Şarkıcı (Singer) is the seventh studio album by Turkish singer Sıla. It was released on 20 May 2022 by Sony Music Entertainment.[1][2] The album was produced by Sıla herself, who wrote the lyrics for fourteen out of the fifteen tracks in the album in collaboration with other artists.[3]
The first promotional singer from the album, also titled "Şarkıcı" was released together with a music video on 13 May 2022. The music video, directed by Bedran Güzel, garnered a million views in two days and the album became among the trending topics on Twitter in Turkey.[4] The second music video, "Velhasıl", was released together with the album on 20 May 2022.[3] The third music video, "Kalksın Uyuyanlar", was released on 21 October 2022 and dedicated to Mahsa Amini, an Iranian girl who died due to the brutalities of Iran's religious morality police.[5] The fourth music video, "Arz", was released on 3 February 2023 and was made using footage from her concerts.[6]
Serhat Tekin of Hürriyet described the album's tone as "classical Sıla style" and named "Öpücük ve Kurabiye" as the song that stood out the most.[7] Writing for the same paper, Hikmet Demirkol stated that Şarkıcı was a "very rich album in terms of musical style" and commended Sıla for releasing an album in a music market that is dominated by singles.[8]Milliyet's Mayk Şişman named "Sek" as the album's best song and added: "The album has a Turkish style on the one hand and a European style on the other. From the beginning to the end, the Aegean seam has been added to the fullest".[9]
