The twelfth season of the
Pakistani music television series ''
Coke Studio'' commenced airing on 11
October 2019
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, and concluded on 29 November 2019. The season was produced by
Rohail Hyatt, after
Ali Hamza
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and
Zohaib Kazi
Zohaib Kazi ( ur, ) is a Pakistani musician, composer, lyricist, and record producer. Kazi started his media career at Hum Network Limited before serving as an associate producer at ''Coke Studio Pakistan'' from 2009 to 2017. In 2012, Kazi relea ...
stepped down from the role after just one season.
Coca-Cola Pakistan remained as an executive producer.
"Wohi Khuda Hai" was the season opener.
The season consisted of 20 tracks and one season opener/premiere song released in the span of one and a half month.
Artists
Featured artists
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Abrar-ul-Haq
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Aima Baig
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Ali Sethi
Ali Aziz Sethi (Urdu/; ; born July 2, 1984) is a Pakistani singer, songwriter, composer, and author. Sethi rose to prominence with his debut novel, '' The Wish Maker'' (2009). In 2012, Sethi began focusing on his musical career and made his film ...
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Atif Aslam
* Banur's Band
* Barkat Jamal Fakir Troupe
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Fareed Ayaz and Abu Muhammad
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Fariha Pervez
Fariha Pervez ( pa, ) is a Pakistani pop singer-songwriter, and a music producer.
She is specially known for the rendition of various popular and famous Ghazals. She started her career anchoring and acting from a very young age on PTV (Pakista ...
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Hadiqa Kiani
* Harsakhiyan
* Kashif Din
* Nimra Rafiq
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Qurat-ul-Ain Balouch
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Rachel Viccaji
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Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
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Sahir Ali Bagga
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Sanam Marvi
* Shahab Hussain
* Shamali Afghan
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Shuja Haider
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Umair Jaswal
Umair Jaswal is a Pakistani actor, singer-songwriter and music producer from Islamabad.
He was also lead vocalist of the rock band '' Qayaas''.
Umair is the brother of singers Yasir Jaswal and Uzair Jaswal.
Personal life
Jaswal, whos ...
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Zeb Bangash
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Zoe Viccaji
Backing vocals
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Rachel Viccaji
* Mehr Qadir
* Nimra Rafiq
* Shahab Hussain
Musicians
Season 12 featured
Coke Studio's first female house band member Abier "Veeru" Shan in the role multi-percussionist.
Production
Following middling reviews and dwindling
television rating points of subsequent seasons,
Rohail Hyatt, the founder of the show, returned as the producer after 5 years. The series was produced under
Rohail Hyatt's production company Frequency Media and was distributed by
Coca-Cola Pakistan.
Speaking at the launch of Coke Studio Season 12,
Rohail Hyatt said:
General Manager of Coca-Cola Pakistan, Rizwan U. Khan said,
Episodes
Season 12 ended the tradition of starting a new season with a patriotic song; a tradition which started in
season 8. The season featured six episodes and one season opener/premiere, making a total of 21 songs.
Copyright issues
The season faced four copyright claim issues. The video of
Abrar-ul-Haq's "Billo" and
Shuja Haider and
Rachel Viccaji's "Saiyaan", songs from Episode 2, were taken down by YouTube due to a copyright claim. Saiyaan was later restored.
Sanam Marvi's "Hairaan Hua" from Episode 4 was taken down by YouTube due to a copyright claim by
Abida Parveen, though it was later restored.
At last
Ali Sethi
Ali Aziz Sethi (Urdu/; ; born July 2, 1984) is a Pakistani singer, songwriter, composer, and author. Sethi rose to prominence with his debut novel, '' The Wish Maker'' (2009). In 2012, Sethi began focusing on his musical career and made his film ...
and
Qurat-ul-Ain Balouch's "Mundiya" was taken down by YouTube from Episode 6.
Notes and references
Notes
References
External links
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#Season12
2019 Pakistani television seasons
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