Some people come into your life like a promise you never made. You hold them close, knowing they were never really yours. You love them anyway.
Ya Habibi is a story told four ways, one feeling, split across moments. It begins in longing, moves through rhythm and radiance, then circles back with clarity. Every version carries a piece of the truth. Together, they form the whole.
🎧 The songs
Ya Habibi (Never Mine) is the core: slow, emotional, and intimate. A bittersweet confession in the shape of a love song. The one that says what couldn’t be said out loud.
Ya Habibi (Never Mine Remix) lifts the tempo and lightens the step. Still aching, but dancing through it. Same words, less weight.
Ya Habibi (Beirut Days) reframes the memory under daylight. Uplifting, glitchy, bright : love from a distance, but warmer now.
Ya Habibi (Beirut Nights) is the city glowing after dark. The same pulse, quieter dreams. You never said goodbye, maybe that was the point.
🎥 Visuals
The Never Mine lyric video is a window into the quiet ache : slow, atmospheric, and personal. Shadows of two bodies, still close, still apart. A moment that never moves forward, only deepens.
For Beirut Days, the lyric video captures the city at golden hour : hopeful, nostalgic, alive with warmth. It’s not about getting back what was lost. It’s about remembering it with light.
Beirut Nights and the remix stay in motion without visuals. Sometimes the story lives better in sound alone.
🖼️ The final release
All four versions will be collected in Ya Habibi (The Complete Story). A full picture of an incomplete love. One last look, two hearts under a cedar tree, and the silence that lingers after.
🗣️ Artist insight
“It’s the kind of love that quietly marks you. This wasn’t about closure, just honesty. He’ll never be mine. But this story is.”
— Alek Irwin (AION8)
📅 Release schedule
- Sept 12 2025: Ya Habibi (Never Mine) + Ya Habibi (Never Mine Remix)
- Nov 21 2025: Ya Habibi (Beirut Days) + Ya Habibi (Beirut Nights)
- Jan 30 2026: Ya Habibi (The Complete Story) maxi single