{"id":1295,"date":"2018-01-28T12:15:40","date_gmt":"2018-01-28T12:15:40","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2018-01-28T12:15:40","modified_gmt":"2018-01-28T12:15:40","slug":"a-saudi-music-video-has-been-trending-on-youtube-for-over-a-week-and-saudis-have-divided-opinions-on-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/media\/a-saudi-music-video-has-been-trending-on-youtube-for-over-a-week-and-saudis-have-divided-opinions-on-it\/","title":{"rendered":"A Saudi Music Video Has Been Trending on YouTube For Over A Week And Saudis Have Divided Opinions On It"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A music video by Saudi singer Tariq Al Harbi was released “Erheb”, which\u00a0has been trending on YouTube for over a week now. Although the song is seemingly catchy and a lot of people seem to enjoy it, others see otherwise. An article by Arab News<\/a>\u00a0went into the\u00a0societal paradigm of the song’s seeming representation of the ‘Darbawi’ people.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The song\u00a0is currently number 2 on\u00a0YouTube’s<\/b>\u00a0trending list.<\/p>\n

\n<\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<h3>The Darbawis are usually referred to as the ‘Saudi Punks’<\/h3>\n<p>In the song, Al- Harbi showcases the ‘typical’ traits or hobbies that most Darbawis partake in, like desert camping, pickup truck drifting or even having a ‘Mirinda’ soda. 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bd-s0pVDIwk\/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_medium=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Tareq AlHarbi (@6ar8o)<\/a> on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2018-01-15T18:11:15+00:00\">Jan 15, 2018 at 10:11am PST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<h3>Saudis on YouTube have divided opinion on what they think of the song<\/h3>\n<p>Some really enjoyed the song and didn’t think too much into it…<\/p>\n<figure class=\"content__image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"83\" alt=\"Pasted Image At 2018 01 28 02 54 Pm\" src=\"https:\/\/cloud.lovinsaudi.com\/images\/uploads\/2018\/01\/_blogWide\/Pasted-image-at-2018_01_28-02_54-PM.png?mtime=20180128115542\"><\/figure>\n<p><em>“LOL, amazing dishdash colors!”<\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"content__image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"78\" alt=\"Pasted Image At 2018 01 28 02 55 Pm\" src=\"https:\/\/cloud.lovinsaudi.com\/images\/uploads\/2018\/01\/_blogWide\/Pasted-image-at-2018_01_28-02_55-PM.png?mtime=20180128115652\"><\/figure>\n<p><em>“Couldn\u2019t understand anything but I love it!”<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-adunit c-adunit--mpu_mid\">\n<div id=\"mpu_mid\" class=\"c-adunit__container\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"content__image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"82\" alt=\"Pasted Image At 2018 01 28 02 55 Pm 1\" src=\"https:\/\/cloud.lovinsaudi.com\/images\/uploads\/2018\/01\/_blogWide\/Pasted-image-at-2018_01_28-02_55-PM-1.png?mtime=20180128115804\"><\/figure>\n<p><em>“Mashallah, This video has been trending for over a week.”<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>And others were just not feelin’ it..<\/h3>\n<figure class=\"content__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"85\" alt=\"Pasted Image At 2018 01 28 02 57 Pm\" src=\"https:\/\/cloud.lovinsaudi.com\/images\/uploads\/2018\/01\/_blogWide\/Pasted-image-at-2018_01_28-02_57-PM.png?mtime=20180128115951\"><\/figure>\n<p><em>“It\u2019s not your fault, it\u2019s the people that followed you and made you famous.”<\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"content__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"84\" alt=\"Pasted Image At 2018 01 28 02 59 Pm\" src=\"https:\/\/cloud.lovinsaudi.com\/images\/uploads\/2018\/01\/_blogWide\/Pasted-image-at-2018_01_28-02_59-PM.png?mtime=20180128120053\"><\/figure>\n<p><em>“Someone tell him that this is not how Darbawi people are”<\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"content__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"86\" alt=\"Pasted Image At 2018 01 28 02 58 Pm\" src=\"https:\/\/cloud.lovinsaudi.com\/images\/uploads\/2018\/01\/_blogWide\/Pasted-image-at-2018_01_28-02_58-PM.png?mtime=20180128120128\"><\/figure>\n<p><em>“It\u2019s not worth the views it got”<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>What do you think of the video and the song?<\/h3>\n<p><\/body><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A music video by Saudi singer Tariq Al Harbi was released “Erheb”, which\u00a0has been trending on YouTube for over a week now. 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