Toubouk Ine Chihoussay
"The Flower of Beauty": a dreamy love song that became their first international single and their most played song live.
Etran de L'Aïr, from Agadez (2021)
- Written by
- Moussa "Abindi" Ibra
- Released
- 30 September 2021
- Length
- 4:15
- Album
- Agadez
Abindi's song, whose title means "The Flower of Beauty", is a dreamy ballad built on call-and-response vocals and guitar solos, its lyric addressed to the singer's love, the choice of his heart. It was recorded with the rest of Agadez on the mobile studio in the band's home and released at the start of October 2021 as the lead single, announced as their first studio recording to come out internationally. It sits second on the album, and The Wire chose it for its Below the Radar compilation in April 2022.
Live
It is the song the band play most often, according to setlist.fm. The Fader paired a live performance with the album announcement in November 2021, and the EP Live in Seattle (2023) opens with a stretched-out version of 7:40.
The upload in the hypersongs web is the official video, which Christopher Kirkley edited from the band's own phone footage, set over the studio recording.
On stage
More songs by Etran de L'Aïr
Sources
- Niger's Etran de L'Aïr share new single Toubouk Ine Chihoussay, Le Guess Who? (2021-10-01)
- Toubouk Ine Chihoussay (Official Video), Sahel Sounds (2021-10-01)
- Etran de L'Aïr: Agadez, Pan African Music
- Live in Seattle, Bandcamp
- Etran de L'Aïr song statistics, setlist.fm