Israeli singer Aviv Geffen and Hasidic singer Avraham Fried, spoke ahead of the release of their joint song after yesterday they released a picture of a single cover for a joint song – Drought.
“I’m here in Tel Aviv in the studio,” Geffen told Fried, “the song came to me and I was all in tears and chills. Listen, I did not believe in my imagination.”
“When the song was written I said I wish, I wish I could sing with you and I want to say thank you very much for the courage. It takes a lot of courage to connect your whole audience to my audience and that is perhaps the most important message. The connections, unity in Israel and in the world and thank you is a great honor for me” , He added.
Fried replied to Geffen, “Spring, I pray we will be messengers to unite the people especially these days that everyone goes through what goes through. If there was a need for unity all these years then now probably much more and I have a good feeling it is successfully strengthening and uniting the people.”
Later in the conversation, Geffen noted that the corona also connected them, “If they had asked me and you a year ago, before the corona, if we would meet, we would either avoid or be afraid and in the song ‘In the Drought’ you sing and I’M your brother do not forget ‘. Because of the incitement and hatred and the pain and we moved away, but in fact we are brothers. “
In response, Fried told him, “It started like I told you after I saw your interview, like I felt your soul and I think this song is not just coming from your soul, but from within your soul. You wrote it with so much expectation of unity and light. “Good, but the secret is to remember that we are brothers and to hate is a very difficult word.” Geffen replied “True. It’s a hard and hopeless word,” and Fried added, “Enough with the hatred we need love and that’s it.”
Towards the end Geffen thanked Fried, “Thank you Abraham you are a beautiful singer and I am so glad that this connection is finally made in a real and respectful way. I love you very very much. Thank you so much for the wonderful singing.”
And Fried replied, “Now I’m waiting to hear your performance and we’ll make it a duet. Very beautiful. You will succeed. That the voice came not from the throat but from the soul.”