{"id":349610,"date":"2022-02-26T15:00:22","date_gmt":"2022-02-26T10:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=349610"},"modified":"2022-02-26T15:00:22","modified_gmt":"2022-02-26T10:00:22","slug":"abdullah-siddiqui-breaks-down-how-he-made-psl-song-agay-dekh-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/abdullah-siddiqui-breaks-down-how-he-made-psl-song-agay-dekh-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Abdullah Siddiqui Breaks Down How He Made PSL Song &#8216;Agay Dekh&#8217; [Video]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After making waves with his Zalmi anthem for Pakistan Super League 2021, <strong><em>Kingdom<\/em><\/strong>, Abdullah Siddiqui is now dissecting music to explain the process behind creating the PSL anthem &#8216;<strong><em>Agay Dekh<\/em><\/strong>&#8216;.<\/p>\n<p>The electronic music producer broke down the PSL anthem &#8216;<strong><em>Agay Dekh<\/em><\/strong>&#8216; for Spotify, giving us a look into his musical process. After all he was the composer for the track sung by Atif Aslam and Aima Baig.<\/p>\n<p>In his feature for Spotify, &#8216;<em>How To Sound Like Me<\/em>&#8216;, the electropop singer<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;When I knew I was going to be doing this anthem, I knew that the first thing I wanted to make sure [of was] it had a dance beat because these anthems normally don&#8217;t have dance beats and I love a good club beat. It has more of a dance hall pattern.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\t<blockquote  \r\n\t\tclass=\"instagram-media\" \r\n\t\tdata-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/CaUjyFzDtPL\/\" \r\n\t\tdata-instgrm-version=\"14\" \r\n\t\tstyle=\"max-width:540px; min-width:300px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\r\n\t<\/blockquote>\r\n\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\r\n\r\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"p-alsoread\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"heading\">ALSO READ<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div><a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/psl-2022-atif-aslams-agay-dekh-takes-over-social-media-fans-say-bring-ali-zafar-back\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PSL 2022: Atif Aslam&#8217;s &#8216;Agay Dekh&#8217; Takes Over Social Media, Fans Say &#8216;Bring Ali Zafar Back!&#8217;<\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\n<p>He explained how he found a trumpet loop that sounded &#8216;instantly super catchy&#8217; so he added that to the mix. Then he wanted &#8216;a lot of crowd sounds&#8217; so he added that to the mix. Then there were &#8216;big cinematic drums&#8217;, another key foundation of the track.<\/p>\n<p>As for the vocals, according to Siddiqui;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Vocals that are very tightly treated, like very crisp pop vocals, &#8230; There are some synths happening and I kept building and building just to add more intensity because I felt like this song needed to be super intense and upbeat.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\t\t<div class=\"p-alsoread\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"heading\">ALSO READ<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div><a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/this-teenagers-dance-music-is-making-waves-across-pakistan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This Teenager&#8217;s Dance Music is Making Waves Across Pakistan<\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\n<p>The electronic music producer first gained national fame with his single Resistance. Which was later recorded in a Nescaf\u00e9 Basement session with Xulfi.<\/p>\n<p>Later his super hit Peshawar Zalmi anthem for PSL6 &#8216;<strong><em>Kingdom<\/em><\/strong>&#8216; even sidelined the main PSL6 anthem.<\/p>\n<p>The singer-songwriter has three albums under his belt, Heterotopia, Metannoya, and Dead Beat poets. Additionally, he was featured on United States (US) Congresswoman Ilhan Omar&#8217;s Spotify playlist called &#8216;Muslim Vibes&#8217;, along with Shamoon Ismail.<\/p>\n<p>He has also been featured on Forbes 30 under 30 Asia list.<\/p>\n<p>Abdullah Siddiqui is currently an associate producer for the latest season of Coke Studio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After making waves with his Zalmi anthem for Pakistan Super League 2021, Kingdom, Abdullah Siddiqui is now dissecting music to explain the process behind creating the PSL anthem &#8216;Agay Dekh&#8216;. The electronic music producer broke down the PSL anthem &#8216;Agay Dekh&#8216; for Spotify, giving us a look into his musical process. 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