Az Khoone Javanan
Nava · Hypersia · World · 2:514.2M plays · 3.2M on YouTube · 925k on Spotify
Release facts
The record
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The voice
The Guardian reports that Nava is not a real singer but a character made with artificial intelligence by Farbod Mehr, a London-based artist of Iranian origin.
Source: theguardian.comLyrics
The words are taken from a poem by Aref Qazvini, the early-20th-century poet whose verse called for resistance to authoritarianism, according to The Guardian.
Source: theguardian.comSummary
About this song
Az Khoone Javanan is the anthem sung by Nava, a virtual singer that The Guardian reports was created with artificial intelligence by Farbod Mehr, a London-based artist born in Iran. Press coverage calls it Javanan-e Vatane (Youth of the Homeland); its words come from Aref Qazvini's early-20th-century poem about the blood of the homeland's youth, and The Guardian says it sets classical Iranian song against a modern French folk melody. Posted at the end of January 2026, during a crackdown on protests in Iran, it spread widely among Iranians: The Guardian counted 13 million Instagram views, more than 70% of them from inside the country. On streaming services it came out on 3 March 2026 on Nava's six-track EP Liberté (℗ Hypersia). On 1 October 2026 it had 899,514 Spotify plays, and its official audio on Nava's YouTube channel had 3,218,378 views.
Last Updated 3 October 2026
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Plays · all platforms
4.2M
▲ 21k (+0.5%) since 3 Oct 2026
YouTube 3.2M · Spotify 925k
Tracked since 3 Oct 2026. Each platform is read about once a week.
