“Baraye”, the anthem of the Iranian revolution, triumphs at the Grammys

The revolt against the power of the mullahs in Iran was invited to the Grammy Awards on Sunday evening. “Baraye”, the track by Iranian pop singer Shervin Hajipour, 25, which has become an anthem of the protest movement that has rocked Iran since the September 16 death of Mahsa Amini, won the award for “song for a change of Company”.

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And it was Jill Biden who took the stage to present this new award to the political touch that the Recording Academy introduced this year.

“One song can unite, inspire and ultimately change the world,” said President Joe Biden’s wife. “Beginning this year, the Recording Academy is presenting a new award recognizing a song that addresses the social issues of our time and has the potential to have a positive global impact,” explained Jill Biden, introducing the new Best Song category. for social change.

FLOTUS Jill Biden appeared at the #GRAMMYs to present the show’s first-ever Song For Social Change Special Merit Award to Iranian singer-songwriter Shervin Hajipour, whose song ‘Baraye’ has become an unofficial anthem of the Mahsa Amini protests pic.twitter.com/VWHzj2C27X

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Jill Biden praised “a powerful and poetic call for freedom and women’s rights” in Iran, whose relations with the United States have been broken for more than forty years.

This title, first broadcast on the singer’s Instagram account, was viewed more than 40 million times in two days and instantly became the flagship song of opponents of the theocratic Iranian regime in place.

The artist, detained after his song went viral on social media, was released on bail.

Before the ceremony, many members of the diaspora were able to explain why this song should win the trophy for its inaugural year, such as Iranian comedian and activist Nazanin Boniadi.

And the joy was only increased tenfold after he obtained it in the evening last night, during the Grammy ceremony which took place at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.

The popular uprising meanwhile continues with great intensity in Iran, as hundreds of people, including members of the security forces, have been killed amid protests since the September 16 death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. , following her arrest by the vice squad for an alleged violation of the dress code for women.

– With information from AFP and CNews

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