At YouTube’s exclusive “Big Artists, Small Room” event, held in collaboration with Taqweene at Cairo Jazz Club 610, we caught up with Lege-Cy to talk about performing in a smaller venue and the first live performance of his newly released track ‘Amara’.
For Lege-Cy, that meant performing in front of a crowd that felt more like his own circle, with many of the people in the room already familiar to him. Rather than making direct eye contact with the crowd, Lege-Cy says he usually looks towards the end of the room while performing.
The performance also marked the first time he performed “Amara” live, just days after its release. Lege-Cy spoke about the medley performed during the night, a format he has always enjoyed and wanted to create himself. Bringing together verses from different songs, the medley draws from a tradition already familiar in Egyptian music, with artists like Amr Diab and Tamer Ashour having used the format in their performances.
