Nadia Tehran

Last updated

Nadia Tehran
Born (1990-04-28) April 28, 1990 (age 34)
Jönköping, Sweden
Genres
Occupations
  • Rapper
  • singer
Years active2016–present
Labels YEAR0001

Nadia Tehran (Nadia Kardar Tehran) (born 28 April 1990) is a Swedish rapper and singer of Iranian descent. Known for her aggressive, experimental and often political songwriting, she has received international acclaim for her recorded works and live performances. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Artistry

Tehran's music draws from a number of different sources, including hip hop, punk, experimental electronic, and traditional Persian music. This melange of influences is also visible in her stage show and artwork, where traditional Persian themes, dress, and artistic techniques are combined with modern and transgressive ones. [3] [5]

Personal life

As a teenager Tehran played in several punk bands to rebel against the conservative social climate of her home town. [6] [7] [8]

While filming the music video for her song "Refugee" with her father in Iran, Tehran was arrested and searched by the police. She has not returned to Iran since. [9]

Discography

Albums

All tracks are written by Nadia Tehran

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Dozakh"DJ Haydn, Nadia Tehran3:39
2."Down"DJ Haydn, Nadia Tehran3:52
3."Something New, Nadia Tehran"DJ Haydn, Nadia Tehran3:01
4."Alcoholic Waves"DJ Haydn, Nadia Tehran3:22
5."Sail On"DJ Haydn, Nadia Tehran1:26
6."Come & Go"DJ Haydn, Nadia Tehran3:37
7."High"DJ Haydn, Nadia Tehran4:00
8."Jet" Misogi, Woesum, Suicideyear2:41
9."Tell Nobody" Sega Bodega 3:40
10."AFA Poem"DJ Haydn, Nadia Tehran1:14
11."Nazi Killer"DJ Haydn, Nadia Tehran2:56
12."What About Me"DJ Haydn, Nadia Tehran4:08
13."Oops"DJ Haydn, Nadia Tehran3:08
14."Dreamers"DJ Haydn, Nadia Tehran3:31
15."In Tune with the Moon"DJ Haydn, Nadia Tehran4:02
Total length:48:00

Extended plays

All tracks are written by Nadia Tehran

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Refugee"Nadia Tehran, Duvchi3:05
2."Cash Flow"Nadia Tehran, Frans Novotny, Martin Forslund & Gud 3:48
3."Rather This"Nadia Tehran, Tim Söderström & Gud 3:18
4."I See You"Nadia Tehran, Johen Tilli & Gud 3:01
5."Superstars"Nadia Tehran & Patrick Alvarsson3:59
Total length:17:00

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tehran</span> Capital and largest city in Iran

Tehran is the capital and largest city of Iran. In addition to serving as the capital of Tehran province, the city is the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District. With a population of around 9.4 million in the city, and 16.8 million in the metropolitan area, Tehran is the most populous city in Iran and Western Asia, the second-largest metropolitan area in the Middle East after Cairo, and the 24th most populous metropolitan area in the world. Greater Tehran includes several municipalities, including Andisheh, Eslamshahr, Pakdasht, Qods, and Shahriar.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Googoosh</span> Iranian singer and actress (born 1950)

Faegheh Atashin, known professionally as Googoosh, is an Iranian singer and former actress. One of the most popular and prolific entertainers in Iran, her career has spanned over six decades. Googoosh has enjoyed significant popularity since the beginning of her career, ultimately becoming a cultural icon inside Iran and abroad.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hayedeh</span> Iranian singer

Ma'soumeh Dadehbala, known professionally as Hayedeh, was an Iranian singer with a contralto vocal range. Known for her wide range of voice, her career spanned over two decades, and she has been widely described as one of the most popular and influential musicians of Iran.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nadia Bjorlin</span> American actress, singer, and model

Nadia Alexandra Bjorlin is an American actress, singer, and model.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kayhan Kalhor</span> Iranian Kurdish musician (born 1964)

Kayhan Kalhor is an Iranian kamancheh and setar player, and a vocal composer. He has received three Grammy Award for Best Traditional World Music Album nominations. Kalhor also has earned two nominations and won one Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album as a member of the Silk Road Ensemble.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Laleh (singer)</span> Swedish singer (born 1982)

Laleh Pourkarim, known mononymously as Laleh, is a Swedish singer-songwriter, record producer, guitarist, pianist, and record company manager. Following a short acting career, she entered the music industry in 2005 with her self-titled debut album, which peaked at number one in Sweden and went on to become that country's highest selling album of the year.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Homayoun Shajarian</span> Iranian singer and musician

Homayoun Shajarian is an Iranian singer. Homayoun is the son of Iranian singer Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, He learned singing from his father and started his musical career in the 1990s.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tahmineh Milani</span> Iranian film director and producer

Tahmineh Milāni is an Iranian feminist activist, and film director and producer.

