To celebrate Sunday's Grammy awards, Spotify has been releasing new entries in its singles series this week, having this year's Best New Artist nominees cover past nominees. The final entry in the series is a particularly exciting one: Arooj Aftab covers Rosalía's El Mal Querer track "Di Mi Nombre." Arooj strips the track of a little of its pop sheen with her Qawali-inspired version, which is very worth hearing. It's paired with a re-imagined version of her own song "Baghon Main," and you can stream both below.
Arooj has a deluxe edition of her excellent 2021 album Vulture Prince on the way, and she has some shows coming up, including Pitchfork Fest, a date on Courtney Barnett's traveling Here and There Fest, THING, Coachella, and more. Her next NYC show is at Knockdown Center on May 1, part of their Outline:Spring event. See all of her upcoming dates below.