Nida Arab has potential but her debut lets her down
Instep dives into the young singer’s maiden album and is hugely disppointed. We expected better from the ‘Bolo Na’ girl…

By Amina Baig

Nida Arab

Nida Arab, by no stretch of the imagination, can be called  an untalented singer. She is actually quite good. She can sing well and the compositions on her debut album Pop Star, are all aimed at being super-easy-listening. What is it then, which makes one hesitate when giving her, well, top marks?

Entering the music scene in 2008, Nida had caused some ripples based on the fact that she is young, sounds good, looks good and is a woman. Her style even then had been on the husky side of pop and the genre clearly suited Nida’s voice and style. Nida Arab comes across as a performer because never once in her videos or onstage performances will you see her look nervous or unsure. She knows she has what it takes to go right down to the end of the road and beyond, and one can see that knowledge projected through her onscreen façade.