The second episode of Coke Studio 7 is out and the very first song released online is going to bring back a lot of old memories!
The song is none other than ‘Chehra’ by Zohaib Hassan; before I go any further, listen to the song below:
“Chehra” marks the return of one of Pakistan’s most storied and beloved pop icons, Zoheb Hassan.
This performance revives a classic track from the 1984 album Young Tarang, the release of which had initially established Zoheb and his celebrated sister the late Nazia Hassan as the biggest pop stars in South Asia.
The song itself is an ode to both the act of love as well as the beloved themselves. The soulful sincerity of the composition is brought to a soaring crescendo when Aamir Zaki unleashes a blues-laden solo on his electric guitar. Few Pakistanis are as synonymous with the guitar as Aamir Zaki, and his performance here adds both depth and vitality to the song.
The song concludes how it began, led out by the stately mourning of the violins.
