Ebril’s Debut Album in Copula Captures Global Attention, Led by Striking Opening Track “Stranger in You”

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EBRIL SIGNS WITH UNIVERSAL MUSIC CANADA

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22- year-old Iraqi born Canadian artist Huda Al-Hamani, known professionally as Ebril (pronounced ehh bril), is commanding attention from a global audience.

Earlier this year, Ebril released her debut album, In Copula, a mesmerizing self-produced project that takes listeners on a journey from dawn to dusk. Blending elements of folk, lo-fi, and shoegaze, and infused with field recordings from nature and the street markets in her former hometown in Jordan, the album reflects the artist’s deep connection to both her roots and her surroundings.  Every note, lyric, and texture on the record was written, performed, produced, mixed, and mastered by Ebril herself.

The project’s opening track, “Stranger In You,” connected with fans earlier this summer, first inspiring over 240,000 creations and generating more than 1 billion views on TikTok. This breakthrough moment propelled the song to over 10 million global streams across DSPs and ignited widespread industry interest. In Copula now boasts over 1 million weekly streams on Spotify alone.

“As a young Canadian artist, I feel so blessed and grateful to have my vision and art supported, allowing me to express myself through music,” said Ebril.

Ebril marks a new chapter in her rapidly ascending career, signing with Universal Music Canada amid plans to record and release new music in 2026.

Deeply passionate about social justice and environmental issues, Ebril is committed to inspiring the next generation while championing greater representation for Middle Eastern female artists in mainstream music.

’’The first time I met Huda was over dinner, and I didn’t want to leave. I am completely awestruck by her artistic vision, curiosity, sense of humour and overall view of the world,’’ said Julie Adam, President & CEO, Universal Music Canada. ’’Ebril is an artist who knows exactly what she wants to accomplish, and we are beyond honoured to partner with her to help her share her music, and her vision, with the world.’’

With new music on the horizon, Ebril is poised to become one of the most compelling new voices to watch emerging from the global music scene.

ABOUT IN COPULA BY EBRIL
The work of 22-year-old Iraqi born Canadian artist Ebril blends the outside world with the deep confines of her insides to produce works carefully crafted with intimate songwriting and distinct floral production. Her self-produced album In Copula plays on themes of identity, adolescence, and biology. Coming from a science background, Ebril references the environment around her to describe the emotions and experiences of growing up as a first-generation immigrant, using flora and fauna to represent her longing for freedom and flight. Struggling to find a space that felt right to explore her unique expression of culture and art, Ebril’s world building through In Copula achieves the realm of space she needed to feel connected to her real world with sounds recorded from inside her room of the world happening outside.

In Copula takes listeners on a journey starting from dawn till dusk, Ebril tells her story with each song capturing a moment in her life and a narrative of its own. Songs like “Stranger in You’ sonically set the scenery with ambient atmospheres of insects and birds along with a nostalgic electronic and acoustic instrumental to create a serene pocket for listeners to experience the music. Songs like “Anticipate Heartbreak” - a lush electronic shoegaze track that evokes a melancholic atmosphere for longing - places listeners in a purgatory space between identity and belonging with field recordings captured from Ebril’s hometown in Jordan.

Ebril’s debut In Copula is a glimpse into her vast range for pushing the envelope of song production to build individual worlds with sound and storytelling through unique songwriting.

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