
Husa & Zeyada Release Indie Electronica Single ‘Got It Bad'
May 30, 2025
Egyptian electronic duo Husa & Zeyada has recently released a new single, 'Got It Bad', a stirring indie electronica cut that peels back the layers of emotional struggle.
The track, released under their newly-launched label Soundscool along with a remix by Argentinian maestros Hernan Cattaneo and Mercurio, might be the duo's most vulnerable offering to date. Zeyada's raw lyrics and ghostly vocals ebb and flow between her partner's sparse, stripped-down instrumentations in a delicate balance of tension and release, one that captures the complexity of letting go without ever tipping into melodrama.
Hernan Cattaneo and Mercurio's remix of 'Got It Bad' flips the track's minimalist production into dreamy progressive textures with slow-burning melodic builds that are spacious and trippy.

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