Asayel Captures the Tension of Self-Acceptance on 'Tbghaha Keef' Video
Helmed by filmmaker Ahmed Lebleb, the video is packed with striking visual metaphors of hands, eyes and smoke that capture the feeling of emotional weight of the track.
Saudi rapper Asayel has released a music video for her latest single, ‘Tbghaha Keef’, a cinematic portrayal by filmmaker Ahmed Lebleb, capturing the artist’s rocky journey to self-acceptance.
Set in an abandoned ancient house, the video features distorted, hazy cuts of Asayel being haunted by anonymous hands, eyes and smoke in every room she goes - representing visual metaphors for the suffocating emotional weight of navigating internal noise.
Towards the end of the video, the visuals alternate between atmospheric shots of Asayel breaking a mirror, standing in front of a sunlit window and others standing outside, surrounded by black-donned figures, signalling her denouement, learning how to sit with the past while simultaneously moving forward without trying to erase it.
Produced by Cymona, ‘Tbghaha Keef’ is a deeply introspective trap meditation on self-acceptance and inner conflicts, imbued with Asayel’s signature clever worldplay and smooth flows that defined her sound since her debut single ‘Asliyah’.
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