Gola | “CHANGE” | Released September 23
Gola’s Best Talking Points…
Her experiences growing up and living in Iran and the memories that served as partial inspiration for ‘CHANGE.’
How she is perceived in Iran by the people and the government and how she’s created and used her platform for women’s rights activism.
The gravity of human rights violations in Iran and what needs to happen in order to help Iranian citizens suffering under the oppressive force of the regime.
What it means to be one of the only Iranian women making a career as a solo pop artist when there are so many regulations around women in Iran not being permitted to sing in public.
Being the face of the ‘Hijab No Hijab’ movement in Iran after her self-taped and directed video for “Haghame,” meaning ‘It Is My Right,’ went viral on the National Day of Hijab.
Being exiled from Iran for the last decade.
Her personal experiences being punished + arrested by the Iranian morality police for not conforming to oppressive laws and her thoughts on recent horrors being inflicted by them onto women currently living in Iran.
The reality behind recent events like the peaceful Uprising Of The Thirsty protests and the hellish repercussions citizens face for push-back against the government, and how that inspired parts of the album.
The place ‘CHANGE’ holds as a historic piece of work from an Iranian woman made for the people suffering in Iran + to cultivate social reform.
The core of her mission being to spread empowerment, love, and peace by amplifying the voices of those being silenced.
What she believes Iran’s future holds and how we are going to get there
More about Gola:
Gola is an internationally renowned singer-songwriter and women's rights activist. Having grown up in Iran and lived first hand under the oppressive weight of the Iranian government, Gola emerged as a voice for those unable to speak for themselves. Known as the 'Lioness of Iran,' the songstress is among the first Iranian women to professionally sing in Farsi and English, as well as one of the most influential Iranian women to have been born and raised in Iran, and have a pop English track in the UK Club chart. The singer currently spends her time between Los Angeles and London while she offers her voice as a vessel to a cause far beyond herself, persistently speaking out in protest against compulsory hijab mandates and human rights violations in Iran. Working as a solo female singer in Iran is unheard of as a result of such oppressive systems; women are prohibited from singing solo in public and are limited in their freedom to use their voices to prevent immoral sensual arousal with unrelated men. Gola and her work have caught the attention of major media outlets such as i-D, The Times and The Sunday Times UK, TMRW Magazine, and Hunger Magazine, while she continues releasing projects that amplify her mission to spread empowerment, peace, and love. The first track people were introduced to from her most current album, 'CHANGE,’ that pushes for social reform in Iran was lead single “Haghame,” meaning ‘It Is My Right,’ with the self-taped and self-directed video having gone viral on the National Day of Hijab in Iran garnering over 630K views on Instagram in less than 3 days while reaching millions of Iranians across social platforms and private messaging; this led fans to see Gola as the face of the “Hijab No Hijab” campaign. ‘CHANGE,’ at its core, is a historic work detailing the experience of a woman who woke up to her oppression, stood fearlessly in the face of danger, and encouraged other women to reclaim their voices as she did hers.
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Press contacts:
Liam Grocki | liam@evergreenent.com
Hannah Askew | hannah@evergreenent.com
