Internationally acclaimed Moroccan-Canadian singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Faouzia has announced her new project, CITIZENS due Thursday, May 19. Pre-save is now HERE. On the prequel to her forthcoming debut album, Faouzia explores what it means to be a citizen. Born in Morocco and growing up in Canada, the tri-lingual artist takes a vulnerable approach in exploring how it feels to be “swallowed” up by the power of a big city and living as insignificant as a citizen.
The announcement of the project will include Faouzia’s recent single, “RIP, Love,” alongside a lyric video streaming now HERE. The track – which incorporates elements of Moroccan and Arabic music styles, inspired by the music of Faouzia’s upbringing – has proven an immediate global smash, with over 14.3M worldwide streams spanning such far-flung countries as the US, Indonesia, Malaysia, Canada, Morocco, Germany, Singapore, Egypt, France, the United Kingdom, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, the Philippines, India, and the Netherlands, to name only a few. The track has been prominently featured a stunning range of high profile global playlists, including Spotify’s “Women of Pop,” “Arab X,” “Global X,” and “Pop Rising,” Apple Music’s “Today’s Pop,” “New In Pop,” and “Future Hits,” and Amazon Music’s “Breakthrough Pop,” “Fresh Pop,” and “Girl Squad,” Deezer’s “Pop Top,” Tidal’s “Pop Queens” and “Pop Life,” and many more around the world.
Written by Faouzia and co-written and produced by Jakke Erixsen and Tor Eimon (Lauren Spencer Smith’s “Fingers Crossed”), “RIP, Love” has also drawn ecstatic praise from such top outlets as Rolling Stone, PEOPLE, Billboard, Entertainment Tonight, UPROXX, and more. Faouzia initially teased “RIP, Love” on her hugely popular TikTok – currently boasting over 3M followers – and quickly racked up over 430K individual video creates, 10M engagements and 707M total views. An official companion video is currently in production, featuring local creator Selvi who kicked off the “RIP, Love” TikTok dance trend.
Currently nominated for a prestigious JUNO Award for “Breakthrough Artist Of The Year,” Faouzia kicked off her run of new music with the empowering single, “Puppet,” joined by an electrifying official music video, directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Kyle Cogan (Charlie Puth, Machine Gun Kelly, Madison Beer) and streaming now HERE.
Recently gracing the cover of VULKAN, Faouzia stunned at this year’s New York Fashion Week sitting front row at shows for Christian Cowan, Alice + Olivia, Carolina Herrera, Tory Burch, Markarian, and more. Her incredible looks were featured in VOGUE, Harper’s Bazaar, TMRW, WWD and more.
Named one of Variety’s “Artists to Watch for the 2022 Grammys,” Vogue’s “Style Stars Set to Make 2022 Exciting,” PEOPLE’s “Talented Emerging Artists Making Their Mark on the Musical Landscape,” and Entertainment Weekly’s “Artist to Watch in 2022,” the 21-year-old artist also made an exclusive visit to Genius’s influential Verified series, following earlier appearances including ELLE’s Song Association, Seventeen’s Tik Tok Reacts, Cosmopolitan’s TikTok Reacts and Refinery 29’s Spill It. Faouzia made her television debut in 2019 on The TODAY Show + The Kelly Clarkson Show alongside John Legend for stunning performances of their rising single “Minefields.” Currently boasting over 220M streams, “Minefields” continues to rise, still streaming over 2.5M times per week after over a year after release.
A true global artist, Faouzia has found fans in VOGUE Arabia, GQ Middle East, Gazelle Magazine, and more. Faouzia recently performed “Minefields” with Legend at an exclusive Chanel Event in Dubai. The Canadian-Moroccan artist was also featured in a YouTube Canada campaign “Every Day, Canadians Count on YouTube” and recently nominated for “Breakthrough Artist of the Year” at Canada’s JUNO Awards and “International Breakthrough of the Year” at France’s NRJ Awards.
With over 775M global streams to date, Faouzia has a combined social reach of over 8M followers. Boasting over 1.8M YouTube subscribers, 1.9M Instagram followers and more than 3.1M Tik Tok followers, Faouzia has cemented herself as a surefire artist to watch. With collaborations with John Legend, Kelly Clarkson, David Guetta, and more, the landmark star has been praised in global publications spanning VOGUE, Harper’s Bazaar, PEOPLE, ELLE, Rolling Stone, Genius, Seventeen, Billboard, and UPROXX, to name but a few. Currently hard at work on her eagerly awaited debut album, Faouzia remains focused on turning her unbridled self-expression into a powerful outlet for her audience.
“My favorite thing is hearing that one of my songs helped someone feel motivated or empowered, or even helped them to have a good cry – which sometimes is all you need,” Faouzia says. “I really believe that immersing yourself in music can help you through the tough times in life, and I always hope that my songs can do that for everyone.”
FAOUZIA – CITIZENS Tracklist
RIP, Love
Thick and Thin
Anybody Else
SoLie
I Know
Don’t Tell Me I’m Pretty
Minefields
Puppet
