Music platform Humnava has unveiled its sixth release, a qawwali titled 'Lost in Love', a confession from those who dared to carry hearts, and lost them.
Sung in the ancient tradition of collective surrender, the qawwali speaks to a friend, a beloved, a divine presence, or perhaps all three at once. In its world, the line between devotion and longing dissolves, as it always does in true ishq. It becomes an admission of being undone by love, and still choosing it again.
Set against the landscape of Hunza, the song brings together the depth of traditional qawwali expression with the warmth of contemporary arrangement, creating a soundscape that feels intimate, expansive, and deeply human.
Curated by Xulfi and Sherry Khattak, 'Lost in Love' features vocals by Zain Ali and Zohaib Ali of Zain Zohaib, along with Shahid Hussain, Rehan Ali of Damsaaz, and backing vocals by Meherban Aleem, Faizan Ali, Basit Khan, and Nawaz Ali Khan Rozdar. The song also features Humnava vocalists Ehsan Ali, Ruzzam Ali, Sameer Ali, Abdul Waheed, Muhabat Ali, Sharafat Ali, Raheel Anwar, and Mudassar Ali.
The qawwali arrangement brings together a rich ensemble of musicians, including Jbinternational on bass, Jojo on drums, Elijah Solo on electric guitars, Melvin Arthur on acoustic guitars, Ali Habib and Abdul Wajid on rubab, and Adnan Karim on dholak and percussions. It ahs been written by Zain Zohaib, Imran Hunzai, and Xulfi, composed by Zain Zohaib and Xulfi, arranged by Xulfi and Sherry Khattak, and produced and mixed by Xulfi.
Speaking about the release, Co-Founder and Creative Director Xulfi said: “'Lost in Love' is one of those songs where love refuses to stay in one form. It can be for a friend, for a beloved, for the divine, or for something within us that we are still trying to understand. That is the beauty of true ishq. It does not always introduce itself clearly. Sometimes it only arrives as a feeling, and by the time you recognise it, you have already been changed by it.
For me, this qawwali carries the spirit of collective surrender. It is not one voice speaking alone. It is many hearts admitting the same truth together, that we loved, we were undone by it, and we would still choose it again. There is pain in that, but there is also so much grace.”
The accompanying music video has been directed by Aamir Mughal, with Ghous Hussain and Shahzaib Qureshi as associate directors. The visual world of 'Lost in Love' extends the emotional language of the song, placing love, memory, devotion, and musical communion within a setting that feels both grounded in place and universal in feeling.
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