Elle<\/em><\/a>, the ten-time Grammy-winning artist spoke about her long-standing connection to Arabic music.<\/p>\n\u201cI have always been really inspired by Arabic singers \u2014 my dad and I have bonded over our love for Arabic music. Like, I freaking love Nancy Ajram. She\u2019s one of my favorite singers,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Ajram, a leading figure in Arabic pop known for songs such as \u201cAkhasmak Ah,\u201d \u201cFi Hagat,\u201d and \u201cBadna Nwallea El Jaw,\u201d responded on X following the interview. \u201cHer talent and authenticity inspire so many around the world including me.\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n
Eilish has previously highlighted Ajram\u2019s work. In a 2020 episode of her radio programme \u201cMe & Dad,\u201d she said, \u201cI\u2019m going to cheer myself up by playing a very special song to me that\u2019s in Arabic. This is Nancy Ajram whom I love. I love this song and I love another song she made called \u2018Inta Eyh.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Ajram rose to prominence in the early 2000s after beginning her career as a teenager in the 1990s, helping define modern Arabic pop through multiple successful releases.<\/p>\n
She is set to embark on a United States tour in May, with stops including Detroit and Los Angeles.<\/p>\n
Eilish, who gained recognition with her debut single \u201cOcean Eyes\u201d in 2015, achieved global success with her 2019 album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, <\/em>earning several Grammy Awards.<\/p>\nShe is now preparing to release a film version of her tour, Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D),<\/em>\u00a0co-directed with James Cameron.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source tribune.com.pk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a recent interview, the ten-time Grammy-winning artist spoke about her long-standing connection to Arabic music Billie Eilish has once again expressed her admiration for Lebanese pop star Nancy Ajram, with the singer later responding publicly with a message of appreciation. In a recent interview with Elle, the ten-time Grammy-winning artist spoke about her long-standing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2394262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[395019,21741],"class_list":["post-2394261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-behind-the-music","tag-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Billie-Eilish-gushes-over-Nancy-Ajram-credits-Arabic-music-as.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2394261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2394261"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2394261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2394263,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2394261\/revisions\/2394263"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2394262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2394261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2394261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2394261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}