New York Times and heralded as “a document of intense sensual yen in the post-Drake mold, casually hopping across genres, from tender R&B to sleazy rock to hopped-up U.K. garage”. It follows the viral success of “Very Few Friends,” a cheeky, lyrical love song in which “lover boy Levant” flows effortlessly in French, Arabic, and English over jazzy guitar and deep percussion. Gen Z’s new heartthrob draws on early-2000s R&B, Arabic trap music, and Franco-Arabic rap as he invites global listeners to embrace Middle Eastern culture. Watch the ‘Very Few Friends’ video HERE.
Born in Jerusalem and currently residing in Los Angeles, Saint Levant (French for “holy rising”) is the son of a French-Algerian mother and a Palestinian-Serbian father. Raised between Gaza and Amman as a child of the Palestinian diaspora, he fuses English, French and Arabic to offer a unique, shape-shifting take on contemporary pop music. With his newfound fame, multilingual ability, and complex worldview, From Gaza, With Love introduces listeners into Saint Levant’s sonic universe: a futuristic yet nostalgic space. Following in the footsteps of few of today’s most successful independent artists (Bad Bunny, Brent Faiyaz) and reflecting the trajectory of the music industry, Saint Levant has also launched his own label, 2048 Recordings.
| FROM GAZA, WITH LOVE EP TRACKLIST: Tell Me I’m DreamingFrom Gaza, With LoveFacetimeNovemberBetween the LinesVery Few FriendsSee You Again |
