Shervin Hajipour

Shervin Haji Aghapour (Persian: شروین حاجی‌ آقاپور; born 30 March 1997) is an Iranian singer-songwriter. Born in Babol, he began posting covers to his social media in late 2018. After auditioning in New Era on 22 March 2019 with "Maybe Paradise", he released the song as his debut single on all platforms and gained recognition among the younger Iranian generation. Hajipour rose to fame after the release of his single "Baraye" which has been described as "the anthem" of the Mahsa Amini protests. In 2023, he won the first Grammy Award for Best Song for Social Change at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards for "Baraye".[1]

Shervin Hajipour
Born
Shervin Haji Aghapour

(1997-03-30) March 30, 1997
Babolsar, Iran
Alma materUniversity of Mazandaran
Occupations
  • Singer-songwriter
  • producer
Years active2018–present
Known for"Baraye"
Notable workDiscography
AwardsGrammy Award for Best Song for Social Change
Musical career
Genres
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • piano

Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2023.[2]

Early life and career

Shervin Haji Aghapour was born on March 30, 1997, in Babolsar, Mazandaran. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in economy from University of Mazandaran.[3] He took up music at the age of eight when he entered a violin class and graduated from several musical classes later. Then in secondary school, he started to compose professionally. When at university, he was composing music for theatre performances and editing. Only later he began to sing himself.[4][5]

At the age of 22, Hajipour participated in the New Era TV Talent show competition (produced by Ehsan Alikhani), where he advanced to the finals of the second round of its first season, Later, the artistic director of the program announced that Iran Broadcasting was worried that he would cause trouble later.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12] During the Mahsa Amini protests in Iran, sparked by the death of Iranian-Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini, Hajipour published his new song "Baraye..." (Persian: برای, For...; Because of...) in which he used protest tweets starting with the word Baraye..., written in support of the protests. He managed to express the wishes and grievances of Iranians in this song.[13][14][15][16][17][18][19] It was seen more than 40 million times in less than two days on his Instagram page only. The main theme of the song is support of women with the slogan "Woman, Life, Freedom".[20][21][22][23][24] On August 29, 2023, Pakistani actor Humayun Saeed revealed via his Instagram account that Shervin Hajipour's song "Dornaye Mongharez" would serve as the official OST for the drama series "Meray Paas Tum Ho." The series was distributed by Dot Republic Media and released on their official YouTube channel, DD TV Classics, with a Farsi language option.[25][26][27][28][29]

Discography
Main article: Shervin Hajipour discography

Hajipour has released thirty-three songs, three soundtrack songs, four music videos, thirty-one unreleased songs and three songs as featured artist.

Controversy

Arrest

On 29 September 2022 Hajipour was arrested for the song "Baraye".[30][31][32] He was forced to remove the song from his social media platforms[33] by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps's security agents shortly after his arrest.[34][35] Tasnim News Agency, affiliated to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, posted an edited version of the video clip, with images showing the Islamic republic's achievements instead of the original ones.[36]

On 4 October 2022, Hajipour was released on bail "so that his case can go through the legal process," according to Mohammad Karimi, prosecutor of the northern province of Mazandaran.[37][38] Hajipour then posted on Instagram that the song was regrettably being used by political groups outside Iran; activists believe this statement may have been coerced.[39]

During Hajipour's arrest many social media users were taking steps to nominate his "Baraye" song to the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences for the Grammy Awards category "Best Song For Social Change",[40] which is a new category.[41]

Shervin Hajipour received the Special Merit Award for Best Song For Social Change for "Baraye" at the 2023 GRAMMYs. This new Special Merit Award was presented by U.S. First Lady Jill Biden, who highlighted the message of the Iranian singer/songwriter. In 2023, Hajipour was listed as one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World.[42]

Reactions to arrest
  • Roger Waters wrote in a tweet: "Hey Ayatollah, leave the children alone!" referring to the song "Hey Ayatollah Leave Those Kids Alone" from 2010 by the British rock band Blurred Vision, which was inspired by the famous Pink Floyd song "Another Brick in the Wall" (1979)."[43]
  • Murat Boz published the video of the song "For..." by Shervin on his Instagram page and wrote in the caption: "It is said that Shervin was arrested for writing a song about the freedom of the people of Iran. unbelievable. "I hope that nothing bad will happen to my colleague during his detention and that he will be released immediately."[44]
  • Mohammad Esfahani the singer of pop and traditional music mentioned Shervin as in response to this arrest on his Instagram, mentioned Shervin as his friend and student whom he met in the New Age competitions and said, "Shervin is an incredibly talented, innocent, shy and emotional young man. and I was very affected and saddened by the news of his arrest."[45][46]
  • Karim Sadjadpour, an Iranian-American policy analyst at the Carnegie Endowment said: "No matter what happens to the protests it's worth noting the most viral song in Iran's history, likely to be remembered for decades to come, isn't about resistance to America or Israel or anywhere else. It's a song about Iranian dreams for a normal life."[47]
  • Rana Mansour, an Iranian-American musician performed a version of "Baraye" on the finale of The Voice of Germany in November 2022 as a show of solidarity with Hajipour and other arrested protestors.[48]

Accolades

Awards and nominations
Award Year Recipient(s) Category Result Ref.
Grammy Awards 2023 Baraye Best Song for Social Change Won [1][49]

Honors

Legacy

Baraye

As of February 2023, "Baraye" has been performed by many Iranian and non-Iranian artists, singers and dancers alike, outside of Iran in the original Persian and in translations. Some renditions in alphabetical order follow below.

  • Amanda Tüz and Avîn Awat;[51] in Spanish and Persian
  • Azam Ali & Loga Ramin Torkian[52] together with Hamed Nikpay, Mamak Khadem, Arash Avin, Mahsa Ghassemi; in Persian
  • Ben Salomon;[53] in German; Ben Salomon used his own text entitled "Ich träume" (I am dreaming) to Hajipour's music
  • Carola;[54] in Swedish
  • Elena Marco;[55] in German
  • Erwin (Karmandan);[56] mix overlayed on Hajipour's song
  • Golshifteh Farahani at the invitation of Coldplay;[57] in Persian; at a concert in Buenos Aires, Argentina, end of Oct. 2022
  • Lisa Wahlandt & Martin Kälberer;[58] in German
  • Maîtrise Chalonnaise Saint Charles,[59] a French children and youths choirs; in Persian, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Manuela Dumfart;[60] in Persian; opera version
  • Pegah Moshir Pour, Drusilla Foer[61] in Italian; at the Sanremo Music Festival, 9 Feb. 2023, the song is recited with explicatory passages
  • Rana Mansour;[62] in English; also at the final of "The Voice of Germany" competition[63][64]
  • Shelley Segal;[65] in English, 2022
  • Sogand, Iranian singer;[66] in Persian, performed in Cologne, Nov. 2022
  • a group of artistic activists in Sydney with the participation of Mariam, Razi, Saideh, Mahsa, Romina, Linda with the co-operation with Amir Karami and Behzad Montazeri[67] street art, pantomime performance
  • Dance Company 058;[68] pantomime dance by a Dutch dance company
  • Ensemble Shiraz;[69] dance performance with famous clips from the protests in Iran, 2022
  • Navak Dance Ensemble;[70] dance performance

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