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Babé Sila returns with ‘Forever (Bhebbak)’, a soulful meditation on intercultural love
Budapest-born, London-based singer-songwriter Babé Sila is back with a luminous new single, Forever (Bhebbak), now available on all platforms. With this track, she proves her ability to turn deeply personal moments into something universal. Rooted in a timeless Middle Eastern folk melody made famous by Fairuz, Forever (Bhebbak) (which means “I love you” in Lebanese dialect) is both a love letter and a reflection, on intimacy, memory and the quiet hope that love can outlast the moment it’s born in.
The song takes us on a cross-continental journey, musically and emotionally. From its bossa nova rhythms and Spanish guitar to the hypnotic jazz piano and floating flutes, the soundscape carries the weight of shared heritage and fragile longing. Babé Sila explains how the melody’s legacy, heard across Arabic, Persian, Hebrew and Andalusian households, mirrors her own experience of loving across cultures and identities. “As someone with ties to parts of this heritage, in love with someone who shares parts of it too, I felt an instinctive pull towards it… It carries a legacy that has connected communities for generations—just as it connected us, despite our different backgrounds. It’s a shared melody that could act as a reminder how music and culture can build bridges, bringing us back to the common human experiences we all share” she says, and it shows.
Familiar yet foreign, delicate & magnetic, Forever (Bhebbak) feels like a delicious memory you haven’t lived yet. Succeeding to Summer Sings, it continues to introduce us to Babé Sila’s upcoming EP, I Told The Sun About You, dropping June 20. If this single is any indication, the project promises to be an intimate exploration of love in all its emotional complexity.
Quinn Lemley moves through the world like a flame in motion, illuminating every stage she graces. From the sun-kissed shores of Greece to the historic theaters of London, from the dazzling cultural landscapes of China to the intimate rooms where music becomes a secret language, she has carried her unmistakable glamour and fire to audiences across the globe. Each performance has been more than entertainment — it has been a transportive experience, one that lingers long after the final bow.
Now, in the next chapter of her artistic journey, Quinn unveils her most personal and ambitious project yet. Rita Hayworth Revealed is not simply an album but a resurrection of a spirit. With every note, Quinn channels the allure of Hollywood’s eternal goddess, not as imitation but as rebirth — a reflection of Rita’s defiance, sensuality, and heartbreak, fused with Quinn’s own unmistakable voice and vision. It is a meeting of two icons across time, a dialogue between yesterday’s silver screen and today’s global stage.
There is a kind of magic in the way Quinn Lemley moves between past and present, tradition and innovation. Her life on the road has carved her into a citizen of the world, yet no matter where she performs — under the Grecian stars, in the heart of London’s pulse, across the great cities of China — she brings audiences into the same shared dream. With Rita Hayworth Reimagined, she invites listeners to step into that dream once again, to lose themselves in music that glitters with nostalgia yet burns with something fiercely, defiantly new.
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The official website for Quinn Lemley may be found at https://www.quinnlemley.com
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