Iranian hip hop, also known as Persian hip hop, refers to hip hop music in the Persian language developed in Iran and the Iranian diaspora. It originated from American hip hop culture, but has developed into a distinct rap style that draws on Iranian cultural concepts and engages with the modern issues Iranians are facing today.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nadia Ali (singer)</span> American singer-songwriter (born 1980)

Nadia Ali is a Pakistani-American singer and songwriter. Ali gained prominence in 2001 as the frontwoman and songwriter of the group iiO after their debut single "Rapture" gained significant success in Europe, most notably the United Kingdom, where the song peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart in November 2001. Their 2006 single, "Is It Love?", reached the top of the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Zar Amir Ebrahimi</span> Iranian-French actress (born 1981)

Zahra Amir Ebrahimi, known professionally as Zar Amir Ebrahimi, is an Iranian-French actress, producer and director. She rose to international prominence for her performance as journalist Arezoo Rahimi in the crime thriller Holy Spider (2022), for which she won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress and Robert Award for Best Actress.

Leila Bela is an Iranian-born American avant-garde musician, writer, photographer, actress, multi-instrumentalist, playwright, and recording artist from Austin, Texas.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hichkas</span> Iranian rapper, singer, and songwriter (born 1985)

Soroush Lashkari, known professionally as Hichkas, is an Iranian rapper, singer, and songwriter. Credited with popularizing Persian hip hop to the Iranian people and other Persian-speaking countries such as Afghanistan and Tajikistan, Hichkas's national success and acclaimed works are widely regarded as having broken the barriers that were in place by the Islamic regime for the acceptance of rappers in popular music. Hichkas is considered one of the pioneers of Iranian hip hop and is nicknamed "Father of Persian Rap" by his fans. He became a representation of the Iranian underclass and reflected the angst of the young Iranians. He has been influential for many artists of various genres and is often cited as one of the greatest rappers of Iranian hip hop.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Charli XCX</span> English singer and songwriter (born 1992)

Charlotte Emma Aitchison, known professionally as Charli XCX, is an English singer and songwriter. Born in Cambridge and raised in Start Hill, Essex, she began posting songs on Myspace in 2008, which led to her discovery by a promoter who invited her to perform at warehouse raves. In 2010, she signed a recording contract with Asylum Records, releasing a series of singles and mixtapes throughout 2011 and 2012.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian</span> Iranian artist (1922–2019)

Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian was an Iranian artist and a collector of traditional folk art. She is noted for having been one of the most prominent Iranian artists of the contemporary period, and she was the first artist to achieve an artistic practice that weds the geometric patterns and cut-glass mosaic techniques (Āina-kāri) of her Iranian heritage with the rhythms of modern Western geometric abstraction.

Shiva Ahmadi is an Iranian-born American artist, known for her paintings, videos, and installations. Her work has been exhibited at galleries and museums in North America and the Middle East.

Mostafa Heravi is an Iranian filmmaker, photographer and visual artist, currently residing in the Netherlands.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jamileh (dancer)</span> Iranian actress, cabaret performer, and dancer

Fatemeh Sadeghi, better known by her stage name Jamileh, is an Iranian actress, cabaret performer, and dancer. She is responsible for popularizing a version of the belly dance in Iran, and was reportedly the highest-paid cabaret actor of Iranian origin in 1974. She has also performed acting and dancing roles in many Iranian films of the 1960s and 1970s.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Khatereh Parvaneh</span> Classical Iranian singer

Khatereh Parvaneh was an Iranian singer who specialized in traditional classical music.

Atoosa Pour Hosseini is an Iranian-Irish artist-filmmaker based in Dublin, Ireland. Her work draws inspiration from the historical avant-garde cinema and delves into the concepts of illusion, reality, and perception, utilising the mediums of film, installation, and performance.

References

  1. 1 2 "Recension: Nadia Tehran "Dozakh: All Lover's Hell", Dagens Nyheter , 3 June 2019. Retrieved on 20 November 2019.
  2. "'Rootless and Ruthless': Nadia Tehran evokes life in the diaspora", NPR , 5 July 2019. Retrieved on 20 November 2019.
  3. 1 2 Hahn, Rachel "This Artist’s Confrontational Style Draws On Both Her Persian Heritage and Her Local Swedish Punk Scene", Vogue , 15 August 2019. Retrieved on 20 November 2019.
  4. Zwingel, Julian "FünfMalZwei: Interview mit Nadia Tehran", Blog Rebellen, 23 May 2017. Retrieved on 20 November 2019.
  5. Elfaki, Jameela "Nadia Tehran: A life time in the making", Azeema Mag, 16 May 2019. Retrieved on 20 November 2019.
  6. Stott, Harry. "On the Rise: Nadia Tehran", Line of Best Fit , 23 May 2019. Retrieved on 20 November 2019.
  7. Pollard, Alexandra. "Nadia Tehran Is The Swedish-Iranian Artist Demanding A Voice For Outsiders Everywhere", The Fader , 18 May 2017. Retrieved on 20 November 2019.
  8. Dunn, Frankie. "nadia tehran is the swedish-iranian musician calling for a world without borders", i-D , 10 February 2017. Retrieved on 20 November 2019.
  9. Nuta, Sara. "Nadia Tehran Finds Harmony in the Void", Paper Magazine , 16 May 2019. Retrieved on 20 November 2019.
  10. Garland, Emma. "Nadia Tehran Gives the Middle Finger to Fear in Her Stunning Video for "Refugee"", Noisey , 9 June 2016. Retrieved on 20 November 2019.