{"id":83518,"date":"2024-08-12T21:10:54","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T21:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/taara-diamonds-fawad-khan-releases-new-track-with-us-media-outlet-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2024-08-12T21:10:54","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T21:10:54","slug":"taara-diamonds-fawad-khan-releases-new-track-with-us-media-outlet-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/taara-diamonds-fawad-khan-releases-new-track-with-us-media-outlet-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Taara\/Diamonds\u2019: Fawad Khan releases new track with US media outlet | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"flex items-center text-center\"><figcaption class=\"text-3 font-sans uppercase mr-3 whitespace-no-wrap\"><span class=\"ls-art\">Listen\u00a0to\u00a0article<\/span><\/figcaption><audio class=\"h-5 w-60 sm:w-80 rounded-none\" preload=\"metadata\" controlslist=\"noplaybackrate nodownload\" id=\"tts\" controls=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i.tribune.com.pk\/attachments\/speech_20240812175036892-ytN5G.mp3\"\/><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Pakistani singer and actor Fawad Khan is featured in the latest electronic pop track, \u201cTaara\/Diamonds,\u201d a collaborative project by Seattle-based production house MTG.<\/p>\n<p>The highly anticipated music video, released on Saturday, August 10, 2024, showcases a hybrid remix of Ali Azmat\u2019s popular track \u201cTaara Jala\u201d and global pop sensation Rihanna\u2019s 2012 hit \u201cDiamonds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The song combines a catchy tune with a tribute to numerous living and deceased artists, singers, painters, and other individuals who have strived to bring about positive change.<\/p>\n<p>The music video features Fawad Khan along with other notable figures, including prominent Pakistani faces. It also highlights the achievements of Nora Al-Matrooshi, the first Arab woman from the United Arab Emirates to graduate from NASA\u2019s astronaut programme, and the makers of the acclaimed film <em>Joyland<\/em>, who won a prestigious award at the Cannes Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p>MTG premiered the song on July 27, and the music video, directed by MTG&#8217;s founder Maheen Mustafa, is now available on all streaming platforms.<\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zIMJ0xG_Kbc\">\n<p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe title=\"Taara\/Diamonds ft Fawad Khan Maria Unera Bilal Ali\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zIMJ0xG_Kbc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In an MTG press release, Fawad Khan expressed his admiration for the artists involved: &#8220;The incredible icons featured in the new MTG music video are formidable talents. Their achievements inspire and uplift people around the world, including myself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Maria Unera, one of the featured artists, shared her excitement about the project, emphasising its unique nature and her enthusiasm for the collaboration. &#8220;The initiative really stood out for me and made me more keen to work with everyone involved in this project,&#8221; she stated. &#8220;Can&#8217;t wait for everyone to check out what we worked on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bilal Ali echoed similar sentiments, describing the collaboration as &#8220;brilliant&#8221; and expressing his hope that listeners will appreciate their effort. &#8220;We hope we did them justice and that people appreciate our humble attempt,&#8221; Bilal remarked.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen\u00a0to\u00a0article Pakistani singer and actor Fawad Khan is featured in the latest electronic pop track, \u201cTaara\/Diamonds,\u201d a collaborative project by Seattle-based production house MTG. The highly anticipated music video, released on Saturday, August 10, 2024, showcases a hybrid remix of Ali Azmat\u2019s popular track \u201cTaara Jala\u201d and global pop sensation Rihanna\u2019s 2012 hit \u201cDiamonds.\u201d The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":83519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.tribune.com.pk\/media\/images\/Fawad-Khan-Taara-Diamonds-21723484743-0\/Fawad-Khan-Taara-Diamonds-21723484743-0.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}