#SHOWBIZ: Hazama to wait 10 years before staging solo concert
KUALA LUMPUR: Singer Hazama Azmi isn't rushing to hold a concert.
Instead, he'd rather focus on producing more songs across various genres to build up his repertoire before considering a solo show.
The 40-year-old artiste believes that more senior artistes like Misha Omar, Dayang Nurfaizah, or the band Spider are better qualified to stage solo concerts before he could even dream of doing so himself.
"Of course, singers and bands such as Datuk Awie, Wings, Search, Datuk Seri Siti Nurhaliza, and Datuk M Nasir are on a completely different level, especially with their huge song catalogues," he said.
"As for me, now is the time to gather my own songs so that when I do eventually hold a concert, I won't have to sing other people's material."
Hazama also believes that people attend concerts for nostalgia, to hear songs they listened to when they were younger.
"That's why KRU's recent concert was such a hit. People who grew up listening to them in the 1990s came to relive those memories with KRU," he explained.
"We can listen to the same song on Spotify, but the nostalgia only truly comes alive at a concert. So, I'll wait another 10 years before I hold my own."
Hazama shared these thoughts with reporters at a recent press conference held in Kuala Lumpur to promote his latest single, 'Aku Bukan Narsisis'.
The song was composed and produced by Farouk Roman, with lyrics penned by Hazama and Zel Hadauan.
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