FAARROW’s newest track features Zac Efron and was produced by Elijah Kelley.
The Canadian pop duo, FAARROW, consisting of two Somali sisters Iman and Siham Hashi just released a 2nd track from their upcoming EP Lost. “Shut Up,” produced by actor and music producer Elijah Kelley and featuring Zac Efron follows the autobiographical track “Lost.”
Born in Mogadishu, Somalia, their mother was a diplomat whose work stationed the family in various countries, including Saudi Arabia and Germany. After the civil war broke out in Somalia in 1991, the family fled their homes to escape the conflict and relocated to Toronto as refugees. It was there that the sisters identified their musical ability but told no one for fear of the cultural taboo in their conservative, “traditional” household. The sisters fused the meaning of their Arabic names Iman (“faith”) and Siham (“arrow”) to create their name – FAARROW.
They signed a deal with Universal Motown, becoming the first female artists of Somali-descent to sign a record deal with a major U.S. label. Iman and Siham would start fresh in Los Angeles with new music that evolved into a drum heavy fusion of world, hip-hop and pop music.
Lost EP will be available this Friday, July 15th.
