Its lyrics, its melody – it all gets under your skin. And even if you don’t speak Persian, the pain that Shervin Hajipour sings out on behalf of the Iranian people is felt in everyone’s heart.
The mullahs wanted to silence him – but that didn’t work.
His song “Baraye” (in German: “Because”) was viewed more than 40 million times on his Instagram account in just two days. Then the regime’s henchmen came, forced him to extinguish the fire and put him in jail for several days. After that he had to apologize. But such public U-turns are known in Iran. Nobody takes them seriously, everyone knows that they mostly came about through torture.
His song with English subtitles
His song and message couldn’t stop the ridiculously fearful regime anymore. On the contrary! Shervin Hajipour even won a Grammy last night for his protest song. Those responsible are aware that important messages are brought into the world with songs and created the new category “Best Song for Social Change” – the best song for social change. None other than Dr. Jill Biden (71), the First Lady of the USA, gave the eulogy for him.
► “We won,” he wrote on Twitter, completely stunned, touched and driven by caution not to say too much, otherwise the regime would immediately pick him up again and put him in jail.
With friends he saw the award ceremony on television, as can be seen on a video. Speechless, he smiles timidly, then falls into a friend’s arm. Because the trophy makes one thing clear: the people who demand their freedom every day in Iran and for whom so many pay with their lives – they are heard in the world.
