SEVDALIZA - JOANNA

Joanna Credits:
written by: Sevdaliza
produced by: Sevdaliza & Mucky
concept & creative direction: Marlou Fernanda & Sevdaliza
dop: Christine Vadasi
styling: Imruh Asha
photography: Zahra Reijs
hair: La Toya Velberg

Joanna Lyrics:

evil personified
she preys on the dead
desert woman
veiled in silence
i was so wrong
shame invaded truth
i knew nothing
my eyes failed to ruin
her illuminate reflection

joanna, please stop loving me
i'm too sensitive
joanna, darling lift my spell
I dream in broken images
joanna, with your folded cards
the narcissist woman
joanna, courteous clairvoyant
please stop ruining me woman

evil personified
she preys on the dead
desert woman
veiled in silence
i was so wrong
shame invaded truth
i knew nothing
my eyes failed to ruin
her illuminate reflection

joanna, please stop loving me
i'm too sensitive
joanna, darling lift my spell
i dream in broken images
joanna, with your folded cards
the narcissist woman
joanna, courteous clairvoyant
please stop ruining me woman

#sevdaliza #joanna #human

[Sevdaliza]

Joanna, My Angel, She Is Finally Here.

I Wrote Joanna During One Of The Darkest Periods Of Being, I Am So Very Grateful That This Pain Is Now A Part Of My Past, A New Layer That Has Brought Meaning And A Well Deserved Found Light Into My Life.
Special Gratitude to Mucky For Always Being By My Side During The Musical Process And Marlou Fernanda Who Composed Such A Powerful Visual Artwork. To Mihai, With His Ever Entrancing String Arrangements, I Love You Brother.

[cocoku]

She makes English sound like a whole different language. Love that. Live for that.

[JoaoLomas]

I have a friend who went to live in Spain, named Joanna, and I always told her that she looked like Sevdaliza, and now Sevdaliza has just released a song called Joanna. that is very crazy <3 <3 <3

[tooset]

Narcissism is honestly like a supernatural power...I don’t know how they do it but...it’s scary that people can be so evil. It’s definitely like a spell...you lose all sense of self...and become so captivated by false beauty...giving yourself up completely for them.

[tasfiazahin]

This song is so beautiful. Its dark and sorrowful but its strong in repelling the energy of the darkness. The darkness doesn't stop Sevdaliza, she turned it into her wings. The darkness is behind her, not in front, and she makes wings to reach her dreams no matter how much the darkness tried to bring her down before

[tanyamath]

I love how she incorporates the traditional Arabic vocal runs in her music, it’s heavenly. I’ve always admired that way of singing in the culture💕

note: I don’t know the correct term for that type of singing, excuse my ignorance on it.

[michellealice]

Just a theory, because I like discussing art: I feel like the angel in white represents what is seen as ‘pure’ and ‘harmless’; that’s why we can’t see her black wings clearly at first until she zooms out. She looks proud, like she had nothing to be afraid of - she is perceived innocence. The angel with the black wings is actually the one that is hurt, the one that has the right to cry; but the colour ‘black’ presents her to be ‘harmful’, the one that hurts others with her power. She wants to become the powerful woman that she is, the power that she knows she carries inside of her, but Joanna (the angel in white) is holding her down. I feel like this song is a dialogue between these two women; the broken woman who wants her lover’s attention but then realizes this cry for attention comes from a negative place in herself; the angel in black being the powerful archetype who wants to experience freedom and peace through her strength, but Joanna dragging her down. The angel in white represents the energy of the child that cries when she doesn’t get her way just to get attention, the woman that doesn’t leave her husband just so she can stay in a familiar negative state - these actions are perceived as ‘harmless’ but are actually very harmful. The black angel wants to break free from this, but is scared she might hurt the angel in white; ‘Joanna, please stop loving me, I’m too sensitive’; asking the angel in white to let her be released from this energy that was first perceived as something that was pure, soft and sincere; the angel in black now realises is harmful, and she wants release - to really be the powerful woman that she is. The song represents the painful process of having to face; ‘shame invaded truth’; and heal the energy that Joanna represents in the psyche.

[errante]

sevdaliza es autenticidad, una mujer enigmatica y espiritual, para mi una artista de vanguardia.

[marlonvond]

This song reminds me a lot of myself.
It is like Joanna is Sevdaliza’s cruel alter ego, it is her inner saboteur and her self-enemy.
This song reflects me a lot because I feel like I have my cruel alter ego which is sabotaging myself, I have a Joanna in myself, everybody has a Joanna in itself.
The background music makes all this more dramatic, when she says ‘please stop ruining me, woman’ to me it means that the cause of her being frail is Joanna itself, a woman who lives inside of her, a woman who lives inside of everybody that brings pain and destruction.

[MarokoJin]

I'm just happy to be alive, happy because you're alive and that I'm able to listen (and see) your art in my lifetime!
Thank you... and for that past darkness that I've been through as as well, may all those who are going through it right now stick around because darkness is here only to prepare you for the upcoming light.
Stay all blessed!

[xkaren]

The distance of the music effects and of her voice echoing is just... Ethereal. I love her so much.

[aluta.n]

Words cannot express the joy I feel whenever Sevdaliza releases a new song.

[vera]

I graduated high school last week, and trying to reflect on the past 11 years i realized that the most vivid memories of school that really stuck with me are of the bullying i've faced in middle school for my 'ethnic' complexion, being called a monkey, a gypsy, all kinds of slurs by both the kids and the teachers, for many years. Growing up in this atmosphere of hostility i've only had two women to look up to, remind me of who i am, represent the girls like me and give me hope and strenght - Amy Winehouse and Sevdaliza, whom i discovered on accident at age 14 and have been the biggest fan ever since. Now this chapter of my life is over and i am finally an independent and confident woman i've been always supposed to be, however i wouldn't have half this confidence and love for myself if there wasn't for Sevda, her music and her personality which has been the strongest source of inspiration to go forward and assert myself in whatever i do.. A lot of people just don't realize how important the little stuff can be, especially for young girls, like seeing a girl dance on tv and thinking damn she looks just like me, her nose is just like mine, her skin is just like mine, she's so beautiful.. and that's when it hits you! Thank you Sevda i am forever grateful to be living at the same time as you <3

[JTguitarlessons]

I'm a metal guy, and this song and album kick absolute ass. This song and Shabrang in particular are my favorites. Bought it when it dropped, and still listening.

[MemesAreFriendsNotFood]

The production is marvelous. The fact that she was a part of it really shows that she cares about her craft 💓✨

[_milky___]

Imagine having this intelligence and wisdom, being this beautiful and having a voice like that, I -
This goddess is operating from another world, we did something good to deserve her 😌

[AndresMorenov]

I just don't understand how just a few people see her work. She is pure art

[gystabo]

the song haven’t even started and i already love it

[neferbast]

She's one of those artists who produce wonderful pieces that you know you're gonna love even before watching.

[chevyluana]

Sevdaliza has such a powerful aura. Her darkness, her light, she’s been through it. Her music speaks in so many ways.