Decorated Toronto artist Mustafa has announced his official debut album. Dunya is due out September 27 through Arts & Crafts, and the songwriter has shared the single "SNL."
Dunya's title is an Arabic word that loosely translates as "the world in all its flaws." Notable contributors to the album include Rosalía, the National's Aaron Dessner, Clairo and Nicolas Jaar.
"I'm trying to preserve and celebrate the ordinary life in the hood," Mustafa said in a press release. The new single "SNL" is an acronym for "Street N— Lullaby." Watch a video for the single, produced by Simon Hessman and Rodaidh McDonald, below, and see the 12-song tracklist below that.
Recent singles "Gaza Is Calling," "Imaan" and "Name of God" are included on the LP. Dunya is being billed as Mustafa's debut album, although 2021's When Smoke Rises was widely considered to be debut; perhaps he considers that past release, with its eight songs and 23-minute runtime, an EP rather than a full-length. When Smoke Rises was short-listed for the Polaris Music Prize.
Dunya:
1. Name of God
2. What Happened, Mohamed?
3. Imaan
4. What good is a heart?
5. SNL
6. I'll Go Anywhere
7. Beauty, end
8. Old Life
9. Gaza is Calling
10. Leaving Toronto
11. Hope is a Knife
12. Nouri