MAGIC, SASSINESS AND MULTICULTURAL “GLOBAL BALADI” FROM EP-DEBUTANT DEJAH MAKAR

’HEKA’ is a daring, bold, cheeky, multicultural, and poetic project from the just 23-year-old Dansih-Egyptian artist. A debut-EP, that shows a young woman who knows exactly what she wants who she is, and what she stands for!

She is a rapper and poet, direct and sensual. Both Danish and Egyptian blood runs in her veins. And though she was born and raised in Nørrebro in Copenhagen as a child of globalization, she identifies just as much with a war heroine from Mars.

Dejah Makar is an artist whose boundary-pushing sound, challenging visual expression, and not to mention, an exploratory and visionary lyrical universe are anything but a boring new acquaintance on the Danish music scene.

"'Heka' is the name for magic, divine power, and strength in Egyptian mythology. Heka is also a ritual practice and the name of the god of healing and medicine. Magic was an essential part of my ancestors understanding of the world. Heka is what ties everything together. My EP is made with heka," the 23-year-old songwriter explains, who debuted with the seductive anthem, 'Bratty', which, in all its cheekiness, sends a cadeau to the woman who takes power and destiny into her own hands.

'Bratty' was joined by three new songs on the EP, which is a sonic introduction to an artist who, through her upbringing, has cultivated her fascination for poetry on an equal level with belly dancing and all kinds of different cultures and visual expressions. She brings it all into her lyrics, which borrow and play with languages ​​from around the world, and in her sound, which has a flair of modern rap and dancehall, edgy R&B, and styles such as Brazilian funk carioca and reggaeton. She herself calls her music "Global Baladi" - a future sound that is not limited by either language or cultural trends, but instead is a multicultural and global sound and experience with a sensibility of her Egyptian roots, which is also her biggest inspiration.

"The opening track, 'Queens Want', is a fierce presentation of me and the very first track I recorded for the EP. The chorus almost came to me like a mantra and was about what real queens want - in my case it is soul. I have a lot of metaphorical images in my head when I write, and when I wrote 'Queens Want' it was like writing my own prophecy with references to Greek mythology and Foxy Brown," Dejah Makar says about the hard-hitting track.

There is no doubt that Dejah Makar is a 23-year-old young woman who knows what she wants and what she stands for. Thus, the video for 'Bratty' (see below) was an interpretation of H.C. Andersen's classic fairy tale about “Klods-Hans”, where the story from the 18th century was interpreted to the feeling of being courted in the 21st century - and all that it entails of "gifts" such as designer bags and dick pics.

“I really like contrasts. The video for 'Bratty', is about what really impresses women and that the key to our hearts has nothing to do with material goods, social status, or good looks. It also draws a parallel to the song 'Tra', which is about my power, my flair, and magic, and about what it does to the opposite sex. It's a song about how I have him under my spell. Effortlessly.”

Behind the stage name is Sarah Maria Mina-Fergo. And just as she places great emphasis on historical and cultural references, as well as the lyrical aspect of her art, her moniker, Dejah Makar, is certainly no coincidence either: "Makar is my Egyptian great-grandfather's first name and my father's middle name and is the natural part of me. Dejah is the supernatural aspect – inspired by a fictional character, war heroine, and princess from Edgar Rice Burroughs' Martian novels. I have always been drawn to the planet Mars and badass women like Dejah Thoris who can rule and lead an empire – wearing a gold bikini.”

From Nørrebro to Egypt. From Earth to Mars. Welcome to Dejah Makar!