Ever since the beginning of Ramadan, there has been a feverish conversation all over social media about the undeniable similarities between El Waili’s score on the Egyptian Ramadan 2025 series ‘Ekhwaty’ and the theme song of the iconic HBO hit ‘The White Lotus’. 

So, instead of feeding into the already rowdy narrative on the Twitter-verse, we decided to do a little investigation and end the yapping with a word from El Waili himself.

Malak’s latest offering, ‘Mirage’, encompasses five emotionally-charged tracks, exploring universal themes of love, loss and time. But, as much as it is about tapping into her vulnerability with sincerity, the project also sees a Malak that is confident in her sound, asserting herself in a heavily saturated music scene.

In ‘I am NOT Talking About Love’, the artist chose to tap into the profundity of existing with intrusive dark thoughts, through a fusion of unconventional textured sounds and autotuned spacey vocals.