Mario-Georges, Razeen & MOR.LOV Release ‘Nazel'
Jul 17, 2025
Floating between memory, place and migration, 'Nazel' is a collaborative single that brings together three artists whose lives, sounds and stories span continents. Lebanese-French vocalist Mario-Georges, Sudanese artist Razeen, and Berlin-based producer MOR.LOV come together to create a track that feels both intimate and expansive, drawing sonic lines between Beirut, Khartoum, Jaffa and Yaafour.
With a voice dipped in soul and poetry, Mario leads the track into emotional terrain, his Arabic lyrics calling out across distances and borders that feel both real and imagined. Razeen's verses add depth and resistance, drawing on diasporic duality with his unmistakable delivery. Meanwhile, MOR.LOV lays down a textured production that melds piano, ambient pads, and syncopated percussion, making the song feel like a quiet storm.
Lyrically, Nazel is a letter to all the places and people we still carry. The refrain 'رح نرجع جيران' (We will be neighbours again) resonates like a hopeful invocation for a scattered generation.
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