A video of him speaking out for Ms Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish woman whose death while in the custody of Iran’s morality police sparked protests all over the country, recently made headlines in the music press.
“If I can change someone’s perception or encourage him that he has something to say, that means more to me than a million records sold. Music is my vehicle to express my voice and tell people that they have a voice too.” “It’s boring if someone’s shouting in your face, and you hear them for three minutes. I want my shows to be a variation. I want everything. I want you to jump, I want you to be angry, I want you to be sad, I want you to laugh, I want you to be happy, I want you to cry. I want my shows to be a range of emotions,” he says.