Vincent J Drops Levant-Inspired Dream Pop Single ‘Sliver Night’

Vincent J has built a reputation as a promising rising talent in the region with culturally-charged music, often exploring the nuances of his Lebanese identity through an eclectic fusion of rock, pop, and soul. The London-based singer-songwriter further expands on his direction in his latest single, ‘Silver Night’, crafting a Levantine-tinged dream pop tune that captures the charming cheerfulness of his hometown, which remains persistent in spite of the odds.

The track kicks off with a cinematic arrangement that merges storytelling with surreal escapism, yet it builds up into a bubbly, uplifting composition imbued with a soul-dancing feel. Through joyful trilingual lyricism, Vincent mediates on the Lebanese tradition of ‘Aret Dehek’, an inclination to make fun of life’s hardships, taking it with a grain of salt, laughing and dancing through the lows as much as the highs of it all. The track’s production incorporates Middle Eastern instrumentation in the electronic production, and closes with a celebratory chorus that samples vocals from a cohort of Vincent’s friends and family.