Farhad Humayun (Urdu: فرہاد ہمایوں; 5 October 1978 – 8 June 2021) was a Pakistani singer, drummer, record producer and video artist.
Farhad[5] started his career as underground musician and formed two bands Co-Ven and Mindriot as a drummer.
He worked with artists such as Atif Aslam, Symt,[6] Maha Ali Kazmi[7] and Meesha Shafi.
[8][9][10] His mother Navid Shahzad is a TV, theatre and film actress, scholar, and academic.
[13][14][15] Farhad grew up in the Gulberg area of Lahore[16] and studied at Aitchison College until secondary school.
[18][17] Humayun started playing drums at age 14 and was a regular in the underground movement in Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad in the early 1990s.
[10] He started as the drummer in the alternative rock band Co-Ven playing some originals but mostly covers by Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Nirvana, as was the norm at the time when satellite television was catching on in Pakistan.
[33][34] He also released English singles including Give In[35] produced by Richard Hilton, keyboardist of the band Chic.
[35] Farhad started his solo career in 2018 and released a number of singles including Murr Ke Dekho[36] and Kambakht[37] with Faiza Mujahid.