277:, Naseer explained, “Our latest release is primarily a rock song infused with elements of electronic music and electro-rock,” shared Naseer. “The idea behind the track is for people to acknowledge that every person is the hero of their own story." Talking with same publication, Shahab described their experience of making the video visually aesthetic with strong animation. He said, "The main challenge was to learn most of the VFX from scratch, which involved spending hours watching tutorials for chroma key and 3D, online." Shahab said their influence behind "Hero" was "deep spaces, supernovas and alien landscapes". According to Shahab, ambient, spacey synths were the triggers behind the concept which took shape after discussions with band member Naseer Afridi saying, "I shared the initial draft with Naseer and asked what sort of emotion it stirred within him. He came back to me with a few paraphrased lyrical ideas which helped narrow down my visual approach,."
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summarize, "I have tried my best to put the true Pashto identity in a compressed form in these verses. We have had so many peace loving people in our cultural history but sadly we never promote them. People aren't even aware of the fact that musician Haroon Bacha was threatened by conservative parties that he would be banished from
Pakistan if doesn't stop making music in K-P."
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ethnicity. Qamar resided in
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912:"Naseer & Shahab – Pakistan"
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