Adonis Explore Resilience in New Indie-Pop Album ‘Wedyan'
Apr 16, 2025
Twelve years into reshaping the Levantine music scene, Adonis return with their most expansive project to date. 'Wedyan' (Valleys), their seventh studio album released on April 10th, sees the Lebanese band move beyond their signature indie-rock comfort zone into lush new terrain—baroque pop, alternative R&B, and nods to nostalgic Arabic pop all collide in this concept album rooted in resilience and uncertainty.
Produced between Amman and Beirut by Amr Shomali, with contributions from Taym and Robert Al Assaad, Wedyan is a genre-fluid, emotionally rich record. Tracks like 'Kel Ma Tsame'ni' and 'Khod Sa'at' channel the golden age of early-2000s Lebanese pop, while the swelling chorus in 'Nadini' plays like a ballad, full of devotion and urgency. The album's two interludes, one for a newborn nephew, the other for a late grandmother, add an intimate, narrative depth.
If 2022's 'Hadis El Layl' romanticized love, 'Wedyan' reflects on its limitations. It's about cutting ties, embracing truth, and finding strength in solitude. 'No broken person can ever break me,' Anthony Adonis sings on 'Yekserni'—a defiant line that sets the tone for the album's emotional clarity.
Just days before the album dropped, the band released 'Ma'rafha', a music video directed by Eli Salameh. Set in a dark security control room, it visualizes the futile attempt to erase someone's memories—a poetic metaphor for the album's central conflict.
Adonis will support the album with a global tour, kicking off in Abu Dhabi, Cairo, and Riyadh before heading to Canada and Beirut.
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