Laal Series & Natasha Baig hosted a celebration of Natasha Baig’s debut album “Zariya” at Pakistan American Cultural Centre, Karachi on 28th January 2020. Magnitude of this launch event was no less than grand. As per schedule of events, we were greeted at the red carpet by the media partners and their photographers and they made sure of our presence at the event with their clicks.
After the photo session we mingled into crowd which consisted of musician, music-lovers, music- promoters, socialites, celebrities who had come in large numbers to attend this album launch.
After this excellent networking and mingling there was an album listening session where we all enjoyed recorded version of Natasha’s songs after which went towards the stage, where Natasha Baig was getting ready for live performance, but going live she explained in details of all the struggle that she had to go through. Dino was asking questions and Natasha was replying with some nervousness initially but with the passage of time she gained her confidence.
Natasha Baig said; “making my debut album was no less than an adventure. It would be injustice if I didn’t pay homage to those responsible for making it happen”.
Natasha Baig remembered each and every person who made this album launch possible and she said; “first of all I would like to thank Allah for the everything that he has blessed me with and after that I would like to thank my lovely mother for believing in me and for being my constant support at every stage. I would like to thank my manager Hassan Ali Effendi for helping me and guiding me in my journey to become what I am today. To Sameer baig, Sinnan Fazwani and Aly Safeer for their greatest efforts. To Ahsan Bari and his team for their contributions. To Jaffer Zaidi for his consultation and guidance. To Moaz & Shafqat the team of ‘MediaBox’ for dedicating their blood and sweat in making this album. To my supporters and friends who have supported me through thick and thin and lastly to Mr. Uzair Mughal and Mr. Usman Qadir for being my constant support and for believing in my abilities”.
On concluding note Natasha Baig said; “my debut album ‘Zariya’ is a product made with immense love and dedication and I hope that it will transmit positive vibes your way as well”. Best on-stage moment was, when her mother was invited to say few words on this album launch. Her mother also spoke of the struggles that Natasha had to go through.
After her interview, best came the test part of this album launch which was live performance by Natasha Baig. One thing that I had noticed during her live performance was that she matured a lot a singer. Her vocal tone is very crisp to an extent that makes it unique and goes up and down to maximum limits which is a gift very few female vocalist have.
After a very impressive and power-packed performance we were treated to excellent tasting pizza from Pizza Hut, cold beverages from Pepsi, ice-cream from Igloo and dhood patti from a local vendor. This album launch won’t be forgotten for long nor any easily.
About Natasha Baig: Natasha Baig is the only female sufi rock singer who comes all the way from mountainous valley of Hunza. She came to limelight in 2013 through a reality show named “Cornetto Music Icons”, where she was stated to be the power-house because of high vocals by Shahi Hussain, who was the producer of the show. Natasha Baig has also remained a vital part of the contemporary band “Sounds of Kolachi” and later on as a solo artist she joined hands with Mai Dhai in collaboration of a song which became a huge hit “Kesaria”.
About “Zariya”: Natasha Baig is known for high pitched, crispy and husky rough vocal tone. She debuted in Coke Studio (Season 11) with Allama Iqbal’s poetry Shikwa and Jawab-e-Shikwa along-side Fareed Ayaz and Abu Muhammad and it became a massive hit with more than 2 million views in just one day and started trending worldwide for more than one week including Pakistan, India, UAE, Canada etc etc. Since music gave her the way to become what is today and gave her courage to break the monotony of cultural barriers hence she named her debut album as “Zariya” which is self explanatory.
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