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songwriting in beirut
songwriting in beirut

she faced was : No manager, no money for publicity
or anybody supporting her financially than herself.
Nobody even thought that the singer was a Lebanese
woman.

But she never gave up, not because of her love to
become famous, but because writing and creating
songs has always been a part of her. Grateful for
what she has accomplished, Mona K loves the idea
of being a songwriter more than a singer. She still
works in the hospitality business not giving up on
dreams that things might change someday
eventually.

The latest song “Little Things” was inspired by the
Covid 19 crisis taking place in the world. The song
talks about the positivity in these devastating times,
MONA K is a Lebanese Singer, Songwriter and- while being under selfisolation.
composer resident now in the Lebanese capital city
Beirut. Here are some of her social media links to play her
songs and some of her social media accounts:
She began her songwriting career 8 years ago Instagram :
working on her dark poem that she wrote “Black YouTube:
Hole”. Living in Beirut though, while working as a Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/artist/5ODay-
waitress, is a very hard thing to do. vnpNQjrzyeUrrdAvU?si=Ti_BRkUMS5SQA9Ux-
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Making music in this city means you need to have Facebook:
many contacts, or have a lot of money to give https://www.facebook.com/509236852587869/
yourself a push. posts/1459967497514795/?substory_index=0

Being an introvert didn’t much help her with that
and not having a lot of money didn’t either. But by
a bit of luck she met a gifted music Arranger and
Producer and by putting aside some money made
her able to finish this song.

This producer made some contacts and after 3 years
from writing the poem Black Hole her song was on
2 national Lebanese radios and in Dubai!

Couple of years after that, she released ‘Surrender,’
while still struggling in the hospitality business
trying to make a living. Her song ‘Are You With Me’
was a great hit also, played on 4 national radios in
Lebanon and a very known radio station in Dubai.
Everybody knew the song but the biggest problem

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