Ya Nass

Ya Nass is the debut solo album by the Lebanese singer Yasmine Hamdan, previously a member of the band Soap Kills and one half of the duo Y.A.S.

[1] Hamdan has described the album as being influenced by the Arab Spring uprisings of 2010, "Ya Nass is a like an invitation, a call to a single person or a crowd ...

[3] It also includes the song "Hal", which Hamdan performs in the vampire film Only Lovers Left Alive (2013), directed by Jim Jarmusch.

The Guardian wrote, "She has a sultry, seductive voice and gift for melody that is reminiscent of Souad Massi, and her best songs rely on acoustic guitar rather than the swirling synths.

"[4] NPR's reviewer described Hamdan as "one of the most free-thinking and inventive artists singing in Arabic today," and said of the album that it "is full of ... subtle references to the past, but you don't need to understand them to appreciate the songs.