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HANAA STAYING WITH THE FEELING


There is a clarity to the way HANAA occupies space now. Not loud, not defensive, but deliberate. Formerly known as La Penderie Noire, her decision to step forward under her birth name marked a turning point that runs deeper than branding or aesthetics. It was a recalibration. After years spent refining her sound away from the spotlight, the shift signalled a moment of alignment between identity and output, between the private process and the public presence. HANAA emerges not as a new artist, but as one finally standing in full view of her own work.


Musically, her evolution has crystallised into a high-velocity language that balances emotional weight with physical drive. Working predominantly between 148 and 155 BPM, her sets and productions draw on the trance lineage while folding in elements of hard house, groove, pop, and club-focused immediacy. What distinguishes the result is not speed for its own sake, but control: fast music that remains open, melodic, and lucid. Her tracks are built around strong emotional leads, hooks, and repeated phrases that feel closer to mantras than drops, transforming intensity into something immersive rather than abrasive. It is music shaped by lived experience, where survival instincts are translated into structure, rhythm, and release.


This interview traces the path that led her here. From a childhood shaped by restriction and adap- tation, to the role electronic mu- sic played as a private escape long before it became a public platform. HANAA speaks about reclaiming her name, about the studio as a site of confrontation and care, about the tension between emotional honesty and an increasingly commercialised scene, and about the responsibility she feels when holding a room for hours.


As she prepares to take her RE- BIRTH: All Night Long Tour across Europe and enter a defining year of releases and visibility, what emerges is not a manifesto, but an invitation. One extended to the listener, the dancer, the reader: to step inside the music, stay present, and move forward without needing everything to be resolved.


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AUTHOR: SERGIO NIÑO PHOTOGRAPHY: @KIRA_VISUALS, RAYANE ECHOUAFNI EI


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