Hania Aamir has officially added another title to her already impressive résumé: singer. The Pakistani actor surprised fans on Wednesday by stepping into the music world with her debut track, “Pablo,” and judging by its lyrics, she had a very specific audience in mind - her critics.
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Written and composed by Hania herself, the track begins with a soft piano melody that initially feels very much in line with the actor’s familiar, playful personality. That mood, however, quickly changes when she clears her throat and launches into a Punjabi hip-hop-inspired sound.
Rather than playing it safe with her first song, Aamir uses “Pablo” to address the attention, criticism and assumptions that have followed her throughout her career. She takes aim at people who consider her “fake” because of her appearance or believe she keeps too much of herself guarded from the public.
Her response is essentially that she is far too busy enjoying her own life to worry about what her critics think. In one of the track’s lines, she sings, “Assi hassde te tussi pichhe sarhde-sarhde. Assi chill ay te roz panga lai re ne,” which translates roughly to, “We’re laughing while you’re sitting back burning with jealousy. We’re chilling while you keep trying to pick a fight.”
She also plays with her celebrity status in the song, referring to the fans who follow her wherever she goes and suggesting that even her signature “Pindi attitude” has caught attention across the border in India.
The lyrics then lean into the larger-than-life swagger commonly associated with hip-hop. Aamir jokes about having mansions that sit empty while her friends and her own antics give her plenty to do. It is another playful nod to the very things that seem to keep her critics talking.
One of the song’s central ideas is that Aamir is not sitting around plotting her next move while others speculate about her. Instead, she says she is simply enjoying the music, “vibing to the beat” and doing her own thing.
She even takes a swipe at the constant media attention surrounding her, pointing out that she does not necessarily need to give interviews to remain in the news. Her celebrity presence, it seems, does enough of the talking for her.
