Dream Pop Finds Its Soul in Classical Arabic Poetry

“All the beauty in you holds me, my love,” Egyptian artist BOSA, formerly known as Bosaina, sings softly and ethereally in Arabic in her latest dream-pop single, Shat Geded (A New Shore, 2025).

The crashing waves, the vivid bursts of the pink flamingo ride, and the sea-lit glow of the music video are not the only images that conjure the feeling of the seashore. There is another shoreline unfolding beneath it all; one that lives within her mind, visible only through the song’s dreamlike haze and drifting beauty.

Using vintage-style film grain and warm, sun-drenched shots of a…